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August 10th, 2024 - Part 94

Today's Dog: The Newfoundland Dog! Newfies are extremely affectionate and aloof. They were created for assisting fishermen in Newfoundland, Canada, and have characteristic webbed paws and are double coated. This makes them very good swimmers, and they have a history of water-rescue dating back over two hundred years. When they were initially created they were likely much smaller before being bred with foreign mastiffs. Black-and-white Newfies are sometimes called Landseers after Sir Edwin Henry Landseer who painted them quite often. In the 1800s, only Landseer and black Newfies were considered “true” dogs of the breed, nowadays you can see grey or brown ones fairly often. Most of them are still black, though!

Today's Monkee: Lady of the Valley! This track is from Loose Salute (1970), Mike’s second solo album. It was written and produced by him, and naturally he sings lead. It was created with the First National Band. Lady of the Valley is a rolling track, it’s very enchanting. If you haven’t heard it I really recommend!

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Popular Dogs (~1930)

So, another long post ahead!  

I got another book in the mail yesterday and my dears, it’s a doozy.  It’s not as fun as the Care and Handling Book I got a while back, but this one has a lot more pictures of dogs in it.  Once again, it was bought for a song at abebooks.com. It is...

It’s... kind of strange.  It flew over to me from England and it’s full of old time advertisements for Distemper meds and flea pills, and all of the dog pictures are actually advertisements for kennels.  And it randomly inserts adds for magazines in it haha.  The pictures are A+ though!

It takes care of distemper, jaundice and destroys worms?  All together?  I.. don’t know if I want to give that to my dog, if it does all of that.  

What is in a Distemper Ball? ????

Onward, to dog breeds of old!

Afghans! Not nearly as fluff as you see them often these days.  Perhaps it’s a youth?  I like its fluff~ 

Below the cut, to save your dash, are a lot of pictures of various breeds!  (Below, you will see:  Basset Hounds, Borzoi, a Greyhound, a Springer Spaniel, a fabulous Irish Setter, a Bull Terrier, an Alsatian (German Shepherd), a Rough Collie, a Chow Chow, a Landseer Newfoundland, a Standard Poodle, a Samoyed pack, two Corgis, and Pugs!)

Look at that Basset!   Look at those ears!  Look how it’s not dragging on the ground!  Yes, its legs are a little bowed, still, but it has them! Its belly isn’t half an inch off the ground and its ears aren’t dragging!  FASCINATING.  (I also like that she’s been shown in confirmation as well as being an A+ hunter.  Even of mice.)

Bring on the Borzoi!  Spindly noodle dogs <3

Grehounds!  It’s wild to see confirmation show Greyhounds versus Greyhounds bred specifically for racing. 

Springers!  I’m just really fond of this dog? I know next to nothing about Springer Spaniels, but I like this one’s face haha

My gosh look at that Irish Setter.  I don’t think I’d recognize it easily? There is a family near where I live who have two, and they’re big and beautiful and all flowing fur.  Not used to a sleek, utilitarian style Irish Setter, but I love it.  (And those little white toes.)

I love old style Bull Terriers so very much.  The blurb about Bull Terriers talks about how you should definitely make sure your puppy can hear as by this time, breeders had bred almost all of the color out of them and that “mysteriously” left a lot of the puppies deaf.  (Genetics!)  No egg-shaped head back them, not yet.  The blurb goes on to talk about how they were mostly used to guard your property, and that a dog who cannot hear is no use for that, so get a pup who can hear.

Alsatians! Are they and German Shepherd Dogs the same?  Who knows- a brief google says both yes and no, so who knows haha.  Not called Police Dogs in this book, and it mentions that they come mostly in Black and Tan, versus the other book that says all Police Dogs come mostly in grey, not Black and Tan.  INTERESTING. 

Of course I have to include a Collie~  The little blurb says that Collies are suspicious of strangers and do not like anyone but its family.  Uh- Lark has never met a stranger in his life.  All are his friends.   At least this one doesn’t say I’m killing him by keeping him inside haha.  It mentions Smooth Collies very, very briefly, and then goes on to talk about Bearded Collies!  No pictures of either, though.

Chow Chow!  The author was a bit in love with them- they put a lot of little sketches of Chows throughout the book haha. 

A Newfoundland!  A Landseer Newfie, at that! I know some books and breeders and owners consider them different breeds, but this one does not.  (I mistook her for a good looking Saint Bernard at first haha)

What an... interesting haircut on Champion Tom.  I like the little bit at the end, “They are very good with the gun having wonderfully soft mouths, and it seems a pity that they are classified as non-sporting instead of gun-dogs.”  I want to see a Standard Poodle used in field dog competitions now.

Look at those not-very-fluffy Samoyeds! Much more foxy in the face, and with so much less fluff than what we see these days in the white puff clouds~ They look mischievous.

Well there’s a difference!  At least with the second one- look at those legs! The book talks about how it thinks Pembrokes and Cardigans will be mixed together, and, in the future, be just one breed.  (Well that didn’t happen haha)

And to end if off, Pugs!  With little, not bugged out eyes!  Still smushed faced, but I like the eyes a lot.  

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eight Nice Details In regards to the Newfoundland Canine

He’s the black bear of the canine world, however his imposing dimension and look belies a sort nature and a protracted historical past of service to mankind. Listed below are eight enjoyable info in regards to the noble Newfoundland canine.

