Mary Allen
Pali ziphunzitso zingapo, palibe imodzi yomwe ili ndi chitsimikizo chokwanira ngati cholondola mosakayikira. Chiphunzitso choyamba ndi chakuti cha m'ma 15 ndi 16, chifukwa cha kuwoloka kwa mitundu ingapo ya agalu, yomwe, malinga ndi obereketsa agalu, inali Pyrenean Shepherds, Mastiffs, ndi Agalu Amadzi Achipwitikizi, mtundu umene tsopano tikudziwa kuti ndi agalu. Newfoundland inabadwa.
Chiphunzitso chachiwiri chimatilozera ife ku nthawi za Vikings kuyendera malo awa. Zokayikitsa, koma zili ndi ufulu wokhalapo. Ma Viking akadatha kubweretsa agalu ochokera kwawo m'zaka za zana la 11, omwe pambuyo pake adalumikizana ndi nkhandwe yakuda yakumaloko, yomwe tsopano yatha. Ndipo malingaliro omaliza a 3 omwe alipo akutiuza kuti Newfoundland idabwera chifukwa cha kuwoloka pakati pa Tibetan Mastiff ndi American Black Wolf, zomwe tazitchula kale.
Mwina, lingaliro lililonse ndi loona, koma kwenikweni, tili ndi galu wabwino kwambiri, wamkulu, komanso wachifundo. Kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 18, katswiri wa zomera wa ku England Sir Joseph Banks anagula anthu angapo a mtundu umenewu, ndipo mu 1775 munthu wina, George Cartwright, anawapatsa dzina lovomerezeka kwa nthawi yoyamba. Kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 19, woweta agalu wachangu, Pulofesa Albert Heim wa ku Switzerland, adapereka tanthauzo loyamba la mtunduwo, adawupanga mwadongosolo ndikulemba.
Komabe, panthaŵiyo Newfoundland inali pafupi kutha, pamene boma la Canada linaika ziletso zokhwima pa kusunga agalu. Banja lililonse linkaloledwa kukhala ndi galu mmodzi yekha, amenenso ankafunika kulipira msonkho wochuluka. Mmodzi wa abwanamkubwa a Newfoundland (dera) wotchedwa Harold MacPherson kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 20 ananena kuti mtundu wa Newfoundland unali wokonda kwambiri, ndipo unapereka chithandizo chokwanira kwa oweta. Mitunduyi idalembetsedwa ndi American Kennel Club mu 1879.
