The Newfoundland Club
Founded in 1886 - the world's oldest continuously registered Breed Club
July Open Show
Saturday 12th July 2025
Newfoundland Health Survey 2025
The Newfoundland Club, The Northern Newfoundland Club and The Southern Newfoundland Club are pleased to launch this important Health Survey. The survey can be accessed via the following link: https://forms.gle/txo7MKy9v7JvLp8bA.
We have reflected on previous surveys and the feedback from individuals who have completed them and therefore this survey is short and captures information for all your dogs rather than the need to complete one survey per dog owned. There is no requirement to provide any personal or dog identifiable information and therefore all results are confidential. The survey should only take a few minutes to complete.
Why have a breed health survey?
A breed health survey is a method to gather information about the health conditions that are impacting Newfoundlands today. We will analyse the responses from the survey and where appropriate use the outcomes to have discussions with the Kennel Club regarding health testing, we will look at whether we need to provide relevant information to owners, breeders and would be puppy buyers about specific issues.
We will identify whether there are areas where research may be needed and look to see if there are any current research projects that might be of benefit to us AND we will ensure that the feedback from the survey is readily available for all Newfoundland owners and breeders to see.
Who can complete the survey?
- Anyone who currently owns a Newfoundland
- You must be resident in the United Kingdom and so must any dog you provide responses for
- You do not have to be a member of any Newfoundland Breed Club to complete the survey
- You should only provide responses for dogs that are currently still alive
How long will the survey be open for?
The survey will remain available until the end of September 2025 but please complete the survey as soon as possible. Please share the survey with anyone who would be interested.
Lenches Lake - Water Trials, Tests and Fun Weekend
- Friday 18th July 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
Lenches Lakes, Evesham Road, Church Lench, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4UB
Our popular annual Water Trials and Fun Weekend is once again being held at Lenches Lake in July. Activities for everyone and their Newfies and all are very welcome. Info sheets, booking and entry forms can be found below;
ConNeCT study
(Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in Neonatal Puppies Experiencing Unexplained Death, Diagnosed by Micro-Computed Tomography)
On behalf of Caroline Cutler (veterinary cardiologist and project lead), we are reaching out to inform you about an important research study investigating the potential role of undiagnosed congenital heart disease in unexplained puppy deaths. Led by a team of UK-based veterinary cardiologists, this collaborative project aims to improve our understanding of the issue and explore ways to reduce its occurrence in the future.
How Can You Help?
We are looking to raise awareness of this study within the breeding community and would greatly appreciate your support in sharing information with your breed club(s). Specifically, we would like to invite breeders to participate by allowing post-mortem heart examinations for any puppies that sadly pass away before four weeks of age.
What Does Participation Involve?
Breeders who wish to participate should ask their local vet to reach out to the research team via puppyhearts2025@gmail.com. They will be required to take deceased puppies to their vet, who will perform a post-mortem as part of the study. Inclusion of your puppy in the study will not incur any costs to you. The post-mortem examination of the heart will be provided at no cost. We anticipate that local veterinarians will also perform the extraction free of charge. However, if a fee is necessary, please ask the veterinarian to contact the study organisers for approval before proceeding, so they can review and authorise the quote. We recommend highlighting to them that all participating veterinary clinics will be acknowledged in study publications.
Next Steps:
If you’re open to sharing this information, please read or download the owner information sheet;
DOWNLOAD THE OWNER INFORMATION SHEET (.pdf)
DOWNLOAD THE OWNER INFORMATION SHEET (.docx)
For further details, please contact the research team at puppyhearts2025@gmail.com.
We apologise in advance for any upset this email may cause as we appreciate it's a sensitive topic, but we hope the findings from this research may provide valuable insights that could lead to better screening and prevention strategies for heart disease in dogs. If you or anyone in your community need support after losing a pet, please consider using Blue Cross’ pet bereavement service: Blue Cross Pet Loss Support | Pet Loss.
We truly appreciate your time and support in helping to improve our understanding of congenital heart disease in dogs.
Your sincerely,
The Health Team
Canine Health and Welfare
The Kennel Club
Open Show - 22 February 2025
Our first Open Show of 2025 was held at the Kennel Club Building, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire and was judged by Mr. Albert Easdon (Yakee) with Special Award classes by Miss Lucy Mottram (Ponniz).
Membership Renewals
Memberships are due for renewal by the 31st of December each year. Renewals made after 30th March in the following year pay a 'late renewal' fee of £5.00.
Existing members can renew their annual membership using the Membership Renewal Form or
Water Test Regulations - May 2023
In use by all three UK Breed Clubs
The Water Test Regulations have been agreed and ratified by all three UK Breed Clubs. The latest document includes the NC Addendum May 2025 relating to non-Newfoundland entries. These are the current Regulations in effect for all official Water Tests.
DOWNLOAD THE WATER TEST REGULATIONS
The May 2025 Addendum to the Water Test Regulations as a separate file.
Club Membership
New Members Welcome
If you would like to become a member of the Newfoundland Club, please download complete and return our application form.
New members should be proposed and seconded by existing members but if you don't know any existing members but would still like to join, please email our Membership Secretary, Linn Kleinman.
Facebook - Special
This Facebook page, entitled "Newfoundlands - The Truth and Nothing But The Truth", is separate from our main Club page. It contains information and advice for all Newfoundland owners and prospective Newfoundland owners.
Our BREEDERS FOR LIFE scheme is designed to provide a quality assurance mark for prospective Newfoundland puppy purchasers that the breeders follow the very best practices in their breeding program.
It is hoped that the scheme web site will be found by those searching the Internet for Newfoundland puppies and provide the essential information about Health Testing for our breeding stock and encourage people to be discriminating when selecting a breeder.
There are criteria for becoming a Breeder For Life member, such as three consecutive years and current membership of one or more of the UK Newfoundland Breed Clubs but breeders or stud dog owners do not necessarily have to be Newfoundland Club members - see the Scheme Requirements page for details.
We cordially invite suitably qualified breeders to join the scheme - an Application Form can be downloaded here.
Scheme memebers will have a public profile page on the web site and will be able to advertise their litters too.
Newfoundland Welfare
We are always looking for new homes suitable for dogs taken into our care. If you need to rehome your Newfoundland or would like to give a forever home to a Newfoundland, please contact one of our Welfare Co-ordinators;
for Scotland & Northern Ireland
Helen Gray on 07979 028935
for England & Wales
We very much appreciate donations to help us with the costs of re-homing and rescue which can often involve substantial veterinary costs. You can make a donation via PayPal using the button below;
Draught Test Regulations
In use by all three UK Breed Clubs
We are pleased to announce new Regulations for official Draught Tests which have been jointly agreed with the Northern Newfoundland Club and Southern Newfoundland Club.
GDPR
(General Data Protection Regulations)
The regulations came into force in May 2018 requiring that we receive positive consent from our members to store their data and to communicate.
If you have not done so already, please download the form, complete and return it to the address shown on the form.
Alternatively you can email the completed form to secretary@thenewfoundlandclub.co.uk
Newfoundland Puppies
Info and insights for prospective owners
Newfoundlands can be wonderful companions and as puppies are adorable. However, it is important to know what owning a Newfoundland entails so we have produced a couple of guides which contain lots of useful information and advice. We encourage you to download and read them carefully.