AKC Breed Identification - Comprehensive Notes

SPORTING GROUP

  • AMERICAN WATER SPANIEL

    • Origin: Not explicitly stated in transcript

    • Description: Active, Muscular

    • Height: 15 to 18 inches15\text{ to }18\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 29 to 44 lbs29\text{ to }44\text{ lbs}

    • Ears: Wide and long ears with tight curly hair

    • Nostrils: very well developed

    • Eyes: hazel or chestnut

    • Color: liver or dark chocolate

    • Personality: tenacious, obedient, affectionate, extremely responsive to training

    • Uses: Good hunter in difficult water and over uneven terrain; Hunting ducks, quail, pheasant, grouse, and rabbit; Companion and Guard dog

  • COCKER SPANIEL

    • Origin: English Cocker Spaniel

    • Description: Long ears, round head, muzzle wide and deep; upper lip covers the lower jaw; strong teeth with a scissors bite

    • Height: 15 inches for males, 14 inches for females15\text{ inches for males, }14\text{ inches for females}

    • Weight: 24 to 28 lbs24\text{ to }28\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: intelligent and mild

    • Ears: set at eye level, covered with long silky hair

    • Colors: solid black, black with lighter shadings, cream, roan, brindle

    • Personality: Cheerful, sweet, an inseparable friend of children, respectful of its master’s authority

    • Uses: Companion or Hunting

  • ENGLISH COCKER SPANIEL

    • Origin: England

    • Description: Cheerful, hardy sporty dog

    • Height: dogs 15.5 to 16 inches,  bitches15 to 15.5 inches15.5\text{ to }16\text{ inches},\; bitches 15\text{ to }15.5\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 28 to 32 lbs28\text{ to }32\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: brown

    • Ears: set at eye level, covered with long silky hair

    • Tail: set low carried gaily

    • Legs: well boned, feathered

    • Colors: Many admissible; white is accepted on the chest of solid color dogs

    • Personality: Good-natured, sweet, affectionate; Sociable with strangers is a moderate bark and obeys

    • Uses: Companion and Hunting

  • ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL

    • Origin: England

    • Description: A symmetrical, strong, compact dog

    • Height: 20 inches20\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 49 to 53 pounds49\text{ to }53\text{ pounds}

    • Eyes: dark hazel or brown

    • Ears: tight to head

    • Colors: liver and white or black and white with or without shading

    • Personality: Cheerful, courageous, meticulous; Affectionate, good-natured and sincere

    • Uses: Attentive and precise in the search for game and retrieving it; Used over all types of terrain; Faster than the other spaniels

  • ENGLISH SETTER

    • Origin: French

    • Description: Slender and powerful-looking dog

    • Height: dogs 22 to 26 inches;bitches,21−23"22\text{ to }26\text{ inches}; bitches, 21-23"

    • Weight: 60 to 70 pounds60\text{ to }70\text{ pounds}

    • Head: elongated with a pronounced frontal stop

    • Eyes: large and brilliant hazel color

    • Ears: hanging in fine folds

    • Tail: slightly curved, fringed

    • Colors: black and white, white and lemon, white and orange, white and chestnut, tricolor; speckling may vary in size

    • Uses: Companion and Hunting

  • GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER

    • Origin: Germany

    • Description: Height 24 to 25 inches24\text{ to }25\text{ inches}; Weight 55 to 70 pounds55\text{ to }70\text{ pounds}

    • Eyes: brown

    • Ears: moderately long, flat, tight to the cheeks, with rounded points

    • Chest: broad and high

    • Tail: docked to prevent injury during hunting

    • Colors: solid chestnut; chestnut with small white markings on chest and limbs; dark-chestnut roan with a chestnut head and markings; white with a chestnut mask, markings and speckles

    • Personality: Exuberant, trainable, forthright, decisive, intelligent, cheerful, obedient, friendly with children

    • Uses: Hunting and Guarding

  • GOLDEN RETRIEVER

    • Origin: England

    • Description: Height dogs23 to 24 in;bitches21.5 to 22.5 indogs 23\text{ to }24\text{ in}; bitches 21.5\text{ to }22.5\text{ in}

    • Weight: dogs65 to 75 lbs;bitches60 to 70 lbsdogs 65\text{ to }75\text{ lbs}; bitches 60\text{ to }70\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Clear frontal stop; scissors bite

