Dog Breed
Chart
Dogs and dog breeds can be divided into
different categories and sub-categories, based on their primary characteristics as indicated below. The
listings are pretty comprehensive, but by no means all inclusive.
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Hounds
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Sight
hounds
Afghan
hound
American Staghound
Azawakh hound
Basenji hound
Borzoi
Chart Polski (Polish Greyhound)
Cirneco dell'Etna
Deerhound
Galgo Español (Spanish Greyhound)
Greyhound
Ibizan Hound
Irish Wolfhound
Italian Greyhound
Lurcher
Magyar Agar (Hungarian Greyhound)
Mudhol Hound
Pharaoh Hound (Kelb tal fenek)
Portuguese Podengo
Rampur Greyhound (Rampur Dog)
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Saluki
Sloughi
Whippet
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Whippet
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Scent
hounds
Basset
hound
Beagle
Bloodhound
Coonhound
Black and Tan Coonhound
English Coonhound
Treeing Walker Hound
Plott Hound
Dachshund
Foxhound
Grand Bleu de Gascogne
Harrier
Ibizan hound
Norwegian Elkhound
Otterhound
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
Polish Scenthound (pl.Gonczy Polski )
Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
Rhodesian Ridgeback
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Basset
Hound
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Gun dogs
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Pointers
Ariege
Pointer
Brittany (Brittany Spaniel)
English Pointer
German Longhaired Pointer
German Rough-haired Pointer
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Wirehaired Pointer
Hungarian Vizsla
Italian Spinone
Old Danish Pointer
Portuguese Pointer
Pudelpointer
Weimaraner
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Pudelpointer
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Retrievers
Barbet
Boykin Spaniel
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Corded Poodle
Curly-Coated Retriever
Drentse Patrijshond (Dutch Partridge
Dog)
Epagneul Pont-Audemer
Flat-Coated Retriever
German Longhaired Pointer
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Wirehaired Pointer
Golden Retriever
Hungarian Vizsla
Irish Water Spaniel
Italian Spinone
Labrador Retriever
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Poodle
Portuguese Water Dog
Spanish Water Dog
Weimaraner
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Chesapeake Bay
Retriever
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Setters
English
Setter
Gordon Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Red and White
Setter
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English
Setter
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Spaniels
American
Cocker Spaniel
American Water Spaniel
Blue Picardy Spaniel
Boykin Spaniel
Brittany_(dog)
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Clumber Spaniel
Deutscher Wachtelhund (German Spaniel)
Drentse Patrijshond (Dutch Partridge
Dog)
English Cocker Spaniel
English Springer Spaniel
Field Spaniel
French Spaniel
Irish Water Spaniel
Japanese Chin (Japanese Spaniel)
King Charles Spaniel
Kooikerhondje
Small Munsterlander
Large Munsterlander
Papillion
Picardy Spaniel (Epagneul Picard)
Pont-Audemer Spaniel
Portuguese Water Dog (possibly)
Spanish Water Dog (possibly)
Stabyhoun
Tibetan Spaniel
Sussex Spaniel
Welsh Springer Spaniel
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English Cocker
Spaniel
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Water
dogs
American
Water Spaniel
Barbet
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Curly Coated Retriever
Epagneul Pont-Audemer
Irish Water Spaniel
Labrador Retriever
Poodle
Portuguese Water Dog
Puli
Wetterhoun
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Standard
Poodle
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Terriers
Airedale Terrier
American Hairless Terrier
American Pit Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Australian Silky Terrier
Australian Terrier
Bedlington Terrier
Black Russian Terrier
Border Terrier
Boston Terrier
Bull Terrier
Bull Terrier (Miniature)
Cairn Terrier
Cesky Terrier
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
English Toy Terrier (Black &
Tan)
Fox Terrier (Smooth & Wire)
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Irish Terrier
Jack Russell Terrier
Jagdterrier
Japanese Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
Lakeland Terrier
Manchester Terrier
Miniature Fox Terrier
Norfolk Terrier
Norwich Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier
Patterdale Terrier
Rat Terrier
Russell Terrier
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Silky Terrier
Skye Terrier
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Tenterfield Terrier
Toy Fox Terrier
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier
Yorkshire Terrier
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Lakeland
Terrier
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Curs
Black Mouth Cur
Leopard Cur
Mountain Cur
Stephens Cur
Treeing Cur
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Catahoula Leopard
Dog
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Working (or
Utility)
Herding, including
Sheepdogs
Collies, including:
Border Collie
Bearded Collie
Smooth Collie
Rough Collie
Welsh Corgis:
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Shetland Sheepdog
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Shepherd
Australian Kelpie
Belgian Shepherd Dog
Bouvier des Flandres
English Shepherd
Pyrenean Mountain Dog
Pyrenean Shepherd
German Shepherd Dog
Koolie
McNab
Old English Sheepdog
Canaan Dog
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A Border Collie-cross working
dog
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Working (or
Utility)
Sled
dogs
Alaskan husky
Alaskan Malamute
Canadian Eskimo Dog (or Qimmiq)
Chinook
Eurohound
Greenland Dog
Mackenzie River husky
Samoyed
Seppala Siberian Sleddog
Siberian Husky (or Arctic
Husky)
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Greenland
Dog
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Bulldogs
Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog
American Bulldog
Australian "Aussie" Bulldog
Campeiro Bulldog
Catahoula Bulldog
French Bulldog
Ca De Bou
English Bulldog
Valley Bulldog
Victorian Bulldog
Toy Bulldog
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English
Bulldog
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Extinct Dog Breeds
Alano Español (Spanish Bulldog)
Alaunt
Black and Tan Terrier
Blue Paul Terrier
Cordoba Fighting Dog
English White Terrier
Old English Bulldog
St. John's Water Dog
Talbot
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Alano
Español
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Fighting Dogs
Akita Inu
Alano Español
American Bulldog
American Pit Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Argentine Dogo
Bandog
Bedlington Terrier
Blue Paul Terrier
Boston Terrier
Boxer (dog)
Bull Terrier
Bullmastiff
Bully Kutta
Cordoba Fighting Dog
Dogue de Bordeaux
Dogo Cubano
English Mastiff
English White Terrier
Great Dane
Gull Dong
Gull Terr
Indian Bullterrier
Irish Staffordshire Terrier
Irish Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
Manchester Terrier
Neapolitan Mastiff
Old English Bulldog
Perro de Presa Canario
Perro de Presa Mallorquin (Ca de
Bou)
Pit bull
Shar Pei
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Tibetan Mastiff
Tosa
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American Pit Bull
Terrier
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Toy
Dogs
Affenpinscher
Australian Silky Terrier
Biewer
Belgian Griffon
Brussels Griffon
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chihuahua
Chinese Crested Dog
English Toy Spaniel
English Toy Terrier
Havanese
Italian Greyhound
Japanese Chin
Maltese
Toy Manchester Terrier
Toy Mi-Ki
Miniature Pinscher
Papillon
Pekingese
Phalène
Pomeranian
Pug
Shih Tzu
Toy Fox Terrier
Toy Poodle
Yorkshire Terrier
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Bichon Frisé
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For more info on aspects of dog breeding and all
dog breeds, please see our Topical
Articles.

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