When you travel through the Connecticut countryside to visit Jane Thibault’s Nashau-Auke Newfoundland Kennel, you are reminded just how kind Nature is to the residents of this beautiful state. Surrounded by the rolling hills of north east Connecticut’s terminal moraine, the Thibault home and kennel are down a lane of evergreens, oaks, maples and rhododendron, surrounded by green lawns. Fronted by a large pond and backed by woodlands, you are immediately struck that this is the definition of Heaven to a Newfoundland, and to many visitors as well. There is parking beneath trees, to provide shade for the dog in your car if you have one. As you walk toward the house you will probably be met by one of the house Newfs, wandering around the grounds and in and out of the pond. They tend to be especially exuberant in their welcome if they have just emerged from the pond!
Jane will be found working with the Newfs, as she does every day, often for 24 hours a day. You will immediately be struck that each of the Newfs you meet is well groomed and friendly. If you have had the opportunity to visit many other Newf kennels, you are likely to be especially struck by this. The effort expended in keeping the dogs this beautiful is literally Herculean, and anyone who owns one Newf knows very well what this means. Shortly after her two boys were born, Jane began breeding and showing Newfs. She began with enormous enthusiasm and energy, and was rewarded with wonderful results!
