AKC has recognized over 197 dog breeds. Let’s explore these breeds according to the breed group which is classified by AKC.
Herding Group
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Shepherd
- Bearded Collie
- Beauceron Dog
- Belgian Laekenois
- Belgian Malinois
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Belgian Tervuren (Tervueren Belgian Shepherd Dog)
- Bergamasco
- Berger Picard
- Border Collie
- Bouvier des Flandres
- Briard
- Canaan Dog
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Collie
- Entlebucher Mountain Dog
- Finnish Lapphund
- German Shepherd Dog
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Lancashire Heeler
- Miniature American Shepherd
- Mudi
- Norwegian Buhund
- Old English Sheepdog
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Puli
- Pumi
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Spanish Water Dog Swedish Vallhund
Hound Group
- Afghan Hound
- American English Coonhound
- American Foxhound
- Azawakh
- Basenji
- Basset Hound
- Beagle
- Black and Tan Coonhound
- Bloodhound
- Bluetick Coonhound
- Borzoi
- Cirneco Dell’Etna (Cirneco Dell’etna)
- Dachshund
- English Foxhound
- Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
- Greyhound
- Harrier
- Ibizan Hound
- Irish Wolfhound
- Norwegian Elkhound
- Otterhound
- Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
- Pharaoh Hound
- Plott Hound
- Portuguese Podengo Pequeno
- Redbone Coonhound
- Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Saluki
- Scottish Deerhound
- Sloughi
- Treeing Walker Coonhound
Toy Group
- Affenpinscher
- Biewer Terrier
- Brussels Griffon
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Chihuahua
- Chinese Crested
- English Toy Spaniel
- Havanese
- Italian Greyhound
- Japanese Chin
- Maltese
- Manchester Terrier
- Miniature Pinscher
- Papillon
- Pekingese
- Pomeranian
- Poodle (Toy)
- Pug
- Russian Toy
- Shih Tzu
- Silky Terrier
- Toy Fox Terrier
- Yorkshire Terrier
Non-Sporting Group
- American Eskimo Dog
- Bichon Frise
- Boston Terrier
- Bulldog
- Chinese Shar-Pei
- Chow Chow
- Coton De Tulear
- Dalmatian
- Finnish Spitz
- French Bulldog
- Keeshond
- Lhasa Apso
- Lowchen
- Norwegian Lundhund
- Poodle
- Schipperke
- Shiba Inu
- Tibetan Spaniel
- Tibetan Terrier
- Xoloitzcuintli
Sporting Group
- American Water Spaniel
- Barbet
- Boykin Spaniel
- Bracco Italiano
- Brittany (Brittany Spaniel)
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever
- Clumber Spaniel
- Cocker Spaniel
- Curly-Coated Retriever
- English Cocker Spaniel
- English Setter
- English Springer Spaniel
- Field Spaniel
- Flat-Coated Retriever
- German Shorthaired Pointer
- German Wirehaired Pointer
- Golden Retriever
- Gordon Setter
- Irish Red and White Setter
- Irish Setter
- Irish Water Spaniel
- Labrador Retriever
- Lagotto Romagnolo
- Nederlandse Kooikerhondje
- Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
- Pointer
- Spinone Italiano
- Sussex Spaniel
- Vizsla
- Weimaraner
- Welsh Springer Spaniel
- Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
- Wirehaired Vizsla
Terrier Group
- Airedale Terrier
- American Hairless Terrier
- American Staffordshire Terrier
- Australian Terrier
- Bedlington Terrier
- Border Terrier
- Bull Terrier
- Cairn Terrier
- Cesky Terrier
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier
- Glen of Imaal Terrier
- Irish Terrier
- Kerry Blue Terrier
- Lakeland Terrier
- Manchester Terrier
- Miniature Bull Terrier
- Miniature Schnauzer
- Norfolk Terrier
- Norwich Terrier
- Parson Russell Terrier
- Rat Terrier
- Russell Terrier
- Scottish Terrier
- Sealyham Terrier
- Skye Terrier
- Smooth Fox Terrier
- Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Welsh Terrier
- West Highland White Terrier
- Wire Fox Terrier
Working Group
- Akita
- Alaskan Malamute
- Anatolian Shepherd Dog
- Bernese Mountain Dog
- Black Russian Terrier
- Boerboel Dog
- Boxer Dog
- Bullmastiff
- Cane Corso Dog
- Chinook
- Doberman Pinscher Dog
- Dogo Argentino
- Dogue de Bordeaux
- German Pinscher
- Giant Schnauzer
- Great Dane Dog
- Great Pyrenees Dog
- Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
- Komondor
- Kuvasz
- Leonberger
- Mastiff
- Neapolitan Mastiff
- Newfoundland
- Portuguese Water Dog
- Rottweiler
- Saint Bernard Dog
- Samoyed
- Siberian Husky
- Standard Schnauzer
- Tibetan Mastiff
Miscellaneous Class
- Danish-Swedish Farmdog
- Basset Fauve de Bretagne
- Dutch Shepherd
- Japanese Akitainu (Akita)
- Kai Ken (Kai)
- Norrbottenspets Dog
- Peruvian Inca Orchid
- Portuguese Podengo
- Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
- Small Musterlander Pointer Dog
- Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
Foundation Stock Service (FSS)
- Alaskan Klee Kai
- American Bulldog
- American Leopard Hound
- Appenzeller Sennenhund
- Australian Kelpie
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
- Barbado da Terceira
- Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
- Bohemian Shepherd
- Bolognese
- Braque de Bourbonnais (Bourbonnais Pointing Dog)
- Braque Francais Pyrenean (French Pointing Dog – Gascogne Type)
- Braque Saint-Germain
- Brazilian Terrier
- Broholmer
- Carolina Dog
- Catahoula Leopard Dog
- Caucasian Shepherd Dog
- Central Asian Shepherd Dog
- Croatian Sheepdog (Croatian Shepherd Dog)
- Czechoslovakian Vlack (Czechoslovakian wolfdog)
- Deutscher Wachtelhund
- Drentsche Patrijshond
- Drever
- Estrela Mountain Dog (Estrela Mountain Dog Long-haired)
- Eurasier Dog
- French Spaniel
- German Longhaired Pointer
- German Spitz
- Hamiltonstovare
- Hanoverian Scenthound
- Hokkaido
- Hovawart (Hovawart Black)
- Jagdterrier
- Japanese Terrier
- Jindo
- Karelian Bear Dog
- Kishu Ken (Kishu)
- Kromfohrlander
- Lapponian Herder
- Mountain Cur
- Perro de Presa Canario
- Pont-Audemer Spaniel
- Porcelaine
- Portuguese Pointer (Portuguese Pointing Dog)
- Portuguese Sheepdog
- Pudelpointer
- Pyrenean Mastiff
- Rafeiro de Alentejo
- Romanian Carpathian Shepherd
- Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
- Schapendoes
- Segugio Italiano (Italian Short-Haired Segugio)
- Shikoku
- Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer
- Slovensky Cuvac (Slovakian Chuvach)
- Slovensky Kopov
- Spanish Mastiff
- Stabyhoun
- Swedish Lapphund
- Taiwan Dog
- Thai Ridgeback
- Tornjak
- Tosa
- Transylvanian Hound (Hungarian Hound – Transylvanian Scent Hound)
- Treeing Tennessee Brindle
- Volpino Italiano (Italian Volpino)
- Wetterhoun
- Working Kelpie
- Yakutian Laika
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