Breed guides
341 breed guides covering history, temperament, size and care.

Affenpinscher
Toy Group

Afghan Hound
Hound Group

Airedale Terrier
Terrier Group

Akbash
Working Group

Akita
Working Group

Alano Español
Working Group

Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog
Working Group

Alaskan Husky
Working / Sled Dog Type

Alaskan Klee Kai
Northern / Spitz Breed

Alaskan Malamute
Working Group

American Bulldog
Working Group

American Bully
Companion Breed

American Cocker Spaniel
Sporting Group

American Dingo (Carolina Dog)
Non-Sporting Group

American English Coonhound
Hound Group

American Eskimo Dog
Non-Sporting Group

American Farm Collie
Herding Group

American Foxhound
Hound Group

American Hairless Terrier
Terrier Group

American Leopard Hound
Hound Group

American Molossus
Working Group

American Pit Bull Terrier
Terrier Group

American Staffordshire Terrier
Terrier Group

American Staghound
Hound Group

American Tundra Shepherd
Working Group

American Water Spaniel
Sporting Group

Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Working Group

Appenzeller Sennenhund
Herding Group

Aussiedoodle
Designer Breed

Australian Cattle Dog
Herding Group

Australian Labradoodle
Designer Breed

Australian Mountain Doodle (Aussie Mountain Doodle)
Designer Breed

Australian Shepherd
Herding Group

Australian Terrier
Terrier Group

Azawakh
Hound Group

Barbet
Sporting Group

Basenji
Hound Group

Basset Hound
Hound Group

Beagador
Designer Breed

Beagle
Hound Group

Bearded Collie
Herding Group

Beauceron
Herding Group

Bedlington Terrier
Terrier Group

Belgian Laekenois
Herding Group

Belgian Malinois
Herding Group

Belgian Sheepdog
Herding Group

Belgian Tervuren
Herding Group

Bergamasco Sheepdog
Herding Group

Berger Picard
Herding Group

Bernedoodle
Designer Breed

Bernese Mountain Dog
Working Group

Bichon Frise
Non-Sporting Group

Biewer Terrier
Designer Breed

Black and Tan Coonhound
Hound Group

Black Russian Terrier
Working Group

Bloodhound
Hound Group

Blue Lacy
Herding Group

Bluetick Coonhound
Hound Group
Boerboel
Working Group

Bohemian Shepherd
Herding Group

Bolognese
Toy Group

Border Collie
Herding Group

Border Terrier
Terrier Group
Bordoodle
Designer Breed

Borzoi
Hound Group

Bosnian Coarse-haired Hound (Barak)
Hound Group

Boston Terrier
Non-Sporting Group

Bouvier Des Flandres
Herding Group

Boxador
Designer Breed

Boxer
Working Group

Boxerdoodle
Designer Breed

Boykin Spaniel
Sporting Group
Braque du Bourbonnais
Sporting / Gun Dog

Brazilian Terrier
Terrier Group

Briard
Herding Group

Brittany
Sporting Group

Brussels Griffon
Toy Group

Bull Terrier
Terrier Group

Bullmastiff
Working Group

Bullmatian
Designer Breed

Bully Basset Hound
Designer Breed

Cadoodle
Designer Breed

Cairn Terrier
Terrier Group

Canaan Dog
Herding Group

Canadian Eskimo Dog
Working Group

Cane Corso
Working Group

Cane Corso Italiano (non-AKC lines)
Working Group

Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Herding Group

Catahoula Bulldog
Working Group

Catahoula Leopard Dog
Hound Group

Caucasian Shepherd Dog
Working Group

Cavachon
Designer Breed

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Toy Group

Cavapoo
Designer Breed

Cavapoochon
Designer Breed

Cesky Terrier
Terrier Group

Chacy Ranior
Toy Group

Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Sporting Group

Chihuahua
Toy Group

Chinese Crested
Toy Group

Chinese Shar-Pei
Non-Sporting Group

Chinook
Working Group

Chipoo
Designer Breed

Chiweenie
Designer Breed

Chorkie
Designer Breed

Chow Chow
Non-Sporting Group

Chug
Designer Breed

Cirneco dell'Etna
Hound Group

Clumber Spaniel
Sporting Group

