UMary Allen
Kukho iithiyori ezininzi, akukho nanye kuzo enobungqina obaneleyo njengechaneke ngokungathandabuzekiyo. Ithiyori yokuqala yeyokuba malunga nenkulungwane ye-15 neye-16, ngenxa yokuwela iintlobo ezininzi zezinja, phakathi kwazo, ngokutsho kwabalimi bezinja, yayingabalusi basePyrenean, iiMastiffs, kunye nezinja zamanzi zasePortugal, uhlobo esilwazi ngoku njenge. Kwazalwa iNewfoundland.
Ithiyori yesibini isibhekisa kumaxesha eVikings etyelela ezi ndawo. Iyathandabuza, kodwa inelungelo lokubakho. IiVikings zazinokuza nezinja ezivela kumazwe azo ngenkulungwane ye-11, ezathi emva koko zadityaniswa nengcuka emnyama yasekhaya, engasekhoyo. Kwaye ukugqibela kweethiyori ezi-3 ezikhoyo zisitshela ukuba iNewfoundland yavela ngenxa yokuwela phakathi kweTibetan Mastiff kunye ne-American Black Wolf, esele siyichazile.
Mhlawumbi, nganye ithiyori ngokuyinxenye yinyani, kodwa eneneni, sinenja egqwesileyo, enkulu, nenobubele. Ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-18, isazi ngezityalo esiliNgesi uMhlekazi uJoseph Banks wathenga abantu abaliqela bolu hlobo, yaye ngowe-1775 omnye umntu, uGeorge Cartwright, wabathiya igama elisemthethweni okwesihlandlo sokuqala. Ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19, umfuyi wezinja onomdla, uNjingalwazi Albert Heim waseSwitzerland, wanika inkcazo yokuqala esemthethweni yolu hlobo, wayicwangcisa kwaye wayirekhoda.
Noko ke, ngelo xesha iNewfoundland yayisecicini lokuphela, njengoko urhulumente waseKhanada wamisela imiqathango engqongqo yokugcina izinja. Ntsapho nganye yayivunyelwa ukuba ibe nenja enye kuphela, nto leyo eyayifanele ihlawulwe irhafu eninzi. Enye yeerhuluneli zaseNewfoundland (indawo) egama linguHarold MacPherson ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 yathi iNewfoundland yayiluhlobo awayeluthanda kakhulu, kwaye inika inkxaso ebanzi kubafuyi. Olu hlobo lwabhaliswa kwi-American Kennel Club ngo-1879.
