NEWFOUNDLAND, Breed of Dog

breed of massive, powerful working dog developed in Newfoundland, probably in the 17th cent., and later perfected in England. It stands from 25 to 28 in. (63.5–71.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 110 to 150 lb (49.9–68.1 kg). Its dense, flat-lying coat is coarse and rather oily and is usually a dull jet black in color. The Landseer type of Newfoundland is one in which the color is other than solid black, the most frequent being black with white markings. The precise origin of the Newfoundland is obscure, but the most convincing evidence points to the crossbreeding of arctic and other dogs native to Newfoundland with the ship dogs of European fishermen. Specimens of the resulting breed, similar to the modern variety but smaller, were then brought to England, where their size and appearance were refined. The Newfoundland is an excellent water dog and has been used to rescue drowning people. It also has been a popular draft animal, particularly on its native island. Today it is raised for show competition and as a family companion, being especially gentle with children. See dog.

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books on: Newfoundland Breed of Dog  - 27 results

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Man Meets Dog
Book by Konrad Lorenz; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Cats--Behavior, Dogs--Behavior, Human-Animal Relationships
...mixed gangs of boys and dogs wandering through the...old and innumerable dogs of uncertain breed. The dogs have no fear of the...friendship between a dog and a child that I ever...enormous coal-black Newfoundland and my future brother...
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A Labrador Doctor: The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Book by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919
Subjects: Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason--Sir--1865-1940, Physicians--Newfoundland--Labrador--Biography
...covered with dogs. The Eskimo dog is so strong and enduring that...built and more vivacious Straits dog is the speedier and certainly...somewhat squat-legged Eskimo dogs with Kentucky wolf hounds...capable as the ordinary Straits breed. The real Labrador dog is a very slightly modified...
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Understanding the Call of the Wild: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
Book by Claudia Durst Johnson; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Dogs In Literature, Fiction, Gold Mines And Mining--Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--History--Sources, Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold Discoveries--Sources, Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--In Literature, London, Jack--1876-1916--Call Of The Wild--Sources, Wolves In Literature
...the spitz fox-dogs. It is variously classified as a water dog, a working dog, and one of the "hero" dogs, for it was not...even temper of the Newfoundland breed. Unfortunately...whole pack. Other breeds are mentioned in...
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The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories
Book by Jack London, Earle Labor, Robert C. Leitz III; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Adventure Stories, American, Dogs--Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Fiction, Fiction, Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold Discoveries--Fiction, Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Social Life And Customs--Fiction, Wolfdogs--Fiction, Wolves--Fiction
...pointers, one was a Newfoundland, and the other two were mongrels of indeterminate breed. They did not seem to...with so many as fourteen dogs. In the nature of Arctic...a reason why fourteen dogs should not drag one sled...the food for fourteen dogs. But Charles and Hal...pencil, so much to a dog, so many dogs, so many...
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The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories
Book by Jack London; New American Library, 1960
Subjects: Dogs--Fiction, Gold Mines And Mining--Fiction, Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Fiction
...ground over him, and the dogs dashed up the street...Kindhearted citizens caught the dogs and gathered up the scattered...the load and twice the dogs, if they ever expected...pointers, one was a Newfoundland, and the other two were mongrels of indeterminate breed. They did not seem to...
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journal articles on: Newfoundland Breed of Dog  - 8 results

