List of dog breeds

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People have carefully bred dogs for thousands of years. Sometimes they inbreed dogs who have the same close ancestors, and sometimes they mix dogs from very different ancestors or even from different breeds. This continues today, resulting in hundreds of dog breeds, some that are similar to each other, and others that are very different.

This list includes common breeds, rare breeds, and breeds that are still being developed into new breeds. See each article for more information.ten


Breed categories

Dog breeds are often grouped in different ways, such as:

Dog breeds are also sometimes grouped into similar types, such as Mastiff types, spitz types, pit bulls, or Lurchers.

Dog breed list

Dog breeds include:


Contents: Top – 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Nonsporting Dogs

A

Alaskan husky

Af-Am

An-Az

  • Anatolian Shepherd Dog
  • Anglo-Francais de Petite Venerie
  • Appenzeller Sennenhund
  • Arctic Husky - see Siberian Husky
  • Argentine Dogo
  • Ariege Pointer
  • Ariegeois
  • Artois Hound
  • Australian Bulldog
  • Australian Cattle Dog
  • Australian Jack Russell Terrier - see also Jack Russell Terrier, Parson Russell Terrier and Russell Terrier
  • Australian Kelpie
  • Australian Koolie - see Koolie
  • Australian Shepherd
  • Australian Silky Terrier
  • Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
  • Australian Terrier
  • Austrian Brandlbracke
  • Azawakh

B

Boxer

Ba-Be

  • Balkan Hound - see Serbian Hound
  • Bandog
  • Barbet
  • Basenji
  • Basset Artésien Normand
  • Basset Bleu de Gascogne
  • Basset Fauve de Bretagne
  • Basset Hound
  • Bavarian Mountain Hound
  • Beagle
  • Beagle-Harrier
  • Bearded Collie
  • Bearded Tibetan Mastiff - seeTibetan Kyi Apso
  • Beauceron
  • Bedlington Terrier
  • Belgian Griffon
  • Belgian Shepherd Dog, often divided into:
    • Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)
    • Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois)
    • Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)
    • Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervuren)
  • Berger Blanc Suisse
  • Berger Picard
  • Bergamasco
  • Bernese Mountain Dog (Berner Sennenhund)

Bi-Bo

Br-Bu

  • Bracco Italiano
  • Braque d'Auvergne
  • Braque du Bourbonnais
  • Braque Francais (Gascogne type)
  • Braque Francais (Pyrenean type)
  • Braque Saint-Germain
  • Brazilian Mastiff - see Fila Brasileiro
  • Brazilian Terrier
  • Briard
  • Briquet Griffon Vendeen
  • Brittany
  • Broholmer
  • Brussels Griffon - see Griffon Bruxellois
  • Romanian Shepherd Dog
  • Bull Terrier
  • Bull Terrier (Miniature)
  • Bulldog
  • Bullmastiff
  • Bully Kutta

C

Ca-Ci

Cl-Cz

D

German Wirehaired Pointer
  • Dachshund
  • Dakota Sport Retriever
  • Dalmatian
  • Dandie Dinmont Terrier
  • Danish Broholmer
  • Danish/Swedish Farm Dog
  • Deerhound
  • Deutsch Drahthaar - see German Wirehaired Pointer
  • Deutsche Bracke
  • Deutscher Wachtelhund
  • Dhoki apso - see Tibetan Terrier
  • Do-Khyi - see Tibetan Mastiff
  • Dobermann (Doberman Pinscher)
  • Dogo Cubano
  • Dogue de Bordeaux
  • Dogue de Majorque - see Perro de Presa Mallorquin
  • Drentse Patrijshond (Dutch Partridge Dog)
  • Drever
  • Dunker
  • bDutch Shepherd Dog - See Hollandse Herder
  • bDutch Smoushond