    • Eyes: dark with a meek expression

    • Ears: medium-sized, falling

    • Tail: long, never curled

    • Coat: water-resistant coat; colors all shades of gold and cream

    • Personality: Active, sweet, well-mannered, affectionate, lovable

    • Uses: Companion and Hunting

  • IRISH SETTER

    • Origin: England, base off Spanish pointers

    • Height: dogs 21 to 24 inches;bitches20−23.5"21\text{ to }24\text{ inches}; bitches 20-23.5"

    • Weight: dogs 40 to 55 pounds;bitches33−49 pounds40\text{ to }55\text{ pounds}; bitches 33-49\text{ pounds}

    • Muzzle: equal to half the length of the entire head

    • Feet: hairy

    • Eyes: dark hazel and chestnut

    • Tail: carried horizontally

    • Color: mahogany red, gilded and shiny; no black

    • Personality: Not always tolerant with strangers; Energetic and full of feeling

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

  • LABRADOR RETRIEVER

    • Origin: Newfoundland

    • Description: Short solid dog

    • Height: dogs 22-22.5\"; bitches 21-22\"

    • Weight: dogs55−75&lbs;bitches50−70 lbsdogs 55-75\&lbs; bitches 50-70\text{ lbs}

    • Hair: dense and hard without waves; water-resistant undercoat

    • Colors: black, yellow, liver; solid colors

    • Personality: Lively, affectionate, lovable

    • Uses: Companion and Hunting

  • POINTER

    • Origin: Crossing of Italian pointer, the foxhound, the bloodhound, the greyhound, the Newfoundland, the setter and the bulldog

    • Height: dogs 22-24\"; bitches 21-24\"

    • Weight: 44 to 66 pounds44\text{ to }66\text{ pounds}

    • Nose: markedly raised above the horizontal line of its muzzle

    • Colors: white and lemon, white and orange, white and liver, white and black

    • Tail: color should match nose and coat

    • Personality: patient with children; affectionate, intelligent, clean and passionate hunter

    • Uses: Adaptable to all kinds of hunting and Companion

    • Note: Will bark at suspicious noises but is not a watch dog

  • VIZSLA

    • Origin: Transylvanian hound and the Turkish yellow hound; recently the German short-haired pointer added to the bloodline

    • Description: Medium-size dog robust with an elastic gait

    • Height: dogs 22\text{ to }24\"; bitches 21-23\"

    • Weight: 49 to 69 pounds49\text{ to }69\text{ pounds}

    • Ears: long, pendent, with rounded tips

    • Tail: docked by a third

    • Personality: Intelligent, trainable, steady, obedient, affectionate

    • Uses: Adapted to all types of hunting

  • WEIMARANER

    • Origin: Germany

    • Description: Medium-weight dog

    • Height: dogs 23\text{ to }28\"; bitches 22-26\"

    • Weight: 70 to 85 pounds70\text{ to }85\text{ pounds}

    • Head: broad, lean; long strong muzzle; minimal stop; dark-flesh-colored nose

    • Eyes: amber with an intelligent expression

    • Ears: broad and long with rounded points

    • Tail: docked to 1.5\text{ inches when two days old}

    • Colors: all shades of gray; head and ears slightly lighter

    • Personality: Lively, cheerful, affectionate, tends to be stubborn

    • Uses: All kinds of hunting and Companion

HOUND GROUP

  • AFGHAN HOUND

    • Origin: Afghanistan

    • Height: 27 to 29 inches for dogs, females slightly smaller27\text{ to }29\text{ inches for dogs, females slightly smaller}

    • Weight: 58 to 64 pounds58\text{ to }64\text{ pounds}

    • Eyes: triangular-like, dark or golden

    • Ears: flat to the head

    • Tail: ending in a ring

    • Colors: white, fawn, black with areas of bright chestnut, and tricolor

    • Personality: Courageous, indomitable, sweet, sensitive, very intelligent, dignified but not indifferent; suspicious but not hostile with strangers

    • Uses: Hunter of wolves, jackals, and leopards; Companion

  • AMERICAN FOXHOUND

    • Origin: Combination of French and English breeds

    • Height: dogs 22-25\"; 21-24\"

    • Weight: 65-70\"

