AnimalForum.com guide to dog breeds

These pages contain the origin, breed standard, characteristics, grooming needs, medical issues, and uses for each of 148 American Kennel Club breeds. They are divided into eight groups defined by AKC.     Before you get a dog, make sure you have chosen a breed that will suit your lifestyle. The information here is designed to help you make a wise choice.

Herding

Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Border Collie Bouvier Des Flandres Briard

Canaan Dog Collie German Shepherd Dog Old English Sheepdog Puli Shetland Sheepdog Welsh Corgi(Pembroke) Welsh Corgi(Cardigan)

Hound

Afghan Hound Basenji Basset Hound Beagle Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Borzoi Dachshund Foxhound (American) Foxhound (English) Greyhound

Harrier Ibizan Hound Irish Wolfhound Norwegian Elkhound Otterhound Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Pharaoh Hound Rhodesian Ridgeback Saluki Scottish Deerhound Whippet

Non-sporting

American Eskimo Dog Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Shar-pei Chow Chow Dalmatian Finnish Spitz French Bulldog

Keeshond Lhasa Apso Miniature Poodle Schipperke Shiba Inu Standard Poodle Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier

Sporting

American Water Spaniel Brittany Chesapeake Bay Retriever Clumber Spaniel Cocker Spaniel Curly-Coated Retriever English Cocker Spaniel English Setter English Springer Spaniel Field Spaniel Flat-Coated Retriever German Shorthaired Pointer

German Wirehaired Pointer Golden Retriever Gordon Setter Irish Setter Irish Water Spaniel Labrador Retriever Pointer Sussex Spaniel Vizsla Weimaraner Welsh Springer Spaniel Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Terrier

Airedale Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier Fox Terrier (Smooth) Fox Terrier (Wire) Irish Terrier Jack Russell Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier

Lakeland Terrier Manchester Terrier Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier

Toy

Affenpinscher Brussels Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Chihuahua Chinese Crested English Toy Spaniel Havanese Italian Greyhound Japanese Chin King Charles Cavalier Spaniel Maltese

Manchester Terrier Miniature Pinscher Toy Poodle Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Pug Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Yorkshire Terrier

Working

Akita Alaskan Malamute Bernese Mountain Dog Boxer Bullmastiff Doberman Pinscher Giant Schnauzer Great Dane Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Komondor Kuvasz Mastiff Newfoundland Portuguese Water Dog Rottweiler Saint Bernard Samoyed Siberian Husky Standard Schnauzer

Miscellaneous

Anatolian Shepherd Italian Spinoni

Plott Hound