8 Facts About The Newfoundland
8 Facts About The Newfoundland
- Newfoundlands are popularly referred to as “Newfs” or “Newfies”.
- The Newfoundland breed originated in Newfoundland from an indigenous island breed that later became known as the St. John’s Dog.
- Newfoundlands are historically linked to many rescues of shipwrecked sailors.
- Napoleon Bonaparte was reportedly saved by a Newfoundland after he went overboard while escaping from exile on the island of Elba.
- Lord Byron wrote the famous poem ‘Epitaph To A Dog’ about his own dog, a Newfoundland name Boatswain.
- Famous owners of Newfoundlands: President Ulysses S. Grant, Robert F. Kennedy, Emily Dickinson, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President James Buchanan, and Meriwether Lewis.
- Newfoundlands were bred with the Retriever to create the Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
- In Jane Eyre, Edward Fairfax Rochester’s dog Pilot was a Newfoundland.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Number 2 is not a “fact” in any way.
There are, at best, only theories as to the origins of the Newfie.
There is some archeological evidence suggesting their use by American Indians but even the self proclaimed experts in the field will not state anything as fact when it comes to origins.