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Dog Breeds at a Glance

The following is a list of the broader classifications of breeds within which different types of dogs are grouped — sporting and hunting, working and herding, and non-sporting and toy breeds.

SPORTING AND HUNTING BREEDS

Gun dogs:
American Cocker Spaniel, American Water Spaniel, Bourbonnais Setter, Brittany Spaniel, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Clumber Spaniel, Curly-coated Retriever, Dupuy Setter, English Cocker Spaniel, English Setterl, English Springer Spaniel, Field Spaniel, Flat-coated Retriever, French Setter, French Spaniel, German Pointer, German Spaniel, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Hungarian Coarse-haired Vizsla, Hungarian Vizsla, Irish Red and White Setter, Irish Setter, Irish Water Spaniel, Italian Setter, Italian Spinone, Kooikerhondje, Labrador Retriever, Large and Small Münsterländers, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Pointer, Portuguese Setter, Pudelpointer, Saint-Germain Setter, Stabyhoun, Weimeraner, Welsh Springer Spaniel, Wire-haired Pointing Griffon

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel


Chesapeake Bay Retriever


Irish Setter


Italian Spinone

Hounds:

Afghan Hound, American Foxhound, Anglo-French, Ariègeois, Artois, Basenji, Basset, Beagle, Beagle Harrier, Billy, Black and Tan Coonhound, Borzoi, Briquet Griffon Vendéen, Dachsbrackes, Dachshunds, Deerhound, English Foxhound, French, Great Gascony Blue, Greyhound, Griffons Vendéen, Grand and Basset, Hamiltonstövare, Hanover, Harrier, Hungarian Greyhound, Ibizan, Irish Wolfhound, Italian Segugio, Jämthund, Jura, Nivernais Griffon, Otterhound, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Pharaoh Hound, Poitevin, Porcelaine, Portuguese Podengo, Redbone Boonhound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Sicilian Hound, Sloughi, Spanish Greyhound, Swiss, Bernese and Lucernese Hounds, Tahltan Bear Dog, Tawny Brittany Basset, Whippet

Afghan Hound


Rhodesian Ridgeback

Terriers:

Airedale, Australian, Bedlington, Border, Bull, Cairn, Czesky, Fox (Smooth and Wire), German Hunt, Harlequin Pinscher, Irish, Jack Russell, Japanese, Kerry Blue, Lakeland, Manchester, Norfolk, Norwich, Parson Russell, Scottish, Skye, Soft-coated Wheaten, Staffordshire, Welsh, West Highland White

Airedale Terrier


Smooth Fox Terrier

WORKING AND HERDING BREEDS

Workers:

Ainu Dog, Alaskan Malamute, Bernese Mountain Dog, Boxer, Brazilian Guard, Bullmastiff, Canaan Dog, Doberman, Dogue de Bordeaux, Eskimo Dog, Estrela Mountain Dog, Eurasier, Great Dane, Greenland Dog, Hungarian Kuvasz, Japanese Akita, Japanese Fighting Dog, Komondor, Lapland Spitz, Leonberger, Mastiff, Mudi, Neapolitan Mastiff, Pinscher, Portuguese Water Dog, Pyrenean Mastiff, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Samoyed, Siberian Husky, Spanish Mastiff, Swedish Vallhund, Tibetan Mastiff

Bullmastiff


Saint Bernard

Herders:
Anatolian Shepherd, Appenzell Mountain, Australian Cattle, Australian Kelpie, Bearded Collie, Beauce Shepherd, Belgian Shepherd, Bergamasco, Bernese Mountain, Border Collie, Bouvier des Ardennes, Bouvier des Flandres, Briard, Dutch Shepherd, Entlebuch Mountain Dog, German Shepherd, Hovawart, Hungarian Puli, Lancashire Heeler, Lapponian Herder, Maremma Sheepdog, Newfoundland, Old English Sheepdog, Picardy Shepherd, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Pumi, Pyrenean Shepherd, Shetland Sheepdog, Smooth Collie, Welsh Corgi (Pembroke and Cardigan)

Bearded Collie


Bernese Mountain Dog

NON-SPORTING AND TOY BREEDS

Affenpinscher, Australian Silky Terrier, Bichon Frise, Bolognese, Boston Terrier, Brussels Griffon, Bulldog, Chihuahua, Chinese Crested Dog, Chow Chow, Coton de Tulear, Dalmatian, English Toy Terrier, Finnish Spitz, French Bulldog, German Spitz, Giant Schnauzer, Havanese, Italian Greyhound, Japanese Chin, Japanese Spitz, Keeshond, King Charles Spaniel, Lhasa Apso, Löwchen, Maltese, Mexican Hairless, Miniature Pinscher, Miniature Poodle, Miniature Schnauzer, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, pug, Schipperke, Schnauzer, Shar-Pei, Shiba Inu, Shih Tzu, Standard Poodle, Tibetan Spaniel, Tibetan Terrier, Toy Poodle, Yorkshire Terrier

Miniature Schnauzer


Shih Tzu


Dalmatian


Pug

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