    • Eyes: large and wide-set; brown or hazel

    • Ears: wide, flat to head

    • Tail: carried cheerfully with a slight curve

    • Colors: All colors admissible

    • Personality: Warrior in the hunting field; sweet and affectionate when not hunting

    • Uses: Hunting in the field; historically used to seek out Indians in the 17th century; wild game hunting

  • PLOTT HOUND

    • Origin: Germany

    • Description: Heavy and muscular

    • Height: dogs 22-25\"; bitches 21-24\"

    • Weight: dogs50−65 lbs;bitches40−55 lbsdogs 50-65\text{ lbs}; bitches 40-55\text{ lbs}

    • Colors: primarily brindle

    • Personality: Decisive, courageous and proud

    • Uses: Hunter of coyotes, wolves, stags, wild boar and wild cats

  • BASSET HOUND

    • Origin: France and Belgium

    • Description: Short legs and a heavy bone structure

    • Height: 14 inches14\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 40 to 51 lbs40\text{ to }51\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Large head with dome-shaped skull; deep folds; long ears; dark, sweet, sad eyes; tail slightly curved

    • Colors: usually white with chestnut or sand-colored markings

    • Personality: Affectionate, stubborn; house breaking difficult

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

  • BEAGLE

    • Origin: England

    • Description: Hardy and extremely active

    • Height: 13 to 16 inches13\text{ to }16\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 18 to 30 lbs18\text{ to }30\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Black-nose with well-developed nostrils; dome-shaped skull; pointed muzzle; distinct stop

    • Eyes: chestnut and hazel

    • Ears: long and hanging against cheeks

    • Thighs: very muscular

    • Tail: round and strong

    • Color: blue with black ticking, white, black, orange, or classic hound tricolor

    • Personality: Affectionate, cheerful, clean, tranquil

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

  • BLACK AND TAN COONHOUND

    • Origin: United States; cross between bloodhound and foxhound

    • Height: 25 to 27 inches25\text{ to }27\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 50 to 70 lbs50\text{ to }70\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Pendant lips; wide black nostrils; round chestnut eyes; long pendulous ears; coat is black with tan markings on muzzle, limbs and chest; dense to protect from bad weather

    • Personality: Passionate worker, intelligent, vigilant, and aggressive, but dense to protect from weather

    • Uses: Raccoon Hunting Specialist

  • BLOODHOUND

    • Origin: St. Hubert in Belgium

    • Description: Powerful and slow; a good tracker

    • Height: dogs 26\text{ inches high}; bitches, 24\"

    • Weight: 88 to 105 lbs88\text{ to }105\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Very long head, black nose, pendent lips; ears long and hanging; tail curved

    • Colors: black with tan shadings or solid bright fiery red

    • Personality: Meek, timid, good-natured, polite, lovable

    • Uses: Tracking, Hunting, Guard, Companion

  • BLUE TICK COONHOUND

    • Origin: United States (Louisiana)

    • Height: dogs 22-27\"; bitches 20-25\"

    • Weight: dogs55−80 lbs;bitches45−65 lbsdogs 55-80\text{ lbs}; bitches 45-65\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Elongated head, pendent ears; tail carried horizontally; blue speckling over body and head

    • Personality: A passionate hunter, good with children

    • Uses: Hunting

  • DACHSHUND

    • Origin: Germany

    • Sizes: Normal (about 20 lbs); miniature (about 9 lbs); toy (about 8 lbs)

    • Height: 5 to 9 inches5\text{ to }9\text{ inches}

    • Description: Elongated, vigorous, muscular dog with short legs; elongated head; arched eyebrows; long muzzle

    • Eyes: Oval, dark red or brown-black

    • Tail: carried in line with its back

    • Colors: Solid-colored (tan or yellow); bicolors (black, brown, or gray with bright chestnut); speckled, streaked, or harlequin varieties

    • Personality: Courageous, tenacious, cheerful, affectionate, proud

    • Uses: Den-hunting dog and Companion

  • GREYHOUND

    • Origin: Ancient Egypt

    • Height: dogs 28-31\"; bitches 27-28\"

    • Weight: 60 to 70 lbs60\text{ to }70\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Wide skull; dark eyes; rose-shaped ears; tail carried low and slightly curved

    • Colors: black, white, red, blue, buckskin, tiger, or multi-colored with markings

