Meet the Pack
Chewie
Chewie was born 8/24/2020 and is a happy girl who wants to play and love everyone she meets. She was with her original family in FL from the age of 8 weeks. She had a wonderful early life and learned obedience skills earlier than most. The family moved to Oregon and due to complications in their health years later, they needed to re-home her. I brought her from Oregon in January of 2025 and she adjusted to a new life right away. For a short time I debated whether to let her become a mother before having her spayed. A friend and experienced Newfoundland breeder offered to do all the work pre and post breeding. Ultimately I decided not to breed her as she has a couple of traits I felt were not best for the breed, she is fairly small, weighing about 90 lbs. More concerning was the tongue defect and the risk this would pass on to a new generation. She has a very long tongue which she has trouble containing in her mouth and this complicates her eating. Most of the time this is an adorable look with her tongue sticking out at rest. It can be disconcerting to see it sticking out 3 inches when she is sleeping, and one wonders if she is still among the living! As the tongue dries out when she is sleeping, this could cause future health issues which may need to be addressed later. At this time, she has acclimated to the tongue over her 6 years and I'm sure doesn't realize she is different in any way from other beautiful Newfy girls. She is great at tug of war and wins most competitions even with larger dogs. It is also her favorite game with people. She is a big fan of belly rubs. In the water, she will show her swimming prowess with powerful front legs and webbed feet, retrieving sticks and balls for hours! If you are eating at the table, she is likely to be under the table and laying down on your foot, keeping you warm. She is now doing some therapy work at adult living and YMCA teen centers with her gentle loving nature.
Chewie as a puppy in Florida. She was named Chewie since she looked like a little Chewbacca.
Zeus
Zeus was born 7/26/2017 and came to us as a bonded pair with Luna in June 2026. He had a condition called OCD in his first year of life which required bilateral shoulder surgery, and did great with that. He grew up a happy boy and was athletic, going hiking with his family in the mountains.He was and is an older 'brother' to Luna, and a good friend with the kids in the home. He loves to burrow his head between your legs as you give him some love. Due to family circumstances, he had to be re-homed at almost 9 years of age with multiple chronic health conditions. He has significant arthritis and moves and looks as a dog who is 2-3 years older. He is a bit unsteady on his feet in that he may stiffen up if touched or others come near while walking. He has suffered from recurring skin infections (hot spots) over the last few years in addition to chronic ear infections and bacterial conjuctivitis when he arrived. At the time of this entry, he was started on treatment for his various infections, and undergoing an extensive allergen panel workup to help identify what specific things affect him. He will then have changes to environment/food to help improve his health and avoid so many chronic infections. Although looking like a dog in his twilight of life, we have hope that with improved health and opportunity, his activity and enjoyment of life will increase.
Zeus & Luna puppy pictures
Zeus 1 year birthday
Zeus in his prime years
Storm
Storm was born 12/27/2019 and is the biggest sweetest cuddliest gray bear ever! He is a rare gray Newf which is nostalgic for me. This was the color of one of my first family Newfs in 1964 (Champion Newfield's Nelson). From my understanding, Storm had a good life with his family for over 5 years in Idaho, but due to changes in family circumstances, they were unable to keep him and he went into foster (with a name change to Storm). After 6 weeks in foster care, I drove across the mountains to bring him home in September 2025. He immediately bonded with me. He is big and powerful, now weighing a healthy lean 145 lbs. He has powerful legs and will practically bound up and down on his rear legs when extra excited (supper). Storm has a massive skull and may look intimidating, but he is a really gentle love bug. He wants to be by your side getting petted while sitting on one of your feet. He will love it if you give him hugs wrapping your arms around him. He has amazing trust allowing me to manipulate and trim his feet, which most dogs would not enjoy. He is healthy and fast when he wants to sprint (see train chase video below). Storm has really come around to being part of the pack after initially being a bit standoffish with the other dogs. He also is the Newfy playground superintendent, barking at other dogs and trying to break it up, if he feels their play has gotten a bit too rough, or someone is breaking the rules (looking for food in the kitchen). Storm excelled at Beginner Obedience School, graduating 11/2/2025. He is also doing therapy type work.
For a real treat, watch Storm's sprinting ability chasing a train!
Storm the Train Chaser!
As another treat, watch Chewie
as a puppy learning to sit:
Luna
Luna was born 10/7/2019 and came to us as a bonded pair with Zeus in June 2026. She grew up in the family with Zeus, with a very strong bonding to her big brother figure. I understand she becomes very anxious and cannot stand to be apart from Zeus, and so her family knew she needed to be adopted as a pair with Zeus. Multiple people wanted to adopt her alone, but her Mom held out and agreed Skagit Newfy Haven would be an ideal setting to take 2 senior Newfs together. She is obese on arrival but otherwise quite healthy and acts like a Newf 3 years younger! She is sweet and social, always wanting to be with Zeus or a person. We look forward to seeing how she develops new friends in our pack and getting her back to a healthy weight. She is so active now, how much more active she will be after a 35 lb diet!
Zeus & Luna puppy pictures
Zeus & Luna in prime years
Zeus in his prime years
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