Dog Breeds

Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Cattle Dog

- Herding group
- 18-20 inches
- 35-50 pounds
- Blue, Blue Mottled, Blue Speckled, Red Speckled, Red Mottled

Australian Shepherd

- Herding group
- 18-23 inches
- 40-65 pounds
- Black, Blue Merle, Red, Red Merle

Bearded Collie

- Herding group
- 20-22 inches
- 45-55 pounds
- Black, Blue, Brown, Fawn

Beauceron

- Herding group
- 24-27.5 inches
- 70-110 pounds
- Black and Tan, Gray Black and Tan, Black and Rust, Harlequin

Belgian Laekenois

- Herding group
- 22-26 inches
- 55-65 pounds
- Black and Tan, Fawn, Mahogany, Red Sable, Cream Sable, Fawn Sable, Red, Cream

Belgian Malinois

- Herding group
- 22-26 inches
- 40-80 pounds

Belgian Sheepdog

- Herding group
- 22-26 inches
- 45-75 pounds

Belgian Tervuren

- Herding group
- 22-26 inches
- 45-75 pounds

Bergamasco

- Herding group
- 22-23.5 inches
- 57-84 pounds
- Gray or Black

Berger Picard

- Herding group
- 21.5-25.5
- 50-70 pounds
- Fawn or Brindle

Border Collie

- Herding group
- 18-22 inches
- 30-50 pounds

Bouvier des Flandres

- Herding group
- 23.5-27.5 inches
- 70-110 pounds

Briard

- Herding group
- 22-27 inches
- 55-100 pounds
- Black, Tawny, Gray, Black and Gray, Black and Tawny, White, Tawny and Gray

Canaan Dog

- Herding group
- 19-24 inches
- 35-55 pounds
- Black, Cream, Golden, Liver, Red, Tan, White

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

- Herding group
- 10.5-12.5 inches
- 25-38 pounds

Collie

- Herding group
- 20-26 inches
- 50-75 pounds

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

- Herding group
- 16-21 inches
- 40-65 pounds
- Black, Black White and Tan, Black White and Yellow

Finnish Lapphund

- Herding group
- 16-21 inches
- 33-53 pounds
- Black, Brown, Blonde, Tan, Cream, Blue, Brindle, Wolf Sable, Saddle

German Shepherd Dog

- Herding group
- 22-26 inches
- 50-90 pounds

Icelandic Sheepdog

- Herding group
- 16.5-18 inches
- 25-30 pounds

Lancahire Heeler

- Herding group
- 10-12 inches
- 9-17 pounds
- Black and Tan, Liver and Tan

Miniature American Shepherd

- Herding group
- 13-18 inches
- 20-40 pounds
- Black, Blue Merle, Red, Red Merle

Mudi

- Herding group
- 15-18.5 inches
- 18-29 pounds
- Black, White, Yellow, Gray, Gray Brown, Brown

Norwegian Buhund

- Herding group
- 16-18.5 inches
- 26-40 pounds
- Wheaten, Black

Old English Sheepdog

- Herding group
- 21-22 inches and up
- 60-100 pounds

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

- Herding group
- 10-12 inches
- up to 28-30 pounds
- Black and Tan, Fawn, Red, Sable

Polish Lowland Sheepdog

- Herding group
- 17-20 inches
- 30-50 pounds

Puli

- Herding group
- 17-18 inches
- 25-35 pounds
- Black, Silver, White, Rust, Brindle, Cream, Brown

Pumi

- Herding group
- 15-18.5 inches
- 22-29 pounds
- White, Silver Gray, Gray, Black, Fawn, Born Gray, Born Brown

Pyrenean Shepherd

- Herding group
- 15-21 inches
- 15-30 pounds
- Fawn, Brindle, Black, Gray, Slate Gray, Blue Merle, Fawn Merle, Brindle Merle, Black and White, White

Shetland Sheepdog

- Herding group
- 13-16 inches
- 15-25 pounds

Spanish Water Dog

- Herding group
- 15.75-19.75 inches
- 31-49 pounds

Swedish Vallhund

- Herding group
- 11.5-13.75 inches
- 20-25 pounds
- Gray, Yellow, Red, Black, Blue, White

Working Group

- Bred for guarding people, property, and/or livestock
- Pulling carts or sleds
- Rescue work
- Most are large, some are giant