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Unequal Contribution of Sexes in the Origin of Dog Breeds
Journal article by A-K Sundqvist, S. Björnerfeldt, J. A. Leonard, F. Hailer; Genetics, Vol. 172, 2006
Subjects: DNA, Mitochondrial, Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA, Dogs, Evolutionary biology, Selective breeding, Wolves
...identification of the breed to which 96 of the 100 dogs belong. Additionally...genetically characterize the breeds and when the dog genotypes were sorted...group corresponded to 1 breed and 94 dogs were correctly assigned...misassigned included one Newfoundland, two German pointers...
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Dogs and People: The History and Psychology of a Relationship
Journal article; Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, Vol. 24-26, 1996
Subjects: Authors--Addresses, essays, lectures, Coren, Stanley--Addresses, essays, lectures, Dog breeds--Social aspects, Dog owners--Psychology and mental health, Dogs--Social aspects, Psychologists--Addresses, essays, lectures
...developing specific breeds of dogs for many, many years. We keep the dog breeds separate because each...dog in a particular breed is the same. They are...information. How large a dog do you want, and how active a dog do you want? If you...since these are easier breeds to handle. Finally, you need to know which dogs fit into each breed category. This is shown...
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Medical Surveillance of Search Dogs Deployed to the World Trade Center and Pentagon: 2001-2006
Journal article by Cynthia M. Otto, Amanda B. Downend, George E. Moore, Joanne K. Daggy, D. Lauren Ranivand, Jennifer A. Reetz, Scott D. Fitzgerald; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 73, 2010
Subjects: Morbidity--Comparative analysis, Natural immunity--Comparative analysis, Search and rescue dogs--Physiological aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001
...The one deployed dog with generalized...Boxers, and giant breed dogs (Tidholm Jonsson...24 females <br/ Breeds represented 11 pure...p = .909 <br/ Breeds represented N...1b--Detailed Breed Comparisons <br...Australian Cattle Dog 2 <br/ Australian...breed 8 1 <br/ Newfoundland 1 <br/ Rottweiler...
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A Comprehensive Linkage Map of the Dog Genome
Journal article by Aaron K. Wong, Alison L. Ruhe, Beth L. Dumont, Kathryn R. Robertson, Giovanna Guerrero, Sheila M. Shull, Janet S. Ziegle, Lee V. Millon, Karl W. Broman, Bret A. Payseur, Mark W. Neff; Genetics, Vol. 184, 2010
Subjects: Behavior, Binding sites, Colleges & universities, Genetics, Genomics, Maps, Mutation, Studies
...at the inception of breed registries. Variation...structure and is driven by a breed-based linkage disequilibrium...contrast,LDin dog breeds extends to a megabase...sequence (7.6O) of the dog genome (Lindblad...colony inclusive of six breed backgrounds (Neff et...collie (sire) and a Newfoundland (dam) (Neff et al...panel of 36 purebred dogs was assembled and surveyed...
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"There Is No Arguing with Pictures": Stretching the Canvas of Gender in the Art Portraits, Picture-Language, and the Original Illustrations in Uncle Tom's Cabin
Journal article by Sheila Ruzycki O'Brien; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 20, 2006
Subjects: American art--Portrayals, Art, American--Portrayals, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Tompkins, Jane--Criticism and interpretation, Tompkins, Jane--Works, Uncle Tom's Cabin (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...Billings depicts a dog defined by Stowe as a Newfoundland as largely white...1838 portrait of a Newfoundland, "A Distinguished...Newfoundland is that the breed was known to rescue...sold. Newfoundland dogs were also renowned...for his boyhood Newfoundland, Boatswain, inscribed...monument to the dog at Newstead Abbey...
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magazine articles on: Newfoundland Breed of Dog  - 9 results