    • Personality: Very intelligent; reserved with master and strangers

    • Uses: Racetrack and hunting

  • RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK

    • Origin: Rhodesia

    • Feature: Symmetrical ridge along back formed by hairs growing in opposite direction

    • Height: dogs 25\text{ to }27\text{ inches}; bitches 24-26\"

    • Weight: dogs75 lbs;bitches65 lbsdogs 75\text{ lbs}; bitches 65\text{ lbs}

    • Tail: curved

    • Colors: Light wheaten to red wheaten

    • Personality: Ferocious in the hunt but tranquil, obedient in the home

    • Uses: Hunting dog (safari dog)

  • TREEING WALKER COONHOUND

    • Origin: Kentucky/Virginia area

    • Height: dogs 22-27\"; bitches 20-25\"

    • Weight: males50−75 lbs;females18−29 lbsmales 50-75\text{ lbs}; females 18-29\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Thin muzzle, open nose; ears pendent; tail carried high

    • Color: white/black chestnut markings

    • Personality: Courageous, untiring, ambitious, very attentive to orders

    • Uses: Raccoon Hunting

  • REDBONE COONHOUND

    • Origin: Georgia

    • Height: dogs 22-26\"; bitches 21-25\"

    • Weight: dogs52−70 lbs;bitches45−65 lbsdogs 52-70\text{ lbs}; bitches 45-65\text{ lbs}

    • Color: solid red preferred; white trace on chest and legs permitted

    • Personality: Merry, mild, a passionate hunter

    • Uses: Raccoon Hunting

  • NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND

    • Origin: Norway

    • Varieties: gray and black

    • Height: gray type: dogs 20\"; bitches 19\"; black type: 18-20\"

    • Eyes: dark with energetic expression

    • Ears: pointed and very mobile

    • Tail: rolled on its back

    • Weight: not specified; around 44 lbs

    • Personality: Loyal, affectionate, trainable, clean, docile, intelligent

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

WORKING DOGS

  • AKITA

    • Origin: Mountains of Northern Japan

    • Height: dogs 25-26\"; bitches 23-26\"

    • Weight: 77−88 lbs77-88\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: dark, slightly triangular

    • Ears: erect; tail: thick and strong, rolled as ring on back

    • Colors: All colors acceptable, including white, pinto, brindle

    • Personality: Docile but occasionally impetuous, careful, affectionate, intelligent, courageous

    • Uses: For centuries used as fighting dog; hunting and companion

  • ALASKAN MALAMUTE

    • Origin: Nordic (arctic) dog; descended from Arctic wolf

    • Description: Solid body, wide head, proud expression

    • Ears: upright

    • Eyes: small, almond-shaped; wolf-like but with a sweet expression

    • Colors: light gray to black; legs and muzzle white

    • Height: dogs 25\text{ inches}; bitches 23\"

    • Weight: dogs85 lbs;bitches75 lbsdogs 85\text{ lbs}; bitches 75\text{ lbs}

    • Personality: Loyal, intelligent, affectionate; firm handling/training necessary

    • Uses: Sled Dog and Companion

  • BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG

    • Origin: Switzerland

    • Description: Strong, muscular

    • Height: 23 to 27.5 inches23\text{ to }27.5\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 88 lbs88\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: dark

    • Ears: v-shaped, pendent

    • Tail: longhaired, not rolled up

    • Coat: thick, black with patches of light brown on upper legs and above eyes; white chest blaze edged with light brown

    • Personality: Energetic, attentive, impetuous; affectionate to one person; suspicious of strangers

    • Uses: Companion, Guard, Herding

  • BOXER

    • Origin: Germany

    • Description: Lower jaw extends beyond upper; nose large and black with open nostrils

    • Ears: set high, docked to a point

    • Eyes: dark

    • Neck: round, strong, muscular; no dewlap

    • Tail: short and carried high

    • Height: dogs 22.5\text{ to }25\text{ inches}; bitches 21-23.5\"

    • Weight: dogs66−71 lbs;bitches53−55 lbsdogs 66-71\text{ lbs}; bitches 53-55\text{ lbs}

    • Personality: Good-natured and loyal; easily trained; affectionate with children

