How to identify a Newfoundland

Newfoundland

1. Massive: about 28 inches for dogs and 26 for bitches, with a broad head
2. Black, brown, gray, or the white-and-black “Landseer”
3. “Flat, water-resistant, double coat” that is coarse and moderately long
4. Small triangular ears with rounded tips; the tail hangs straight and “does not curl over the back”

Saint Bernard

1. White with red, red with white, or brindle patches with white; “never of one color or without white”
2. White chest, feet, tail tip, noseband and collar, often with a dark mask and ears
3. Huge head with forehead wrinkles that “converge toward the furrow”
4. Short or long coat; long, heavy tail that often hangs “in the shape of an ’f’”; at least 27½ inches for males

Newfoundland

1. Massive: about 28 inches for dogs and 26 for bitches, with a broad head
2. Black, brown, gray, or the white-and-black “Landseer”
3. “Flat, water-resistant, double coat” that is coarse and moderately long
4. Small triangular ears with rounded tips; the tail hangs straight and “does not curl over the back”

Great Pyrenees

1. White or mostly white, sometimes marked with gray, badger, reddish brown or tan on the head, ears and tail
2. Double dewclaws “on each rear leg”
3. “Well plumed” tail carried low, or over the back (“making the wheel”) when roused
4. Small V-shaped ears with rounded tips, carried “low, flat, and close to the head”; long, flat outer coat with a ruff