E

F

Finnish Hound
  • Feist
  • Field Spaniel
  • Fila Brasileiro
  • Finnish Hound
  • Finnish Lapphund
  • Finnish Spitz
  • Flat-Coated Retriever
  • Foxhound - divided into American Foxhound, English Foxhound
  • Fox Terrier - divided into Fox Terrier (Smooth), Fox Terrier (Wire), Miniature Fox Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier
  • Francais Blanc et Noir
  • Francais Blanc et Orange
  • Francais Tricolore
  • Franzuskaya Bolonka
  • French Bulldog
  • French Spaniel
  • French Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

G

Golden Retriever

Ga-Go

  • Galgo Español
  • Gawii
  • German Longhaired Pointer
  • German Pinscher
  • German Rough-haired Pointer
  • German Shepherd Dog -- see Alsatian
  • German Shorthaired Pointer
  • German Spaniel - see Deutscher Wachtelhund
  • German Spitz - divided into:
    • German Spitz (Gross)
    • German Spitz (Klein)
    • German Spitz (Mittel)
    • German Spitz (Zwerg)/Pomeranian dog
  • German Wirehaired Pointer
  • Giant Schnauzer
  • Glen of Imaal Terrier
  • Goldendoodle
  • Golden Retriever
  • Gonczy Polski - see Polish Scenthound
  • Gordon Setter
  • Gos d'atura - see Catalan Sheepdog
  • Goldendoodle

Gr

  • 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
  • Gran Mastin de Borínquen
  • Great Dane
  • Great Japanese Dog
  • Great Pyrenees - see Pyrenean Mountain Dog
  • Greater Swiss Mountain Dog (Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund)
  • Greek Harehound
  • Greek Shepherd (Greek Sheepdog)
  • Greenland Dog (Greenland Husky)
  • Greyhound
  • Griffon Bleu de Gascogne
  • Griffon Bruxellois
  • Griffon Fauve de Bretagne
  • Griffon Nivernais
  • Groenendael - see Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)
  • Gull Dong
  • Gull Terr

H

Hygenhund
  • Hairless Khala
  • Haldenstovare
  • Hamiltonstövare
  • Hanover Hound
  • Harrier
  • Havanese
  • Himalayan Sheepdog
  • Hokkaido
  • Hollandse Herder (Dutch Shepherd dog)
  • Hovawart
  • Hungarian Greyhound - see Magyar Agar
  • Hungarian Vizsla
  • Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla - see Hungarian Vizsla
  • Huntaway
  • Hygenhund

I

  • Ibizan Hound
  • Icelandic Sheepdog
  • Indian Bullterrier
  • Indian Pariah dog
  • Irish Bull Terrier
  • Irish Red and White Setter
  • Irish Setter
  • Irish Staffordshire Terrier
  • Irish Terrier
  • Irish Water Spaniel
  • Irish Wolfhound
  • Istarski Kratkodlaki Gonic
  • Istarski Ostrodlaki Gonic (Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound)
  • Istrian Sheepdog
  • Italian Greyhound
  • Italian Spinone - see Spinone Italiano

J

Jack Russell Terrier

K

  • Kai Ken
  • Kangal Dog
  • Kanni
  • Karelian Bear Dog
  • Kars Dog
  • Keeshond
  • Kelpie - see Australian Kelpie
  • Kelb-tal Fenek - see Pharaoh Hound
  • Kerry Blue Terrier
  • King Charles Spaniel
  • Kishu
  • Kombai
  • Komondor
  • Kooikerhondje
  • Koolie
  • Korea Jindo Dog
  • Korean Mastiff
  • Korthals Griffon - see Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
  • Krasky Ovcar - see Istrian Sheepdog
  • Kromfohrlander
  • Kuvasz
  • Kyi Leo

L

M

  • Mackenzie River husky
  • Magyar Agar
  • Malinois - see Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)
  • Maltese
  • Manchester Terrier
  • Maremma Sheepdog
  • Mastiff - see English Mastiff
  • Meliteo Kinidio
  • Mexican Hairless - see Xoloitzcuintle
  • Middle Asian Owtcharka - see Central Asia Shepherd Dog
  • Miniature Australian Shepherd
  • Miniature Bull Terrier - see Bull Terrier (Miniature)
  • Miniature Fox Terrier
  • Miniature Pinscher
  • Miniature Schnauzer
  • Mioritic
  • Mixed-breed dog
  • Moscovskaya Storozhevaya Sobaka (Moscow Watchdog)
  • Mountain Burmese
  • Mountain Cur
  • Mudi
  • Mudhol Hound
  • Munsterlander - see Large Munsterlander or Small Munsterlander

