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Companion Dog
Affenpinscher
Bichon Frise
Bolognese
Boston Terrier
Brussels Griffon
Bulldog
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chihuahua
Chinese Crested
Coton de Tulear
Dalmatian
English Toy Spaniel
French Bulldog
Havanese
Italian Greyhound
Japanese Chin
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Maltese
Miniature Pinscher
Papillon
Pekingese
Pomeranian
Poodle
Pug
Russian Toy
Schipperke
Shih Tzu
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
Yorkshire Terrier


FSS
Alentejo Mastiff
Appenzell Cattle Dog
Barbet
Belgian Shepherd Laekenois
Bergamasco
Boerboel
Bolognese
Bracco Italiano
Canarian Catch Dog
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Caucasian Mountain Dog
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Chinook
Cirneco dell Etna
Coton de Tulear
Czechoslovakian Vlack
Dogo Argentino
Dutch Schapendoes
English Coonhound
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Estrela Mountain Dog
Eurasier
Finnish Lapphund
German Spitz
Jack Russell Terrier
Jindo
Kai Ken
Karelian Bear Dog
Kishu
Kooikerhondje
Lagotto Romagnolo
Lancashire Heeler
Large Vendeen Griffon Basset
Mudi
Nordic Spitz
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Picardy Shepherd
Portuguese Podengo
Portuguese Pointer
Pumi
Rat Terrier
Russian Toy
Sloughi
Small Munsterlander
Spanish Pointer
Spinone Italiano
Stabyhoun
Swedish Lapphund
Thai Ridgeback
Tosa
Treeing Tennessee Brindle
Treeing Walker Coonhound
Wirehaired Vizsla
Xoloitzcuintli


Guardian Dog
Aidi
Akbash Dog
Alentejo Mastiff
American Bulldog
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Appenzell Cattle Dog
Bernese Mountain Dog
Black Russian Terrier
Boxer
Broholmer
Bull Terrier
Bullmastiff
Canarian Catch Dog
Cane Corso
Caucasian Mountain Dog
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Cimarron Urguayo
Doberman Pinscher
Dogo Argentino
Dogue de Bordeaux
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Estrela Mountain Dog
Giant Schnauzer
Great Dane
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Hovawart
Karst Shepherd Dog
Komondor
Kuvasz
Leonberger
Majorca Mastiff
Maremma Sheepdog
Mastiff
Neapolitan Mastiff
Newfoundland
Portuguese Cattle Dog
Pyrenean Mastiff
Rottweiler
Saint Bernard
Sarplaninac
Slovakian Chuvach
Spanish Pointer
Standard Schnauzer
Tatra Shepherd Dog
Tibetan Mastiff
Tosa


Gun Dog
American Water Spaniel
Ariege Pointer
Auvergne Pointer
Barbet
Blue Picardy Spaniel
Bohemian Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon
Bourbonnais Pointer
Boykin Spaniel
Bracco Italiano
Brittany
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Clumber Spaniel
Cocker Spaniel
Curly-Coated Retriever
Dutch Partridge Dog
English Cocker Spaniel
English Setter
English Springer Spaniel
Field Spaniel
Flat-Coated Retriever
French Spaniel
Fresian Water Dog
German Long-Haired Pointing Dog
German Rough-Haired Pointer
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Spaniel
German Wirehaired Pointer
Golden Retriever
Gordon Setter
Irish Red and White Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Water Spaniel
Kooikerhondje
Labrador Retriever
Lagotto Romagnolo
Large Munsterlander
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Old Danish Pointing Dog
Picardy Spaniel
Pointer
Pont Audemer Spaniel
Portuguese Pointer
Portuguese Water Dog
Pudelpointer
Saint Germain Pointer
Slovakian Wire-Haired Pointing Dog
Small Munsterlander
Spanish Water Dog
Spinone Italiano
Stabyhoun
Sussex Spaniel
Vizsla
Weimaraner
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Wirehaired Vizsla


Herding
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Kelpie
Australian Shepherd
Bearded Collie
Beauceron
Belgian Shepherd Groenendael
Belgian Shepherd Laekenois
Belgian Shepherd Malinois
Belgian Shepherd Tervuren
Bergamasco
Border Collie
Bouvier des Ardennes
Bouvier des Flandres
Briard
Canaan Dog
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Catalonian Sheepdog
Collie
Croatian Sheepdog
Czechoslovakian Vlack
Dutch Schapendoes
Dutch Shepherd
English Shepherd
Finnish Lapphund
German Shepherd Dog
Icelandic Sheepdog
Lapponian Herder
Majorca Shepherd Dog
Mudi
Norwegian Buhund
Old English Sheepdog
Picardy Shepherd
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Portuguese Sheepdog
Puli
Pumi
Pyrenean Shepherd
Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog
Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
Saarloosewolfdog
Schapendoes
Shetland Sheepdog
Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Swedish Vallhund
Tatra Shepherd Dog
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
White Shepherd


Hound
Afghan Hound
American Foxhound
Basenji
Basset Hound
Beagle
Black and Tan Coonhound
Bloodhound
Borzoi
Dachshund
English Foxhound
Greyhound
Harrier
Ibizan Hound
Irish Wolfhound
Norwegian Elkhound
Otterhound
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
Pharaoh Hound
Plott Hound
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Saluki
Scottish Deerhound
Whippet


