Comments on: What Do a Newfoundland Dog and Tiger Woods Have in Common? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/18/what-do-a-newfoundland-dog-and-tiger-woods-have-in-common/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sporti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/18/what-do-a-newfoundland-dog-and-tiger-woods-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-36717 sporti Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:57:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9480#comment-36717 Sorry to hear about your pup. I hope the breeders were of help to you. Sorry to hear about your pup. I hope the breeders were of help to you.

]]> By: Jan Ballinger http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/18/what-do-a-newfoundland-dog-and-tiger-woods-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-36252 Jan Ballinger Sun, 30 May 2010 21:49:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9480#comment-36252 They have more in commmon than you think. My Newfoundland, who by the way was registered with Kennel Club as "Merrybear Tiger Woods" also turned out to be a great-big-let-down and certainly not what he was portrayed to be! At 4 months old he needed surgery to correct a permanently luxated patella to his right hind leg due to a shallow and deformed bone. At 6 1/2 months the same surgery was carried out on the left hind leg - also due to shallow and deformed bone. His recovery was painful and slow. At 11 months old he was barely managing a slow walk on lead for 15 minutes. At 12 months he began to show signs of stiffness. Gradually, he worsened each day, then started to limp. Took him back to Surgeon .... cruciate ligaments had gone in both legs! Direct result of incorrect conformation. On the Vet's advice, he was put to sleep aged 14 months. Can't help wondering if I had not called him Tiger Woods, then maybe things would have been different. I have donated his DNA to Animal Health Trust Genetics Dept at Newmarket. Lets hope it brings some good to Newfoundlands in the future. They have more in commmon than you think. My Newfoundland, who by the way was registered with Kennel Club as “Merrybear Tiger Woods” also turned out to be a great-big-let-down and certainly not what he was portrayed to be! At 4 months old he needed surgery to correct a permanently luxated patella to his right hind leg due to a shallow and deformed bone. At 6 1/2 months the same surgery was carried out on the left hind leg – also due to shallow and deformed bone. His recovery was painful and slow. At 11 months old he was barely managing a slow walk on lead for 15 minutes. At 12 months he began to show signs of stiffness. Gradually, he worsened each day, then started to limp. Took him back to Surgeon …. cruciate ligaments had gone in both legs! Direct result of incorrect conformation. On the Vet’s advice, he was put to sleep aged 14 months. Can’t help wondering if I had not called him Tiger Woods, then maybe things would have been different. I have donated his DNA to Animal Health Trust Genetics Dept at Newmarket. Lets hope it brings some good to Newfoundlands in the future.

]]> By: Bill Zardus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/18/what-do-a-newfoundland-dog-and-tiger-woods-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-36008 Bill Zardus Mon, 24 May 2010 21:58:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9480#comment-36008 I could think of some more answers to this question if you need them. Bill Z ...... ccdogpark at yahooDotCom ...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Newfoundlands/ .. I could think of some more answers to this question if you need them.

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