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Breed measurements
 


 

I have been lately interested in old newfoundland breed books, studying old breed standards to go over what the Newfoundland as a breed used to be. Here are some measurements. 

The firsts careful measurements of the breed were taken in Bewick (England) in 1779:

 
Measurement Inches Centimeters
Nose to end of the tail 74 188
Tail 22 55,9
Girth (measured from between shoulders) 38 96,5
Around the head (measured over the ears) 24 61
Around the upper foreleg 9,5 24,1


 

Just over a hundred years later in 1881, Vero Shaw measured the Newfoundland again.
 


 
Measurement
 		 Inches
 		 Centimetres
 
Nose to stop
 		 5
 		 12,7
 
Stop to occipital bone
 		 7,75
 		 19,7
 
Length of the back
 		 34
 		 86,4
 
Girth of the muzzle (measured from in front of the eyes)
 		 14,5
 		 36,8cm
 
Girth of the skull
 		 26,5
 		 67,3
 
Girth of the neck
 		 30
 		 76,2
 
Girth of the brisket (measured from in front of the front legs)
 		 45
 		 114,3
 
Girth of the chest (measured from behind the front legs)
 		 42
 		 106,7
 
Girth around the loins
 		 38
 		 96,5
 
Girth around the hind legs at the stifle
 		 22
 		 55,9
 
Girth of the arm (measured 3 inches below the elbow)
 		 11
 		 27,9
 
Girth of pasterns
 		 8
 		 20,3
 
Height at shoulders
 		 32
 		 81,3
 
Height at elbow
 		 17,5
 		 44,5
 
Height at loin
 		 32,25
 		 81,9
 
Height at hocks
 		 8,5
 		 21,6
 
Length of tail
 		 24
 		 61
 
Girth of the forearm
 		 9
 		 22,9
 
Weight
 		 149 pounds
 

 


 


 

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