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...latest work is a cascade for Seattle's Freeway Park. Like Alph, Kubla Khan's sacred river, the Seattle cascade plunges through a chasm, this one measurable to man, down to a sunless picture window through which park visitors can watch traffic on the adjacent freeway underpass swim silently by like fish in a tank. That was one intent of the design-to drown out the downtown freeway's noise. "It's like action painting," Halprin explains. "My works are not fulfilled until they...
...single, massive shake of his double-layered coat. It was a far cry from Madison Square Garden and the fine grooming -human and canine-of the Westminster show ring. "But Newfs weren't put on this earth just to look good," says Madsen. "They are born to swim, and water rescue is in their genes. It's up to breeders to see that it stays there...
...obedience training and instinct gauging. The first simply requires the dog to go into the water and return to shore on command from a handler. "It looks so easy," said Breeder-Handler Cardel Verbruggen, "but it's actually an acid test. The dog has to be willing to swim to go in, and not every dog-even some Newfs, unfortunately-is eager for the water. And once he's in, he can't just swim around for the fun of it and still be a rescue dog. We're striving for controlled instinct, and the balance...
...training her handsome Landseer Newfoundland, Sebastian, explained the sport's appeal: "Newfoundlands are smart with sweet dispositions. Training them isn't work. Besides, they are among the few dogs you can train to do something that still has a place in this world. As long as people swim, there will be a job for Newfs. How many sheep need herding in New Jersey...
...place to swim in your clothes and hear the ghost