    • Uses: Watchdog, Police dog, Guide dog for the Blind and Companion

  • BULLMASTIFF

    • Origin: England

    • Height: dogs 25-27\"; bitches 24-26\"

    • Weight: dogs110−130 lbs;bitches100−120 lbsdogs 110-130\text{ lbs}; bitches 100-120\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: dark hazel with a furrow between them

    • Ears: V-shaped, carried backward

    • Tail: straight or curved, reaching the hocks

    • Coat: short, stiff hair in fawn, red and tiger shades

    • Personality: Fearless, serious, obedient, affectionate; needs command from an energetic master

    • Uses: Hunting guard, army/police work; watchdog

  • DOBERMAN PINSCHER

    • Origin: Germany

    • Height: dogs 26-28\"; bitches 24-26\"

    • Weight: 66−88 lbs66-88\text{ lbs}

    • Head: long, narrow with flat skull and distinct stop

    • Eyes: dark, intelligent expression

    • Ears: docked, carried upright

    • Tail: docked short

    • Colors: black, dark brown, or blue with patches of rust; white markings not admitted

    • Personality: Males and females differ; bitch tranquil, affectionate with family but suspicious of strangers; dog intelligent but impetuous and often aggressive; must be ruled by an energetic master

    • Uses: Watchdog, Bodyguard, Police, Military

  • GAINT SCHNAUZER

    • Origin: Bavarian Alps

    • Height: dogs25.5 to 27.5 inchesdogs 25.5\text{ to }27.5\text{ inches}; weight 77\text{ lbs} (10% less than bitches)

    • Eyes: oval and dark

    • Ears: docked, set high

    • Tail: docked at the third vertebra

    • Color: most common black; also salt-and-pepper varieties

    • Personality: Tranquil, steady, trainable, patient friend even with children

    • Uses: Companion, Watchdog, Bodyguard

  • GREAT DANE

    • Origin: England

    • Height: dogs 30\text{ inches min}; bitches 28\"

    • Weight: about132 lbsabout 132\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Long, narrow head; prominent stop; large nasal canal

    • Tail: medium length, reaches the hock

    • Eyes: round, dark, lively, intelligent expression

    • Ears: docked, long and pointed, carried erect

    • Coat: black Danes glossy; blue Danes lighter eyes

    • Personality: Sweet, affectionate, patient; aggressive only if necessary

    • Uses: Battle/Cart dog, Watchdog, Bodyguard, Companion

  • GREAT PYRENEES

    • Origin: France/Spain

    • Height: dogs 27\text{ to }32\text{ inches}; bitches 25-29\"; some dogs up to 40\"

    • Weight: 90 to 125 lbs90\text{ to }125\text{ lbs}

    • Head: large and bearlike

    • Nose: black

    • Lips: not pendent

    • Eyes: brown, oblique

    • Ears: small, triangular, pendent

    • Tail: rolled up when excited

    • Personality: Obedient, hardworking, affectionate, loyal, patient

    • Uses: Mountain living; guard sheep; guide through heavy snow; rescue dog; guard dog

  • MASTIFF

    • Origin: England

    • Height: minimum dogs 30\t{ inches}; bitches 27.5\"

    • Weight: 175 to 190 lbs175\text{ to }190\text{ lbs}

    • Build: wide, heavy, rectangular head with pendulous lips

    • Eyes: small, dark hazel

    • Nose: large and black

    • Ears: set high, rounded, pendant

    • Tail: reaches the hocks

    • Coat: short, thick hair in golden fawn, light fawn, silver, and tiger

    • Personality: Steady, gentle, affectionate; good with children; males may be aggressive to other males

    • Uses: Guard flocks, Watchdog, Bodyguard, Companion

  • ROTTWEILER

    • Origin: Germany

    • Description: Massive, powerful body

    • Height: males23.75 to 27 inchesmales 23.75\text{ to }27\text{ inches}; females slightly smaller

    • Weight: around110 lbsaround 110\text{ lbs}

    • Head: globular, wide between ears

    • Eyes: dark brown

    • Ears: triangular, carried forward

    • Tail: docked

    • Personality: Balanced, tranquil, obedient, brave, easily trained; vicious only when master is attacked

    • Uses: Herd dog, Police dog, Watchdog, Bodyguard, Companion

  • SAMOYED

    • Origin: Siberia/Russia

    • Description: Strong, dynamic, active

    • Height: dogs 21\text{ to }23.5\"; bitches 19-21\"