N

O

  • Old Danish Pointer
  • Old English Sheepdog
  • Old English Bulldog
  • Olde Englishe Bulldogge
  • Osterreichischer Kurzhaariger Pinscher
  • Otterhound
  • Otto - see Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog
  • Owczarek Podhalanski

P

Pa-Pl

Po-Py

Q

R

S

Sa-Se

  • Saarlooswolfhond
  • Sabueso Espanol
  • Saluki
  • Samoyed
  • Sapsali
  • Sarail hound
  • Sarplaninac
  • Schapendoes
  • Schillerstovare
  • Schipperke
  • Schnauzer - divided into Miniature Schnauzer, Standard Schnauzer, Giant Schnauzer
  • Schnoodle
  • Schweizer Laufhund
  • Schweizer Niederlaufhund
  • Scottish Deerhound - see Deerhound
  • Scottish Terrier
  • Sealyham Terrier
  • Segugio Italiano
  • Seppala Siberian Sleddog
  • Serbian Hound
  • Serbian Mountain Hound
  • Serbian Tricolour Hound

Sh-Sp

  • Shar Pei
  • Shetland Sheepdog
  • Shiba Inu
  • Shih Tzu
  • Shikoku
  • Shiloh Shepherd Dog
  • Siberian Husky
  • Silken Windhound
  • Silky Terrier - see Australian Silky Terrier
  • Sindh Mastiff - see Indian Mastiff
  • Skye Terrier
  • Sloughi
  • Slovak Cuvac
  • Slovakian Hound
  • Slovensky Hrubosrsty Stavac (Ohar)
  • Smalandsstovare
  • Small Greek Domestic Dog - see Meliteo Kinidio
  • Small Munsterlander
  • Smooth Collie
  • Smooth Fox Terrier - see Fox Terrier (Smooth)
  • Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
  • South Russian Ovtcharka
  • Spanish Alano - see Alano Español
  • Spanish Galgo - see Galgo Espanol
  • Spanish Mastiff
  • Spanish Water Dog
  • Spinone Italiano
  • Spitz -- see Spitz for a list of Spitz-type breeds
  • Springer Spaniel - see English Springer Spaniel or Welsh Springer Spaniel

St-Sw

T

  • Tatra Shepherd Dog - see Owczarek Podhalanski
  • Tenterfield Terrier
  • Tervuren - See Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren)
  • Thai Bangkaew Dog
  • Thai Ridgeback
  • Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
  • Tibetan Kyi Apso
  • Tibetan Lhasa Apso - see Lhasa Apso
  • Tibetan Mastiff
  • Tibetan Spaniel
  • Tibetan Terrier
  • Tosa
  • Toy Bulldog
  • Toy Fox Terrier
  • Toy Manchester Terrier
  • Toy Mi-Ki
  • Transylvanian Hound
  • Treeing Cur
  • Treeing Tennessee Brindle
  • Treeing Walker Coonhound
  • Tsvetnaya Bolonka
  • Tyrolean Hound

U

  • Utonagan

V

W

  • Weimaraner
  • Welsh Corgi
    • Cardigan Welsh Corgi
    • Pembroke Welsh Corgi
  • Welsh Springer Spaniel
  • Welsh Terrier
  • West Highland White Terrier
  • West Siberian Laika
  • Westphalian Dachsbracke
  • Wetterhoun
  • Whippet
  • White Shepherd Dog - see Berger Blanc Suisse
  • Wilkinson Bulldog
  • Wire Fox Terrier - see Fox Terrier (Wire)
  • Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

X

Y

  • Yorkshire Terrier
  • Yugoslavian Mountain Hound - see Serbian Mountain Hound
  • Yugoslavian Tricolour Hound - see Serbian Tricolour Hound


Other websites

See the lists of dog breeds that these important breed registries allow: