Ana kiran Newfoundland kare "zinariya". Shi mai kirki ne, mai aminci, abokantaka, mai dabara, ko kaɗan ba ya karkata zuwa ga zalunci. Yin amfani da kalmomi na psychics, za mu iya cewa yana da kyau biofield. Kasancewar wannan kato mai kyau a cikin gidan yana haifar da yanayi na jin daɗi, tsaro, da kyautatawa.
Wataƙila Newfoundlands sune karnukan da suka fi dacewa da zamantakewa a duniya, babban dalilin wanzuwar su shine bauta wa mutane. Jarumai ne marasa son kai kuma a shirye suke su taimaka a kowane lokaci. Suna sadaukar da kai ga aikin da aka ba su – walau aikin ‘yan sanda ne ko na soja, raka makafi, har ma da jigilar kayayyaki. Ba mamaki daya daga cikin zane-zane na ɗan Burtaniya Edwin Henry Landseer, wanda ke kwatanta Newfoundland cikin ɗaukakarsa, ana kiransa "Mai cancantar Memba na Jama'a."