    • Weight: 50 to 65 lbs50\text{ to }65\text{ lbs}

    • Head: wedge-shaped; black or brown nose

    • Eyes: dark, oblique, deep

    • Ears: medium-sized; slightly rounded; erect

    • Tail: long, full-haired; carried rolled on back

    • Color: pure white preferred; off-white, yellow, white and yellow accepted

    • Personality: Gentle, calm, obedient, loyal, affectionate; attaches to one master; hard to housebreak

    • Uses: Sled dog, Hunting, Herd dog, Bodyguard, Companion, Watchdog

  • TERRIER GROUP

  • AIREDALE

    • Origin: West Riding of Yorkshire, England (named after the River Aire)

    • Description: Giant rough terrier; brown coat with large black or grizzle markings

    • Height: approximately23 inchesapproximately 23\text{ inches}

    • Weight: dogs51−64 lbs;bitches40−44 lbsdogs 51-64\text{ lbs}; bitches 40-44\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: small, dark, lively

    • Ears: V-shaped, semi-erect

    • Tail: docked, carried high

    • Grooming: routine

    • Personality: Gentle, patient, lively, pleasant; loves to feel loved and respected

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

  • AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER

    • Origin: Staffordshire, England

    • Height: dogs 18-19\"; bitches 17-18\"

    • Weight: males55−70 lbs;females40−55 lbsmales 55-70\text{ lbs}; females 40-55\text{ lbs}

    • Ears: erect, docked slightly

    • Tail: short, carried horizontally

    • Colors: all colors admissible

    • Personality: Extremely courageous; muscular and agile

    • Uses: Companion (and other working roles not specified in transcript)

  • AUSTRALIAN TERRIER

    • Origin: Australia

    • Height: average10 inchesaverage 10\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 10−11 lbs10-11\text{ lbs}

    • Build: short-legged, active, vivacious

    • Head: long

    • Ears: erect or folded

    • Eyes: small and dark

    • Tail: docked

    • Colors: blue-black or silver-gray with shading on paws/muzzle; light sand or reddish sand

    • Personality: Lively, impetuous, spirited, dignified

    • Uses: Hunting (Small game) and Companion

  • BEDLINGTON TERRIER

    • Origin: England

    • Description: Described as a dog with heart of a lion

    • Head: pear-shaped; long jaw

    • Eyes: small and deep set

    • Ears: set low and hanging along cheeks

    • Tail: pointed

    • Colors: blue, reddish-blue, sand, liver

    • Personality: Snarly/aggressive by nature; great rat catcher; affectionate, devoted, intelligent

    • Uses: Rat and small game hunting

  • BORDER TERRIER

    • Origin: England/Scotland border

    • Height: 10 inches10\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 13−15 lbs13-15\text{ lbs}

    • Head: otter-like; short sturdy muzzle

    • Eyes: dark, lively

    • Ears: small V-shaped, falling forward

    • Tail: thick but not long; carried carefully

    • Colors: red, wheat, pepper-and-salt, reddish-blue

    • Personality: Very lively, bold; affectionate to children

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

  • BULL TERRIER

    • Origin: England

    • Description: Very elongated oval head with stop

    • Eyes: dark, small, almond-shaped

    • Shoulders: robust and muscular; body: full and rounded

    • Tail: carried horizontally

    • Colors: solid white, white with black markings or tigered on its head; tiger, tan, black, or tricolor

    • Height: 21-22\"

    • Weight: 52−62 lbs52-62\text{ lbs}

    • Personality: Previously ferocious; modern breed is loyal, polite, and obedient

    • Uses: Guardian of flocks, Mouse Hunter, Companion, Bodyguard, Watchdog

  • CAIRN TERRIER

    • Origin: Scotland

    • Description: Fox-like expression; wide robust skull

    • Eyes: deep-set, dark hazel

    • Ears: pointed, erect

    • Tail: carried merrily

    • Height: max12 inchesmax 12\text{ inches}

    • Weight: ideal14 lbsideal 14\text{ lbs}

    • Colors: red, sand, gray, pepper-and-salt, nearly black

    • Personality: Lively, cheerful, affectionate, trainable

    • Uses: Den burrower for hunting; Excellent companion

  • MANCHESTER TERRIER

    • Origin: United States

    • Height: average10 inchesaverage 10\text{ inches}

    • Weight: dogs18 lbs;bitches17 lbsdogs 18\text{ lbs}; bitches 17\text{ lbs}

    • Ears: V-shaped

    • Eyes: small and oblong

    • Tail: short, not docked

    • Colors: black mahogany-red head/chest shadings

    • Personality: Intelligent, lively, loyal

    • Uses: Companion; effective rodent hunter

  • WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER

    • Origin: England

    • Height: 12 inches12\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 15−22 lbs15-22\text{ lbs}

