Landseer dog

The Landseer ECT is descended from dogs used by fishermen in the [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] region of Canada. It is believed these dogs are descended from [[water dog]]s and [[livestock guardian dog]]s imported by Portuguese and Basque fishing vessels.{{r|Fogle|Morris}} In the [[Victorian era]] black-and-white Newfoundland dogs were more popular than the solid black coloration, and they were the subject of a number of 19th-century artists including [[Sydenham Edwards]], [[Philip Reinagle]], Samuel Jones, and most famously [[Edwin Landseer]], whose name was used to describe black-and-white Newfoundlands as early as 1896.{{r|Fogle|Morris|Walsh}}

The Landseer ECT is descended from dogs used by fishermen in the [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] region of Canada. It is believed these dogs are descended from [[water dog]]s and [[livestock guardian dog]]s imported by Portuguese and Basque fishing vessels.{{r|Fogle|Morris}} In the [[Victorian era]] black-and-white Newfoundland dogs were more popular than the solid black coloration, and they were the subject of a number of 19th-century artists including [[Sydenham Edwards]], [[Philip Reinagle]], Samuel Jones, and most famously [[Edwin Landseer]], whose name was used to describe black-and-white Newfoundlands as early as 1896.{{r|Fogle|Morris|Walsh}}

In the 20th century the solid black coloration became more popular and supplanted the bi-colored animals, so much so that in the 1930s a concerted effort was made to recreate the dogs seen in the paintings of Landseer. The efforts of these breeders resulted in the Landseer breed.{{r|Fogle|Morris}} In Great Britain and North America, Landseer coloured dogs are a variety of the Newfoundland breed that is identical in conformation and origin to the black variety of Newfoundland. In 1960 a separate breed club for tall Landseer-coloured was created in Germany registering dogs of Landseer-coloured Newfoundland crossed to livestock guardian dogs. Similar clubs soon followed in Belgium and Holland. The breed has not been imported to Canada and the United States, where Landseer-coloured Newfoundlands are popular.

In the 20th century the solid black coloration became more popular and supplanted the bi-colored animals, so much so that in the 1930s a concerted effort was made to recreate the dogs seen in the paintings of Landseer. The efforts of these breeders resulted in the Landseer breed.{{r|Fogle|Morris}} In Great Britain and North America, Landseer coloured dogs are a variety of the Newfoundland breed that is identical in conformation and origin to the black variety of Newfoundland. In 1960 a separate breed club for tall Landseer-coloured dogs was created in Germany registering dogs of Landseer-coloured Newfoundland crossed to livestock guardian dogs. Similar clubs soon followed in Belgium and Holland. The breed has not been imported to Canada and the United States, where Landseer-coloured Newfoundlands are popular.

==Genetics==

==Genetics==