About Newfoundland Оur little useful library Here you will find all kinds of useful information and materials related to the breed. Newfoundland - Origin and historyThe Newfoundland is an ancient and mysterious breed with a rich background of legends, sea tales and conflicting hypotheses FCI Standard #50 - Newfoundland FCI-CLASSIFICATION: Group 2 Pinscher and Schnauzer-Molossoid breeds- Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs. Section 2.2 Molossoid breeds, Mountain type. Epitaph to a Dogby LORD GEORGE GORDON BYRON 1788 – 1824 The Legend of the Newfoundland There is a land where the waves explode upon the reef in a boiling foam, there the legend was born.