Where Can You Find Newfoundland Dogs Hauling Christmas Trees? At This Pennsylvania Farm

(Jeremy Eaton - CBC News - December 10, 2023)

"In the tiny township of Plowville, about an hour west of Philadelphia, sits a long-standing family-run Christmas tree farm that has become the unofficial Newfoundland dog capital of the United States. The farm had been using the working dogs around the farm with little to no fanfare until Lindsay Eshelman posted a video of what happens on her family's farm — which has since grown into an annual event during the holiday season. 'It's a great way to expose people to the joy of Christmas but also teach people about Newfoundland dogs. Eshelman said. They're big and sometimes people are scared of big dogs and we want to show that they're gentle giants."

Between her brother, Preston, and her parents, Brenda and Greg, the Eshelmans have four Newfoundland dogs. That pup population grows a lot on Newfoundland Day with more than 80 of the massive dogs set to take in the festivities. "We are a destination for these dogs," Eshelman said. We actually have had people drive all the way from Vermont, Maine, Ohio - those are 10 plus hour-long drives.' This extinct N.L. dog is the ancestor of all modern retrievers Plow Farms shows no signs of slowing down on the Christmas experience they offer, or their love of the Newfoundland dogs, which has become a big part of who they are. 'We're the Newfoundland farm,' said Eshelman. This year my mother just adopted 2 new Newfoundland dogs, so the farm keeps growing and acquiring dogs."