Akita

- Working group
- Large (85-105 lbs)
- Used for protection
- Curled tail

Alaskan Malamute

- Working group
- Large (70-100 lbs)
- Bred to pull sleds

Bernese Mountain Dog

- Working group
- Large (70-105 lbs)
- Bred to pull carts, drive cattle
- Tri-colored, long-haired
- Gentle disposition

Boxer

- Working group
- Large (60-75 lbs)
- Fawn or brindle with white
- Brachycephalic (flat-nosed)
- Tail docked
- Ears traditionally cropped

Bullmastiff

- Working group
- Giant (100-130 lbs)
- Bred to protect game against poachers
- Fawn, red, or brindle with black mask

Doberman Pinscher

- Working group
- Large (60-75 lbs)
- Used for protection
- Tail docked
- Ears may be cropped
- Black or "blue" with red, fawn, or rust musk and feet

Giant Schnauzer

- Working group
- NOT a giant breed
- Medium to large breed
- Looks like a Standard Schnauzer, but larger and a different breed

Great Dane

- Working group
- Giant (100-145 lbs)
- Fawn, brindle, blue, black, or harlequin (white with black spots)
- Ears may be cropped

Great Pyrenees

- Working group
- Large to Giant (85-130 lbs)
- Bred to guard livestock
- Always white, but may also have other colors esp. gray
- Long-haired
- Double dew claws on hind limbs

Komondor

- Working group
- Large to Giant (80-120 lbs)
- Bred to guard livestock
- Solid white only
- Hair forms "cords" which look like dreadlocks

Kuvascz

- Working group
- Large to Giant (70-115 lbs)
- Used for protection
- Always solid white
- Hair may be slightly wavy

Mastiff

- Working group
- Giant (over 175 lbs)
- Bred for guarding and fighting
- Fawn, apricot, or brindle with black mask

Neapolitan Mastiff

- Working group
- Giant (150 lbs)
- Bred for dogfighting
- Black, lead, gray, tiger, or fawn
- Very loose skin

Newfoundland

- Working group
- Giant (100-150 lbs)
- Used for rescue work
- Solid black, brown, or gray
- May have white on chest, paws or tip of tail
- Long-haired
- Gentle disposition

Portuguese Water Dog

- Working group
- Medium (35-60 lbs)
- Curly or wavy hair
- Black, brown, or grayish white
- Non-shedding

Rottweiler

- Working group
- Large to Giant (90-115 lbs)
- Used for guarding
- Black with tan mask, chest, and feet
- Short-haired

Saint Bernard

- Working group
- Giant (145-165 lbs)
- Used for rescue
- Tan and white body with black around muzzle, eyes, and ears

Samoyed

- Working group
- Medium to Large (40-70 lbs)
- All white

Siberian Husky

- Working group
- Bred to pull sleds
- Medium to Large (35-60 lbs)
- Tail curled when excited
- Variety of colors, usually with white
- Eyes brown, blue, or both
- Known for great endurance
- Very active

Standard Schnauzer

- Working group
- Small to Medium (22-40 lbs)
- Bred to hunt rats and weasels
- Ear usually cropped, tail dock short
- Usually bushy eyebrows and a "beard"
- Color is pepper or black
- Groom regularly

Hound Group

- Bred to help in the pursuit of game
- Hunt by either of the following: sight ("sighthounds"), scent

Afghan Hound

- Hound group
- Hunt by sight, followed by hunters on horseback
- Large (50-60 lbs)
- Long-haired
- Any color or color combination

Basenji ("Bush Thing")

- Hound group
- Small breed (20-25 lbs)
- Hunts by sight and scent
- Doesn't bark, it yodels or chortles
- Catlike behavior: grooms itself and can climb fences
- Chestnut, black, or black/tan, with white

Basset Hound

- Hound group
- Hunt by scent
- Large (65 lbs)
- Bi-colored or tri-colored

Beagle

- Hound group
- Used to hunt rabbits
- Small (17-30 lbs)
- Tri-colored or bi-colored

Black and Tan Coonhound

- Hound group
- Purpose is to hunt and tree raccoons; may also hunt bear, deer
- Large breed
- Black/tan in color

Bloodhound

- Hound group
- Large to giant breed
- Hunt or track by scent
- Used to track humans
- Black/tan, red/tan, or tawny