Miscellaneous
Bluetick Coonhound
Boykin Spaniel
Cane Corso
Cesky Terrier
Icelandic Sheepdog
Irish Red and White Setter
Leonberger
Norwegian Buhund
Norwegian Lundehund
Pyrenean Shepherd
Redbone Coonhound


Non-Sporting
American Eskimo Dog
Bichon Frise
Boston Terrier
Bulldog
Chow Chow
Dalmatian
Finnish Spitz
French Bulldog
German Pinscher
Japanese Spitz
Keeshond
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Poodle
Schipperke
Shar-Pei
Shiba Inu
Shih Tzu
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier


Northern Breed
Akita
Alaskan Klee Kai
Alaskan Malamute
American Eskimo Dog
Canadian Eskimo Dog
Chinook
Chow Chow
East Siberian Laika
Eurasier
Finnish Lapphund
Finnish Spitz
German Spitz
Greenland Dog
Hokkaido Inu
Japanese Spitz
Jindo
Kai Ken
Karelian Bear Dog
Keeshond
Kishu
Nordic Spitz
Norwegian Buhund
Norwegian Elkhound
Norwegian Lundehund
Russo-European Laika
Samoyed
Shar-Pei
Shiba Inu
Shikoku
Siberian Husky
Swedish Elkhound
Swedish Lapphund
Volpino Italiano
West Siberian Laika


Sighthound & Pariah
Afghan Hound
Azawakh
Basenji
Borzoi
Canaan Dog
Canarian Warren Hound
Carolina Dog
Cirneco dell Etna
Greyhound
Hungarian Greyhound
Ibizan Hound
Irish Wolfhound
New Guinea Singing Dog
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Pharaoh Hound
Polish Greyhound
Portuguese Podengo
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Saluki
Scottish Deerhound
Sloughi
Spanish Greyhound
Thai Ridgeback
Whippet
Xoloitzcuintli


Sporting
American Water Spaniel
Barbet
Blue Picardy 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
French Pointer
French Spaniel
German Long-Haired Pointing Dog
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Wirehaired Pointer
Golden Retriever
Gordon Setter
Irish Red and White Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Water Spaniel
Labrador Retriever
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Pointer
Pudelpointer
Small Munsterlander
Spinone Italiano
Sussex Spaniel
Vizsla
Weimaraner
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon


Terrier
Airedale Terrier
American Hairless Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Australian Terrier
Austrian Pinscher
Bedlington Terrier
Border Terrier
Bull Terrier
Cairn Terrier
Cesky Terrier
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Danish-Swedish Farmdog
Dutch Smoushond
German Hunting Terrier
German Pinscher
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Irish Terrier
Jack Russell Terrier
Japanese Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
Kromfohrlander
Lakeland Terrier
Manchester Terrier
Miniature Bull Terrier
Miniature Schnauzer
Norfolk Terrier
Norwich Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier
Patterdale Terrier
Pit Bull Terrier
Rat Terrier
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Silky Terrier
Skye Terrier
Smooth Fox Terrier
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Sporting Lucas Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
Treeing Feist
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier
Wire Fox Terrier


Toy
Affenpinscher
Brussels Griffon
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chihuahua
Chinese Crested
Coton de Tulear
English Toy Spaniel
Havanese
Italian Greyhound
Japanese Chin
Maltese
Miniature Pinscher
Papillon
Pekingese
Pomeranian
Pug
Shih Tzu
Silky Terrier
Toy Fox Terrier
Xoloitzcuintli
Yorkshire Terrier


Working
Akita
Alaskan Malamute
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Bernese Mountain Dog
Black Russian Terrier
Boxer
Bullmastiff
Canaan Dog
Canadian Eskimo Dog
Cane Corso
Doberman Pinscher
Dogue de Bordeaux
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Eurasier
German Pinscher
Giant Schnauzer
Great Dane
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Greenland Dog
Hovawart
Karelian Bear Dog
Komondor
Kuvasz
Leonberger
Mastiff
Neapolitan Mastiff
Newfoundland
Portuguese Water Dog
Rottweiler
Saint Bernard
Samoyed
Siberian Husky
Standard Schnauzer
Tibetan Mastiff
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purebreds

The term "dog breed" is used to refer to a group of dogs that are closely-related and visibly similar, possessing a set of inherited and distinguishing characteristics, such as size, coat color, intelligence, temperament, sense of sight and smell, and hearing.  An individual dog is identified as a member of a breed through proof of anestry, using genetic analysis or written records of ancestry.  Without such proof, identification of a specific breed is not reliable.  Such records, called stud books, may be maintained by individuals, clubs, or other organizations.

The dog breeds listed on Creature.com are recognized by one or more of the following three major English-language kennel clubs:
American Kennel Club (AKC)
Canadian Kennel Club (CKC)
United Kennel Club (UKC).

Additionally, there is limited information on breeds that are recognized by one or more of the following kennel clubs:
Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC)
The Kennel Club (KC)
Kennel Union of Southern Africa (KUSA)
National Kennel Club (NKC)
New Zealand Kennel Club (NZKC)

The descriptive information found on Creature.com for each dog breed is for general information only for dog owners and potential dog owners.  For additional information, or for show dog standards, please refer to the specific kennel club standards for the breed.

To see a description and picture of a dog breed, click on the name of the breed in the list on the left-hand side of the page.  Or, use the menu above to browse by breed size, kennel club (accreditation), or breed class (kennel club grouping).