List of dog breeds

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Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years. Initially the selections would have centred on domestication and useful qualities such as hunting ability. Later dogs were also selected to give attractive and distinctive forms resulting in a vast variety of types. The point at which a new variety becomes a breed can be difficult to decide. National kennel clubs often differ in their recognition of breeds and rare breeds may not be recognised outside their home country.

Many traditional breeds recognised by the main registries are said to be "purebred". Only individuals whose parentage consists only of other purebred examples of the breed are regarded as part of that breed. This concept has caused controversy both because of the difficulty of regulation and because of the possible genetic consequences of a limited population.

The list below uses a wide interpretation of "breed". Breeds listed here may be traditional breeds with long histories as registered breeds, rare breeds with their own registries, or new breeds that may still be under development. Please see individual articles for more information.

Dog breeds can be divided into different families, such as:

• Hound
  • Sighthound
  • Scenthound
• Retriever[?]
• Terrier
• Pointer

Dog breeds include:

• Affenpinscher[?]
• Afghan Hound
• Aidi[?]
• Airedale Terrier
• Akita
• Alaskan Malamute[?]
• Alpine Dachsbracke[?]
• American Cocker Spaniel[?]
• American English Coonhound[?]
• American Eskimo Dog
• American Foxhound[?]
• American Staffordshire Terrier[?]
• American Water Spaniel[?]
• Anatolian Shepherd Dog[?]
• Anglo-Francais de Petite Venerie[?]
• Appenzeller Sennenhund[?]
• Argentine Dogo[?]
• Ariege Pointer[?]
• Ariegeois[?]
• Artois Hound[?]
• Australian Cattle Dog[?]
• Australian dingo
• Australian Kelpie
• Australian Shepherd[?]
• Australian Silky Terrier[?]
• Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog[?]
• Australian Terrier[?]
• Austrian Brandlbracke[?]
• Azawakh
• Balkan Hound[?]
• Barbet
• Basenji
• Basset Artesien Normand[?]
• Basset Bleu de Gascogne[?]
• Basset Fauve de Bretagne[?]
• Basset Hound
• Bavarian Mountain Hound[?]
• Beagle
• Beagle-Harrier[?]
• Bearded Collie[?]
• Beauceron[?]
• Bedlington Terrier[?]
• Belgian Griffon[?]
• Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)[?]
• Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois)[?]
• Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)[?]
• Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren)[?]
• Bergamasco[?]
• Berger Blanc Suisse[?]
• Berger Picard[?]
• Bernese Mountain Dog[?]
• Bichon Frise
• Billy[?]
• Black and Tan Coonhound
• Bloodhound
• Blue Picardy Spaniel[?]
• Bluetick Coonhound[?]
• Boerboel
• Bolognese[?]
• Border Collie
• Border Terrier[?]
• Borzoi
• Bosanski Ostrodlaki Gonic Barak[?]
• Boston Terrier[?]
• Bouvier des Ardennes[?]
• Bouvier des Flandres[?]
• Boxer
• Boykin Spaniel[?]
• Bracco Italiano[?]
• Braque d'Auvergne[?]
• Braque du Bourbonnais[?]
• Braque Francais (Gascogne type)[?]
• Braque Francais (Pyrenean type)[?]
• Braque Saint-Germain[?]
• Brazilian Terrier[?]
• Briard[?]
• Briquet Griffon Vendeen[?]
• Brittany[?]
• Bull Terrier[?]
• Bulldog
• Bullmastiff
• Cairn Terrier[?]
• Canaan Dog[?]
• Canadian Eskimo Dog[?]
• Cane Corso[?]
• Cao da Serra de Aires[?]
• Cao de Castro Laboreiro[?]
• Cao Fila de Sao Miguel[?]
• Catahoula Leopard Dog