Cockapoo
Designer Breed

Collie
Herding Group

Coonhound
Hound Group

Corgipoo
Designer Breed

Coton de Tulear
Non-Sporting Group

Curly Coated Retriever
Sporting Group

Dachshund
Hound Group

Dalmatian
Non-Sporting Group

Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Terrier Group

Danish-Swedish Farmdog
Terrier Group

Doberman Pinscher
Working Group

Dogo Argentino
Working Group

Dogo Canario
Working Group

Dogue de Bordeaux
Working Group

Dorset Olde Tyme Bulldogge
Non-Sporting Group

Double Doodle
Designer Breed

Doxiepoo
Designer Breed
Drever
Hound Group

Dutch Shepherd
Herding Group
East Siberian Laika
Hound Group
English Bulldog
Non-Sporting Group
English Cocker Spaniel
Sporting Group
English Foxhound
Hound Group
English Setter
Sporting Group

English Shepherd
Herding Group
English Springer Spaniel
Sporting Group
English Toy Spaniel
Toy Group
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Herding Group

Eskapoo
Designer Breed

Exotic Bully
Companion Breed
Field Spaniel
Sporting Group
Finnish Lapphund
Herding Group
Finnish Spitz
Non-Sporting Group

Flat-Coated Retriever
Sporting Group
Fox Terrier – Smooth
Terrier Group
Fox Terrier – Wirehair
Terrier Group
French Bulldog
Non-Sporting Group

Frenchton
Designer Breed
German Pinscher
Working Group
German Shepherd Dog
Herding Group
German Shorthaired Pointer
Sporting Group
German Wirehaired Pointer
Sporting Group
Giant Schnauzer
Working Group

Glen of Imaal Terrier
Terrier Group

Goldador
Designer Breed
Golden Retriever
Sporting Group
Goldendoodle
Designer Breed

Gollie
Designer Breed
Gordon Setter
Sporting Group
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
Hound Group
Great Dane
Working Group
Great Pyrenees
Working Group

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Working Group
Greyhound
Hound Group
Griffon Vendéen
Hound Group
Harrier
Hound Group
Havanese
Toy Group
Havapoo
Designer Breed
Huskypoo
Designer Breed
Ibizan Hound
Hound Group
Icelandic Sheepdog
Herding Group

Irish Doodle
Designer Breed

Irish Red and White Setter
Sporting Group
Irish Setter
Sporting Group

Irish Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Designer Breed
Irish Terrier
Terrier Group
Irish Water Spaniel
Sporting Group
Irish Wolfhound
Hound Group
Italian Greyhound
Toy Group

Jack Chi
Designer Breed

Jack Russell Terrier
Terrier Group
Japanese Chin
Toy Group

Jug
Designer Breed

Kai Ken
Non-Sporting Group

Karelian Bear Dog
Working Group
Keeshond
Non-Sporting Group
Kerry Blue Terrier
Terrier Group

King Shepherd
Herding Group

Kishu Ken
Non-Sporting Group
Komondor
Working Group

Kromfohrländer
Companion Group
Kuvasz
Working Group

Labrabull
Designer Breed
Labradoodle
Designer Breed
Labrador Retriever
Sporting Group
Lagotto Romagnolo
Sporting Group
Lakeland Terrier
Terrier Group
Leonberger
Working Group
Lhasa Apso
Non-Sporting Group
Lowchen (Little Lion Dog)
Non-Sporting Group

Lurcher
Companion Breed

Mal-Shi
Designer Breed
Maltese
Toy Group

Maltipom
Designer Breed
Maltipoo
Designer Breed

Manchester Terrier
Terrier Group
Mastiff
Working Group

McNab
Herding Group

Micro Bully
Companion Breed

Mini Golden Mountain Doodle
Designer Breed

Mini Hippo Dog
Designer Breed
Miniature American Shepherd
Herding Group

Miniature Australian Cattle Dog
Herding Group
Miniature Bull Terrier
Terrier Group
Miniature Pinscher
Toy Group
Miniature Schnauzer
Terrier Group

Molosso Presa Mayo
Working Group

Morkie
Designer Breed

Mountain Cur
Hound Group

Mountain Feist
Terrier Group

Mudi
Herding Group
Neapolitan Mastiff
Working Group
Newfoundland
Working Group

Newfypoo
Designer Breed
Norfolk Terrier
Terrier Group
Norrbottenspets
Non-Sporting Group