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Truth about Dogs: Recent Explorations into the Field of Canine Genetics Are Changing the Way We Think about Man's Best Friend - "Man's Best Parasite" May Be More like It - ..
Magazine article by Stephen Budiansky; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 284, July 1999
Subjects: Animal behavior, Animal genetics, Breeding, Dogs, Pets
...much that dogs are being...that the breed has relatively...founders. Many breeds suffer from...A stud dog that wins...would be to breed dogs for chosen...desires of dog breeders...distinctive breeds. Zoo keepers...champion dog. In the...cystinuria in Newfoundland dogs; Von Willebrands...terriers. Many breed clubs are...diversity of dog breeds, and the...
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The Truth about Dogs
Magazine article by Stephen Budiansky; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 284, July 1999
Subjects: Biologists--Research, Dogs--Behavior
...much that dogs are being...that the breed has relatively...founders. Many breeds suffer from...A stud dog that wins...would be to breed dogs for chosen...desires of dog breeders...distinctive breeds. Zoo keepers...champion dog. In the...cystinuria in Newfoundland dogs; Von Willebrands...terriers. Many breed clubs are...diversity of dog breeds, and the...
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Wet and Windy: Philip Kerr Finds the Shipping Forecast More Exciting Than This Adaptation of a Proulx Novel
Magazine article by Philip Kerr; New Statesman, Vol. 131, March 11, 2002
Subjects: Family--Analysis, Newfoundland--Analysis, Shipping News (Motion picture)--Reviews
...home to an eponymous breed of large dog -- a dog so stupid that it tries...tedious novel about Newfoundland that won the Pulitzer...familys ancestral home in Newfoundland. Once on the island...else is there to do in Newfoundland but have sex with your sister? Even the dogs look nervous in the...
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Citizen Canine
Magazine article by Edward Tenner; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 22, Summer 1998
Subjects: Dogs--Political aspects, National characteristics--Analysis
...to create a new breed, the bull mastiff...culture of the dogs original blue...behavior of existing breeds to suit new conditions: thus the Newfoundland and Chesapeake...Deft, a leading dog writer, speculates...remained distinct breeds; Belgium alone...recognized sheepherding breeds. Indeed, it is...how many of the dogs originated on...student of the breed, believes that...and "police dog," Hollywood only...
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Transcontinental Trek: Two Hundred Years Ago This Month, the Lewis and Clark Expedition Reached the Pacific Ocean, Having Trekked across What Is Now the United States
Magazine article by Roger D. Mcgrath; The New American, Vol. 21, November 14, 2005
Subjects: Autonomy (Political science)--History, Autonomy--History, Charbonneau, Toussaint--History, Charbonneau, Toussaint--Political activity, Colonists--History, Colonists--Political activity, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806--History, National liberation movements--History, United States--History
...by Seaman, Meriwether Lewis huge Newfoundland. The dog weighed nearly 150 pounds--triple the size of the largest Indian dogs--and with his webbed feet could...horses and had developed their own breed, the Appaloosa, making them the...
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newspaper articles on: Newfoundland Breed of Dog  - 35 results

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Distraught Fiona Hopes Someone Has Found Her Newfoundland
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 3, 2005
...added: Newfoundland dogs are distinctive...she said. The Newfoundland is a large, web-footed, thick coated dog which evolved on...of native Indian dogs and European breeds carried across the...In Canada the breed is used as a working dog and there are many...with their other Newfoundland dog Wilson
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My Special Birthday Treat - a Trip to Top Dog Heaven; Our Smallholder Columnist Found Herself an Animal Sitter and Finally Realised Her Life-Long Ambition Down to Earth
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 11, 2008
Subjects: Dogs--Personal narratives
...a Trip to Top Dog Heaven; Our Smallholder...china models of dogs, and I had books...to look after the dogs andfeed all the...loved the really big breeds like Newfoundland, Bernese mountain dog, GreatDane, StBernard. Small dogs just dont do it for me. The breed that really stole...
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Dogs, Humans Together
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 18, 2005
Subjects: Dogs, President of the United States
...care for homeless and sick dogs, she also shored up the ailing...Victoria kept as many as 80 dogs of her own at Windsor, very...that the modern concept of breeds came into its own. Dog breeders emphasized and developed...public responded by purchasing breed dogs by the tens of thousands...
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Horse or Hound? Cross-Breed Has Them Guessing
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 10, 2007
...Horse or Hound? Cross-Breed Has Them Guessing...Samson is Britainsbiggest dog. The Great Dane/Newfoundland cross is so big that...pounds sterling60 of dog foodand turkey legs...Hismother was a Newfoundland and his father was a...one of the smallest breeds of dog as hisplaymate...
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Dog's Heroism Is Lesson for Children
Newspaper article by Denise Barnes; The Washington Times, February 1, 2000
Dogs heroism is lesson...shipwreck and a dog that saved the...heroism of the Newfoundland breed. "It all started...recently acquired a Newfoundland puppy and wanted...that told how a Newfoundland dog had swum out...
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encyclopedia articles on: Newfoundland Breed of Dog  - 2 results

 
 
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Newfoundland , Breed of Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEWFOUNDLAND , breed of dog breed of massive, powerful working dog developed in Newfoundland, probably in the 17th...The Landseer type of Newfoundland is one in which the...precise origin of the Newfoundland is obscure, but the...of arctic and other dogs native to Newfoundland...
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Labrador Retriever
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LABRADOR RETRIEVER breed of large sporting dog whose origins are obscure but...immediate ancestors were developed in Newfoundland and brought to England in the...it very popular as a companion dog. See dog...


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