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Dog breed Newfoundland Newfoundland Common nicknames Newf, Newfy Origin Island of Newfoundland, modern-day Canada Traits Height Males 71 cm (28 in) Females 66 cm (26 in) Weight Males 65–80 kg (143–176 lb) Females 55–65 kg (121–143 lb) Coat Thick and straight Colour Black, white with black patches ("Landseer"), brown (not in Canadian standard), and grey (only in US standard, not ...
The Newfoundland comes in only three colors: black, brown or landseer (black and white), although the AKC recognizes gray, too. Splashes of white on the chest, toes, and tip of tail is permitted.
The efforts of these breeders resulted in the Landseer breed. [1] [2] In Great Britain and North America, Landseer colored dogs are considered a variety of the Newfoundland breed. In 1960 a separate breed club for Landseer-colored dogs were created in Germany by crossing livestock guardian dogs with Landseer-colored Newfoundlands.
Following the former record holder's death, Gibson, there was a period of nomination to the Guinness World Records.Contenders included Boomer, a Landseer Newfoundland from North Dakota [8] who registered in the race at 180 lbs, 7 feet long and 36 inches tall at the shoulder. [9]
I grew up with a massive dog, a Landseer Newfoundland who could actually pull me along on my rollerblades if I was out walking him on a leash.
In the 1830s, Heinrich Essig, a dog breeder and seller and mayor of the town of Leonberg near Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, claimed to have created the Leonberger by crossing a female Landseer Newfoundland with a "barry" male from the Great St Bernard Hospice and Monastery (which would later create the Saint Bernard).
Lion, a Newfoundland Dog is an 1824 oil painting by the English artist Edwin Landseer. [1] [2] [3] It portrays a variant of the traditional Newfoundland dog, now known as the Landseer dog due to its use in this painting and others by Landseer including A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society in 1831. This work was commissioned by Lion's owner.
A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society is an 1831 oil on canvas work by English painter Sir Edwin Henry Landseer depicting a Newfoundland dog.These dogs are recognised in Europe as a breed in their own right, the Landseer E.C.T. named after the painter.