Norwegian Buhund
Herding Group
Norwegian Elkhound
Hound Group
Norwegian Lundehund
Non-Sporting Group
Norwich Terrier
Terrier Group
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Sporting Group
Old English Sheepdog (Bobtail)
Herding Group

Old Time Scotch Collie
Herding Group

Olde English Bulldogge
Non-Sporting Group
Other Doodle Mixes
Designer Breed
Other Mixed Breeds
Designer Breed
Otterhound
Hound Group
Papillon
Toy Group
Parson Russell Terrier
Terrier Group

Patterdale Terrier
Terrier Group

Patterjack
Designer Breed

Peekapoo
Designer Breed
Pekingese
Toy Group
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Herding Group
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Non-Sporting Group
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
Hound Group
Pharaoh Hound
Hound Group

Picardy Spaniel
Sporting Group
Plott Hound
Hound Group

Pocket Bully
Companion Breed
Pointer
Sporting Group
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Herding Group

Pomapoo
Designer Breed
Pomeranian
Toy Group

Pomsky
Designer Breed

Poochon
Designer Breed
Poodle
Non-Sporting Group

Poogle (Beagle-Poo)
Designer Breed
Portuguese Podengo
Hound Group
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno
Hound Group

Portuguese Pointer
Sporting Group
Portuguese Water Dog
Sporting Group

Prazsky Krysarik
Toy Group

Presa Canario
Working Group
Pug
Toy Group

Puggle
Designer Breed
Puli
Herding Group
Pumi
Herding Group

Pyrenean Shepherd
Herding Group
Rat Terrier
Terrier Group
Redbone Coonhound
Hound Group
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Hound Group

Rottle
Designer Breed

Rottsky
Designer Breed
Rottweiler
Working Group
Russell Terrier
Terrier Group

Russian Spaniel
Sporting Group

Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
Companion Breed

Russkiy Toy
Toy Group

Saint Berdoodle
Designer Breed
Saint Bernard
Working Group
Saluki
Hound Group
Samoyed
Working Group

Sarplaninac
Working Group
Schipperke
Non-Sporting Group
Schnoodle
Designer Breed

Scoodle
Designer Breed
Scottish Deerhound
Hound Group
Scottish Terrier
Terrier Group
Sealyham Terrier
Terrier Group
Sheepadoodle
Designer Breed

Shepsky
Designer Breed
Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie)
Herding Group

Shiba Inu
Non-Sporting Group

Shichon (Teddy Bear)
Designer Breed

Shih Tzu
Toy Group

Shihpoo
Designer Breed

Shiloh Shepherd
Herding Group

Shorkie
Designer Breed

Siberian Husky
Working Group

Silken Windhound
Hound Group
Silky Terrier
Terrier Group

Skye Terrier
Terrier Group

Sloughi
Hound Group

Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Terrier Group

Spanish Mastiff
Working Group
Spanish Water Dog
Herding Group
Spinone Italiano
Sporting Group

Springerdoodle
Designer Breed

Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Terrier Group

Standard Schnauzer
Working Group

Sussex Spaniel
Sporting Group

Swedish Vallhund
Herding Group

Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
Terrier Group

Terripoo
Designer Breed

Texas Heeler
Designer Breed

Thai Ridgeback
Non-Sporting Group

Tibetan Mastiff
Working Group

Tibetan Spaniel
Non-Sporting Group

Tibetan Terrier
Non-Sporting Group

Tornjak
Working Group

Tosa Inu
Working Group

Toy Fox Terrier
Toy Group

Treeing Tennessee Brindle
Hound Group

Treeing Walker Coonhound
Hound Group

Valley Bulldog
Designer Breed

Vizsla
Sporting Group

Weimaraner
Sporting Group

Welsh Springer Spaniel
Sporting Group

Welsh Terrier
Terrier Group

West Highland White Terrier
Terrier Group

West Siberian Laika
Hound Group

Whippet
Hound Group

Whoodle
Designer Breed

Wire Fox Terrier
Terrier Group

Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Sporting Group

Wirehaired Vizsla
Sporting Group

Xoloitzcuintli
Non-Sporting Group

Yakutian Laika
Working Group

Yorkichon
Designer Breed

Yorkiepoo
Designer Breed

Yorkshire Terrier
Terrier Group