• Catalan Sheepdog[?]
• Caucasian Ovcharka[?]
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel[?]
• Central Asia Shepherd Dog[?]
• Cesky Fousek[?]
• Cesky Terrier[?]
• Chart Polski[?]
• Chesapeake Bay Retriever
• Chihuahua
• Chinese Crested Dog
• Chinook[?]
• Chow Chow
• Cirneco dell'Etna[?]
• Clumber Spaniel[?]
• Cocker Spaniel
  • see American Cocker Spaniel[?] or English Cocker Spaniel[?]
• Coton de Tulear[?]
• Croatian Sheepdog[?]
• Curly Coated Retriever[?]
• Czeslovakian Wolfdog[?]
• Dachshund
• Dalmatian
• Dandie Dinmont Terrier[?]
• Danish Broholmer [?]
• Deerhound[?]
• Deutsche Bracke[?]
• Deutscher Wachtelhund[?]
• Dobermann (Doberman pinscher)
• Dogue de Bordeaux[?]
• Drentse Patrijshond[?]
• Drever[?]
• Dunker[?]
• Dutch Shepherd Dog[?]
• Dutch Smoushond[?]
• East Siberian Laika[?]
• English Cocker Spaniel[?]
• English Coonhound[?]
• English Foxhound[?]
• English Setter
• English Springer Spaniel[?]
• English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)[?]
• Entlebucher Mountain Dog[?]
• Epagneul Picard[?]
• Estonian Hound[?]
• Estrela Mountain Dog[?]
• Eurasier[?]
• Field Spaniel[?]
• Fila Brasileiro[?]
• Finnish Hound[?]
• Finnish Lapphund[?]
• Finnish Spitz[?]
• Flat Coated Retriever[?]
• Francais Blanc et Noir[?]
• Francais Blanc et Orange[?]
• Francais Tricolore[?]
• French Bulldog[?]
• French Spaniel[?]
• French Wirehaired Pointing Griffon[?]
• Galgo Espanol[?]
• German Long-haired Pointer[?]
• German Pinscher[?]
• German Rough-haired Pointer[?]
• German Shepherd Dog[?]
• German Short-haired Pointer[?]
• German Spitz (Gross)[?]
• German Spitz (Klein)[?]
• German Spitz (Mittel)[?]
• German Wirehaired Pointer[?]
• Giant Schnauzer[?]
• Glen of Imaal Terrier[?]
• Golden Retriever[?]
• Gordon Setter
• Grand Anglo-Francais Blanc et Noir[?]
• Grand Anglo-Francais Blanc et Orange[?]
• Grand Anglo-Francais Tricolore[?]
• Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen[?]
• Grand Bleu de Gascogne[?]
• Grand Gascon Saintongeois[?]
• Grand Griffon Vendeen[?]
• Great Dane
• Great Japanese Dog[?]
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog[?]
• Greek Harehound[?]
• Greenland Dog[?]
• Greyhound
• Griffon Bleu de Gascogne[?]
• Griffon Bruxellois[?]
• Griffon Fauve de Bretagne[?]
• Griffon Nivernais[?]
• Haldenstovare[?]
• Hamiltonstovare[?]
• Hanover Hound[?]
• Harrier
• Havanese[?]
• Hokkaido[?]
• Hovawart[?]
• Hungarian Vizsla
• Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla[?]
• Hygenhund[?]
• Ibizan Hound[?]
• Icelandic Sheepdog
• Irish Red and White Setter[?]
• Irish Setter[?]
• Irish Terrier[?]
• Irish Water Spaniel[?]
• Irish Wolfhound
• Istarski Kratkodlaki Gonic[?]
• Istarski Ostrodlaki Gonic[?]
• Istrian Sheepdog[?]
• Italian Greyhound
• Italian Spinone[?]
• Jack Russell Terrier
• Jagdterrier[?]
• Jamthund[?]
• Japanese Chin[?]
• Japanese Spitz[?]
• Japanese Terrier[?]
• Kai Ken[?]
• Kangal Dog[?]
• Karelian Bear Dog[?]
• Keeshond
• Kerry Blue Terrier[?]
• King Charles Spaniel[?]
• Kishu[?]
• Komondor
• Kooikerhondje
• Korea Jindo Dog[?]
• Kromfohrlander[?]
• Kuvasz
• Labrador Retriever
• Lagotto Romagnolo[?]
• Lakeland Terrier[?]
• Lancashire Heeler[?]
• Landseer (Continental-European type)[?]
• Lapinporokoira[?]
• Large Munsterlander[?]
• Leonberger[?]
• Lhasa Apso[?]
• Lowchen[?]
• Magyar Agar[?]
• Maltese[?]
• Manchester Terrier[?]
• Maremma Sheepdog[?]
• Mastiff[?]
• Mexican Hairless
• Miniature Bull Terrier[?]
• Miniature Pinscher[?]
• Miniature Schnauzer[?]
