This Is What Being At The Gillies Is Like
Posted by jtbourne on February 12, 2010 · 19 Comments
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When I first met Cash, in July:
When I ran into him again yesterday:
Snow covered dogs thaw out indoors. Cash is one of THREE Newfs. Love ‘em.






I'm a hockey player turned writer. After playing for Alaska Anchorage in the WCHA (NCAA), I carried on with an NHL tryout (New York Islanders in 2007) before spending a couple seasons in the AHL/ECHL (last year was 2008-09). My father, Bob Bourne, won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders in the '80's, as did my fiancee's dad, Clark Gillies. I'm now the web editor for theScore's hockey blog "Backhand Shelf."
He is adorable! You might like this website:
http://drawthedog.com/
And if you are hanging out with 3 newfies this weekend, you should have more than enough stories so that they can star in their own comic strip:
http://drawthedog.com/?page_id=44
Ooo big doggie.
Welcome to snowy NY.
and don’t they smell wonderful when they come in all snowy! My dogs smell like fish. We make em both go in the powder room and melt off on the tile floor. Wish we had some of that snow here in western NY. We can handle it a WHOLE lot better than DC!
Ooh, do they do water rescue competitions? I have a friend who has Newfies and they’re really into that. Great fun!
hey dude its really important that u show all 3 of those pics cause if u just show the last one people r gonna be like wtf the dudes got serious control issues. actly by now my friends would be copyin n postin that last pic everywhere
Hook that thing up to the bumper and you’ve got green transportation. Watch out for the emissions.
That is some SERIOUS doggage. Love me some horse-sized doggie.
I guess snow melt is better than doggie drool. In high school a friend had a St Bernard. I remember the panic “Dad’s home! Wipe the drool off the leather couch!!”
does the house have a “dog room” where they all sleep? Cuz those are some seriously LARGE animals! : O ) Cute, though in a slobbery way
Awesome.
Big dogs are the best.
Coolest thing ever!!! I just love Newfies!
Is that water from the snow or is that dog slobber? Either way, I want to sleep with three of those in my bed. In a good way.
I once partied with three Newfies who were really quite similar. OK, they were a little less hairy but after a couple bottles of Screech, they slobbered pretty much the same…
My sis had four of these wonderful pets at one time.
They were great with my at-the-time small kids [5, 3 & 1).
Gentle as lambs.
It’s a lot of work grooming them. Shoulda had you drool towel closer.
The hair would gather in drifts in the same places on the floor,
Great shots of you fighting Parros, and you said you’d retired!
He was a huge puppy! Not sure of the right word for him now–but he is cute.
The last pic of you, after being newfied, is priceless.
All that is just from melting snow? Gees, since it’s a Newfie I thought you had been slimed!
Oh well, when the weather warms back up you’ll have to have Cash do a water rescue – nothing beats being dragged to shore by one of these wonderful beasts.