Borzoi (Russian Wolfhound)

- Hound group
- Large (60-105 lbs)
- Long-haired

Dachshund

- Hound group
- Bred to hunt badgers
- 3 types of hair coat: Smooth-haired (short), Long-haired, Wire-haired
- 2 sizes: Standard (16-32 lbs)
- Mini (<11 lbs)
- Black, red, tan solid or combination

American Foxhound

- Hound group
- Large (45-80 lbs)
- Usually tri-color, but can be any color

English Foxhound

- Hound group
- Bred to hunt fox
- Bulker than American Foxhound
- Black, tan, white, or combination of these

Greyhound

- Hound group
- Sight hounds
- Used for racing
- Large (60-70 lbs)
- Any color

Harrier

- Hound group
- Hunt by scent
- Any color or combination

Ibizan

- Hound group
- Medium (45-50 lbs)
- Short-haired or Wire-haired
- Solid red or white or combination

Irish Wolfhound

- Hound group
- Giant (105-120 lbs)
- Gray, brindle, red, black, white, or fawn

Norwegian Elkhound

- Hound group
- Large (48-55 lbs)
- Gray with black

Otter Hound

- Hound group
- Hunt otter
- Large (65-155 lbs)
- Black/tan, liver/tan, and wheaten

Pharaoh Hound

- Hound group
- Medium (35-50 lbs)
- Tan to chestnut with or without white
- Amber eyes

Rhodesian Ridgeback

- Hound group
- Large (65-75 lbs)
- Prominent feature is ridge down middle of back
- Chestnut with some black around muzzle

Saluki

- Hound group
- Medium to large (35-65 lbs)
- Short-haired all over OR with silky feathering on ears, tail, and legs

Scottish Deerhound

- Hound group
- Large to giant (85-110 lbs)

Whippet

- Hound group
- Sight hound
- Small

Sporting Group

- Bred to help humans find and retrieve game
- Small to large in size
- Need a lot of exercise

Brittany

- Sporting group
- Medium (30-40 pounds)
- Medium-length hair
- Orange/White or Liver/White

English Pointer

- Sporting group
- Medium to Large (45-55 pounds)
- Short-haired
- Black, Lemon, Liver, or Orange with or without White
- Tail is long

German Short-haired Pointer

- Sporting group
- Large (45-70 pounds)
- Tail is docked
- Solid Liver, Liver/White, or Black/White

German Wire-haired Pointer

- Sporting group
- Large
- Liver and White
- Wire-haired

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

- Sporting group
- Large (55-80 pounds)
- Blonde, Brown, Red
- Curly coat

Curly Coated Retriever

- Sporting group
- Solid Black or solid Liver
- Curly coat

Flat Coated Retriever

- Sporting group
- Solid Black or Liver
- Long-haired

Golden Retriever

- Sporting group
- Large
- Long-haired
- Light to Dark Gold in color

Labrador Retriever

- Sporting group
- Large (55-75 pounds)
- Short-haired
- Solid Yellow, Black, Chocolate

English Setter

- Sporting group
- Orange, Black, Lemon, or Liver with White or Tri-colored with White

Gordon Setter

- Sporting group
- Black/Tan
- Largest of the Setters

Irish Setter

- Sporting group
- Mahogany to Red coat
- Very high energy

American Water Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Medium (30-45 pounds)
- Wavy or Curly hair
- Solid Black, Liver, or Chocolate

Clumber Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Large (65-75 pounds)
- White with Orange or Lemon

American Cocker Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Small to Medium-sized
- Black, Cream, Parti (multi-colored), or Black/Tan

English Cocker Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Small to Medium-sized (26-34 pounds)

English Springer Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Medium-sized (45-55 pounds)
- Black and White, Liver and White

Field Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Medium (35-45 pounds)
- Black, Liver, or Mahogany

Irish Water Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Large
- Liver-colored only
- Long top knot
- "Rat" tail (not docked, short-haired tail)

Sussex Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Medium (35-45 pounds)
- Solid Golden or Liver
- Tail is not docked

Welsh Springer Spaniel

- Sporting group
- Medium (35-40 pounds)
- Always Red and White

Viszla (Hungarian Pointer)

- Sporting group
- Large (45-65 pounds)
- Always Goldish

Weimaraner

- Sporting group
- Large
- Color is always solid Gray
- Very strong-willed and need a lot of exercise