• Mudi[?]
• Neapolitan Mastiff[?]
• Newfoundland[?]
• Norfolk Terrier[?]
• Norrbottenspets[?]
• Norwegian Buhund[?]
• Norwegian Elkhound[?]
• Norwegian Lundehund[?]
• Norwich Terrier[?]
• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever[?]
• Old Danish Pointer[?]
• Old English Sheepdog[?]
• Osterreichischer Kurzhaariger Pinscher[?]
• Otterhound[?]
• Owczarek Podhalanski[?]
• Papillon[?]
• Parson Russell Terrier[?]
• Pekingese[?]
• Perdiguero de Burgos[?]
• Perro de Pastor Mallorquin[?]
• Perro de Presa Canario[?]
• Perro de Presa Mallorquin[?]
• Peruvian Hairless Dog[?]
• Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen[?]
• Petit Bleu de Gascogne[?]
• Petit Brabancon[?]
• Petit Gascon Saintongeois[?]
• Pharaoh Hound
• Plott Hound[?]
• Podenco Canario[?]
• Pointer
• Poitevin
• Polish Hound[?]
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog[?]
• Pomeranian
• Pont-Audemer Spaniel[?]
• Poodle[?]
• Porcelaine[?]
• Portuguese Podengo[?]
• Portuguese Pointer[?]
• Portuguese Water Dog[?]
• Posavac Hound [?]
• Pudelpointer
• Pug
• Puli[?]
• Pumi[?]
• Pyrenean Mastiff[?]
• Pyrenean Mountain Dog
• Pyrenean Shepherd[?]
• Rafeiro do Alentejo[?]
• Redbone Coonhound[?]
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Rottweiler[?]
• Rough Collie[?]
• Russian Black Terrier[?]
• Russko-Evropeiskaia Laika[?]
• Saarlooswolfhond[?]
• Sabueso Espanol[?]
• Saluki
• Samoyed
• Sarplaninac[?]
• Schapendoes[?]
• Schillerstovare[?]
• Schipperke
• Schnauzer[?]
• Schweizer Laufhund[?]
• Schweizer Niederlaufhund[?]
• Scottish Terrier
• Sealyham Terrier[?]
• Segugio Italiano[?]
• Shar Pei[?]
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Shiba Inu
• Shih Tzu[?]
• Shikoku
• Siberian Husky
• Skye Terrier[?]
• Sloughi
• Slovak Cuvac[?]
• Slovakian Hound[?]
• Slovensky Hrubosrsty Stavac (Ohar)[?]
• Smalandsstovare[?]
• Small Munsterlander[?]
• Smooth Collie[?]
• Smooth Fox Terrier[?]
• Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier[?]
• South Russian Ovtcharka[?]
• Spanish Mastiff[?]
• Spanish Water Dog[?]
• St. Bernard[?]
• Stabyhoun
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• Styrian Coarse-haired Hound[?]
• Sussex Spaniel[?]
• Swedish Lapphund[?]
• Swedish Vallhund
• Swiss Shorthaired Pinscher[?]
• Tenterfield Terrier[?]
• Thai Ridgeback[?]
• Tibetan Lhasa Apso
  • see Lhasa Apso[?]
• Tibetan Mastiff[?]
• Tibetan Spaniel[?]
• Tibetan Terrier[?]
• Tosa[?]
• Toy Fox Terrier[?]
• Transylvanian Hound[?]
• Treeing Tennessee Brindle[?]
• Treeing Walker Coonhound[?]
• Tyrolean Hound[?]
• Volpino Italiano[?]
• Weimaraner[?]
• Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)[?]
• Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)[?]
  • see also Welsh Corgi
• Welsh Springer Spaniel[?]
• Welsh Terrier[?]
• West Highland White Terrier[?]
• West Siberian Laika[?]
• Westphalian Dachsbracke[?]
• Wetterhoun[?]
• Whippet
• Wire Fox Terrier[?]
• Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
• Wire-haired Pointing Griffon[?]
• Xoloitzcuintle
  • see Mexican Hairless
• Yorkshire Terrier[?]
• Yugoslavian Mountain Hound[?]
• Yugoslavian Tricolour Hound[?]

Dog breeds may also be grouped into similar types such as pit bulls

See also: List of cat breeds

External links

• American Kennel Club: http://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/breeds_a.cfm - a list of recognized breeds.
• The Kennel Club[?] (UK): http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk