I took your advice and got the head collar. Miles easier to keep her going the direction I want and not between my legs! Now she's kind of grasped it, I'm using both the head collar and neck, mainly using the neck lead, and just the head to correct. she's so big and strong, The head collar means I can quickly whip her back to where she should be without worrying about tugging on her neck. She doesn't pull or resist at all with the head one.

The lifespan was the only thing that I didn't like about the breed. I wish I could extend it. The drooling I can cope with. I've found she has a constantly wet neck and chin so far, she drinks so much water and sloshes it all down her. She's also taken to peeing on the garden path and playing in it. She's got some irritation on her belly, and a couple of pussy spots, which I'm presuming are coming from these pee games. Since yesterday we've been having an 'after pee bath', a quick dip in the bath so I can rinse her belly and keep her clean. Vets tomorrow though so I'll get him to look at it properly.

We must have been lucky with our puppy.
She was rescued @ 8 weeks old from the local golf course & right from the start used a pad. We gave her treats & now comes to sit by me to get her treats.
She will be 2 years old in April.

Really lucky! I think we are getting somewhere, then she has a day like today where she goes where she stands.

I'm glad it's helping you with the lead training, I thought it might as it gives you far more control than a collar does. You can lead the dog and control it by the head to get it going where you want it to go, that's why their used on horses, and with such a big puppy the quicker you can control her on a lead the better your future walks will be. Head collars are generally a quick fix for adult dogs as it stops them pulling but doesn't teach them not to, but for a large puppy it will help you keep in control while your instilling nice lead manners and give her the crucial knowledge that she cannot drag you about the place.

Their lifespan is incredibly short really when you consider their a puppy until 2, their a breed you have to really make the most of while you have them. Consider taking her to a groomer and asking them to thin out and shorten the fur under her chin and around her neck. That's what I do with my Newfie customer and it makes it much easier to deal with. Just stress firmly exactly what you want, don't just say 'clip it short under her face'. Short is many things to many people, your version of short might be an inch or so taken off, theirs might be an inch or so all over! Be really clear what you ask for and make sure you and the groomer are singing from the same hymn sheet!! When she gets her adult coat you might do well to buy a dog blaster, not only will it help dry her quicker, you will get tons of hair out of her with it, especially when she's moulting.

Definitely try and stop her from lying in pee spots, skin contact with pee causes urine scald, similar to nappy rash in babies. Newfie fur is extremely dense so it might be soaking in and staying on the skin for a prolonged time, which could be causing the sore spots. Try a little sudocrem on her, it'll heal and soothe any soreness and friction burn when she's lying down .

The head collar has really worked wonders. With treats, she mostly walks in a straight line now, so we actually go forward. Although she's still spending most walks by my side looking up at me rather than where she is walking. On the plus side, that means she doesn't pull. She's just so big already. Had her weighed today, she's 35lb. That's 10lb heavier than 2 weeks ago. Vet said that that is a perfectly healthy weight gain for a Newfie her age, but he thinks she'll be one of his bigger newfies.

I need to look for a groomer. I was hoping to get the one my uncles uses for his spaniels, but apparently she doesn't do big dogs. I never thought of having her neck and chin shorter, that is a fantastic idea! We've been working on getting her used her collection of brushes. She loves the attention, chews her duck whilst I brush, and is happy for me to roll her about and lift legs. I'll get a dog blaster. We've been using a hairdryer and it just takes so long already. It's also really difficult just wetting her through. I think I've done it, then I'll ruffle her fur and discover a dry patch!

The vet said it was urine burn today. Just told me to keep rinsing her, but I'll use sudacrem on her tum. It looks just like nappy rash. She's such a pillock. She also prefers to drink rain water. Not interested in her fresh tap water, she barks to go for rain water.

I'm just trying to introduce her to as many different things as I can now, whilst she's still really eager to explore everything and not afraid. The only thing she's a little unsure of is passing loud aeroplanes.

I'm completely with you there - I always feel such a massive failure which then leads to stress when it happens! I had a Shih Tzu who got it in his head that INSIDE was for weeing, outside was for enjoyment. It nearly drove me nuts till someone told me about crating. If all else fails, put them in a crate with a bed and a bowl of water. Let them out to wee outside. If they don't, put them back in the crate. If they do wee/poo, let them have 'free' playtime for 1/2 an hour and then back in the crate. It sounds terribly cruel but that was the only way I could train my boy and actually he loved his crate. You may not need this method but if you do it gets results very fast!

It's a pain in the rear isn't it! We are still right back at where we started with house training. But I'm just going to keep at it and stay persistent.

She has got a very large crate, but we just use it as a bed, it's in a quiet corner in the kitchen and she goes there to sleep and chew her favourite toy. But as soon as the door is closed she cries. So we never close it. I'm not even sure how I'd get her out of crying when the doors shut.

When my puppy was doing the same thing I spoke to the breeder and she suggested a crate, which really solved the problem, The pup was taken out to eat play toilet outside etc. but most of the time she spent in the crate where she wouldn't go toilet in so it just made her get the message somehow that outside was the place. I don't think there were any issues once I got the crate. And when she was older the crate door was always open and she always choose to go in there and sleep, before anyone says it's cruel.

We've been working on crate training. The vet advised it too. She will go in for 20 minutes now without fuss, then it's out, drink/food, out, play, out, back in the crate for 20 minutes and repeat. She's still peeing inside. But, not as frequently.

As a side note, we've been back at the vets again today (microchip and health check). He heard a heart murmur. He said it was very soft, and he thinks it's more than likely innocent and will go in a few weeks. Both her parents are health tested, and had no heart issues, but it's got me all worried.

My point was that she should spend 20 minutes out of the crate, rather than 20 minutes in it. Or the greater amount of time in the crate, seeing as it was her 'home' and she wouldn't pee in there it would probably help with bladder control.

I always fed my puppy in the crate too ( I have other dogs who eat in kitchen and I did not want the puppy to try to get their food). Now she still gets fed in the crate but with the door open, and when she is finished she comes out but stays a distance then only goes and licks the bowls of the other dogs when they walk away from it.
Also when we go out to go shopping (we are retired and and are there most of the time), all the dogs run into their cages because they know they get a tit bit. Also in the day lots of times they go into to sleep, sometimes into the other dog ones, but for the night there are always in their own ones. I also had no trouble house training them.
2 of my dogs are rescue dogs and they were used to crates, and even though I had other dogs before (no crates), I had so much stuff chewed when out, and nothing like that with my last 3, who were used to crates. Also every time they might have to stay at the Vets, they do not mind at all, just settle down. Makes it a lot easier for the Vet and the dogs are not stressed either.

We are working up the crate time. It's closer to 30 minutes now, without the crying and fussing. If I leave her in there too long she gets too excited when she comes out and pees as she waggles. She is sleeping in there though now, for about an hour 3 times a day. And any rest periods she's in there. She just comes out when we are either playing, eating or weeing.

We haven't had an accident in the house today. And she just had the biggest pee she's ever done in the back garden. Improvement!

Any tips for an enzyme cleaner to get rid of the whiff? I can't smell it, but the vet said she may still be smelling it. I've been using simple solution but I'm not sure how effective it is.

Enzyme cleaners as far as I know are the usual biological clothes washing powder or liquid. That's what cats protection told me anyway, when one of my cats peed on a new rug, she was just putting her scent on it apparently.