THE ARISTOCRAT AMONG DOGS: NEWFOUNDLAND

  THE ARISTOCRAT AMONG DOGS: NEWFOUNDLAND

 The tykes which take their name from the islet of Newfoundland appeal to all suckers of animals. There are now two established kinds, the black and the white and black. There are also citation-colored tykes, but they're rare. The black variety of the Newfoundland is black; but this doesn't mean that there may be no other color, for most black Newfoundlands have some white marks. A white marking on the casket is said to be typical of the true strain. Any white on the head or body would place the canine in the other than the black variety. The black color should rather be of a dull spurt appearance which approximates to brown. In the other than black class, there may be black and tan, citation, and white and black. The ultimate predominates, and in this color, the beauty of marking is veritably important. The head should be black with a white nib and blaze, and the body and legs should be white with large patches of black on the defile and diggings, with conceivably other small black spots on the body and legs.   piecemeal from color, the kinds should conform to the same standard. Although it should appear hefty, the head should be large and massive.. The nib should be short, square, and clean cut, eyes rather wide piecemeal, deep set, dark and small, not showing any haw;  cognizance small, with a close side carriage, covered with fine short hair( there should be no borderline to the cognizance), expression full of intelligence,  quality, and kindness.   The body should be long, square, and massive, loins strong and well filled; the casket deep and broad; legs relatively straight,  kindly

             short in proportion to the length of the body, and important, with round bone well covered with muscle;  bases large, round, and close. The tail should be only long enough to reach just below the hocks, free from kink, and noway coiled over the reverse. The quality of the fleece is  veritably important; the fleece should be  veritably  thick, with  plenitude of hair; the  external fleece  kindly

             harsh and relatively straight.   The appearance generally should indicate a canine of great strength, and veritably active for his figure and size, moving freely with the body swung approximately between the legs, which gives a slight roll in gait. The Newfoundland Club standard assigns 140 lbs. in terms of size. 

to 120 lbs. weight for a canine, and 110 lbs. to 120 lbs. for a  whine, with an average height at the shoulder of 27 elevations and 25 elevations independently; but it's doubtful whether tykes in proper condition do conform to both conditions.   When rearing puppies give them soft food,  similar to well-boiled rice and milk, as soon as they lap, and, shortly later, scrape spare meat. Newfoundland puppies bear a plenitude of meat to induce proper growth.The puppies' weight should increase by 3 pounds per week. 

a week, and this necessitates plenitude of meat, bone, and muscle-forming food,  plenitude of meat, both raw and cooked.Milk is also beneficial, but it needs to be fortified with casein.

. The secret of growing full-sized tykes with a plenitude of bone and substance is to get a good launch from birth, good feeding, warm, dry diggings, and freedom for the puppies to move about and exercise themselves as they wish. Forced exercise may make them go awry on their legs. Medicine shouldn't be needed except for worms, and the puppies should be physicked for these soon after they're weaned, and again when three or four months old, or before that if they aren't thriving. However, Newfoundland puppies will be set up relatively hardy, and, If free from worms.