1. The Newfoundland Canine’s Canadian Origins

Newfoundland canine on a Canadian stamp. Pictures ©microstocker | Getty Photographs.

The Newfoundland canine did certainly originate within the Dominion of Newfoundland (now a province of Canada), the place he was used as a working canine by fishermen. He descended from a breed native to the island and often called the Lesser Newfoundland or the St. John’s Canine. DNA evaluation confirms that the breed can be intently associated to different Canadian retrievers just like the Labrador and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. The Newf shares many bodily traits (big head, broad muzzle, stout legs) with the Mastiff and Molosser-type breeds such because the St. Bernard. This was probably because of the introduction of Mastiff blood, most likely from matings with Portuguese Mastiffs, which have been delivered to the island by Portuguese fishermen starting within the 16th century.

2. The Newfoundland loves water

The Newfoundland excels at water rescue and lifesaving, because of his muscular construct, thick double coat, webbed toes and innate swimming skill. The breed’s giant bones and large dimension give it the ability to deal with uneven ocean waves and robust tides. Newfs have an enormous lung capability for swimming lengthy distances. The oily, mackintosh retains a Newfoundland canine dry and protects them from the nippiness of icy waters. The breed’s historical past is replete with examples of braveness demonstrated by the Newfoundland in lifesaving exploits. One significantly well-known Newf was “Seaman,” who accompanied American explorers Lewis and Clark on their expedition.

three. The Newf’s breed customary

The Newfoundland’s lifesaving prowess wouldn’t be doable have been it not for the breed’s variety nature. The American Kennel Membership breed customary says it in essentially the most emphatic approach: “Sweetness of temperament is the hallmark of the Newfoundland; that is a very powerful single attribute of the breed.” The usual begins out with the next description beneath “Basic Look: The Newfoundland is a sweet-dispositioned canine that acts neither boring nor ill-tempered. He’s a faithful companion. A multipurpose canine, at house on land and in water, the Newfoundland is able to draft work and possesses pure lifesaving skills.”

four. A bear-like breed

A typical grownup Newfoundland male stands 28 inches on the shoulder; 26 inches on the shoulder for an grownup feminine. That is additionally a really heavy, substantial breed, with grownup males starting from 130 to 150 kilos; grownup females from 100 to 120 kilos. For all his dimension, nevertheless, the Newfoundland canine is a mellow fellow and doesn’t require an enormous quantity of room to be glad. Adults will usually spend a lot of the day napping. Whereas many a toddler has discovered to stroll grabbing maintain of a Newfoundland, energetic puppies can simply bowl over a toddler, so grownup supervision is beneficial.

5. Some Newfoundland canine are black and white

Whereas the vast majority of Newfs are stable black, maybe with a contact of white on the chin, chest and toes, it’s the white Newf with black markings that boasts an enduring inventive connection. As an homage to the well-known English painter, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, who typically selected the black-and-white Newfoundland canine as the topic of his works, this shade sample is named the Landseer. There are additionally stable brown and stable grey Newfs.

6. Newfs in popular culture

Though Newfoundlands are sometimes encountered in books and artwork, essentially the most well-known Newfoundland canine in literature is well “Nana,” the devoted protector of the Darling youngsters in J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Robert Kennedy’s household was dedicated to Newfs and plenty of informal pictures of the younger Kennedy youngsters function a Newf lovingly watching over them.

7. Newfoundland canine have received at Westminster twice

Many breeds are nonetheless ready impatiently for his or her day to win Finest in Present on the Westminster Kennel Membership, essentially the most prestigious canine present in America that takes place each February at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis. Newfoundlands have triumphed right here twice: “Adam,” extra formally often called Champion Seaward’s Blackbeard, claimed the highest prize in 1984 and, 20 years later, it was “Josh,” Champion Darbydale’s All Rise Pouch Cove, who stole the highlight in 2004.

eight. Newfs and Water Canine titles

Newfoundlands can excel at swimming attributable to their muscular construct, thick double coat, webbed toes and innate swimming skill. Pictures ©stanfram | Getty Photographs.

To honor the Newfoundland’s illustrious historical past of lifesaving and to understand the enjoyable of seeing the canine doing what ought to come naturally to them, the Newfoundland Membership of America designed rescue and water canine assessments. Within the Junior Division, Newfs are required to retrieve a bumper, a life jacket or cushion, ship a rope to a swimming steward, tow a ship and swim calmly with a handler. Performing these and different workouts earns the Newf a Water Canine title.

The workouts get more difficult within the Senior Division, and to earn the Water Rescue Canine title the canine should retrieve two articles within the correct order, leap from a ship to fetch a paddle, carry a life ring to a swimmer in “misery,” retrieve underwater, tow a ship to shore and leap from a ship to save lots of his handler who has “fallen” overboard. There may be even a 3rd division for elite working canine that compete for the Water Rescue Canine Wonderful title.

In regards to the creator

Allan Reznik is a journalist, editor and broadcaster who focuses on dog-related topics. He’s the previous editor-in-chief of Canines in Overview and former editor of Canine Fancy journal. A metropolis dweller all his life, on each coasts, he now enjoys the agricultural South along with his Afghan Hounds, Tibetan Spaniels and various rescues.

Editor’s be aware: This text appeared in petsupplyandmore journal. Have you ever seen the brand new petsupplyandmore print journal in shops? Or within the ready room of your vet’s workplace? Subscribe now to get petsupplyandmore journal delivered straight to you! 

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