    • Stop: pronounced; skull convex a bit

    • Ears: small, erect

    • Tail: not docked; about 5-6 inches long

    • Color: pure white

    • Personality: Ardent, agitated, self-assured

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

  • PARSON JACK RUSSELL TERRIER

    • Origin: South England

    • Height: 9 inches high9\text{ inches high}

    • Weight: 13−17 lbs13-17\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: dark deep-set

    • Ears: folded-down carried wide; hair: steel wool

    • Color: white with reddish markings on muzzle/body

    • Varieties: smooth-haired and wirehaired

    • Personality: Courageous, merry, devoted, obedient

    • Uses: Hunting small game

  • SMOOTH FOX TERRIER

    • Origin: England

    • Height: 16 inches16\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 18 lbs18\text{ lbs}; bitches smaller

    • Eyes: dark, small, deep set, very lively

    • Tail: carried high, normally docked to one-fourth length

    • Color: white background with small black or brown markings

    • Personality: Lively, active, courageous

    • Uses: Hunting (small game), Watch/Guard, Companion

TOY GROUP

  • CHIHUAHUA SMOOTH COAT

    • Origin: Mexico

    • Height: 6 to 9 inches6\text{ to }9\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 2−5 lbs2-5\text{ lbs}

    • Head: Apple-shaped; short pointy muzzle

    • Eyes: round and very black

    • Ears: large; erect when alert

    • Tail: curved over back or to the side

    • Colors: light fawn, sand, chestnut, silver or steel blue; may have dappled coat

    • Personality: Courageous, lively, proud, affectionate, loyal, intelligent

    • Uses: Companion

  • CHINESE CRESTED

    • Origin: Unknown; likely evolved from African hairless dogs

    • Height: 12 inch12\text{ inch}

    • Weight: Not over 10 lbs10\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Broad skull; long muzzle; erect ears; tail with tuft; top of skull tuft

    • Eyes: dark

    • Personality: Lively, cheerful, intelligent; never noisy or aggressive

    • Uses: Companion

  • ITALIAN GREYHOUND

    • Origin: Mediterranean

    • Height: 13−15 inch13-15\text{ inch}

    • Weight: max11 lbsmax 11\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Long head; pointed muzzle; dark nose; thin lips

    • Eyes: dark, large, expressive

    • Ears: small, thin

    • Neck: long and thin

    • Tail: straight, slight curve

    • Colors: solid gray, slate gray, black, fawn; white on chest/paws acceptable

    • Personality: Very meek, timid, wary, submissive; very attached to master

    • Uses: Companion

  • MALTESE

    • Origin: Malta

    • Height: dogs 8-10\"; bitches 8-9\"

    • Weight: 6−9 lbs6-9\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Black nose with open nostrils; distinct stop

    • Eyes: large deep ocher

    • Ears: pendent, hair-covered

    • Tail: richly feathered, falls over back

    • Colors: pure white; light ivory acceptable

    • Personality: Astute, playful, intelligent; devoted to its master

    • Uses: Companion

  • MINIATURE PINSCHER

    • Origin: Germany

    • Height: 18-19\"

    • Weight: 13−18 lbs13-18\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Long head; straight muzzle

    • Eyes: dark, oval

    • Ears: upright (docked)

    • Tail: docked to first three vertebrae; carried vertically

    • Colors: black with dark shading; pure black; chestnut; stag red; blue-gray with shading; pepper-and-salt

    • Personality: Docile, devoted, affectionate, intelligent

    • Uses: Guard dog and Companion

  • PAPILLON

    • Origin: France

    • Ears: erect; inner ears covered with hair

    • Height: 11 inches11\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 9−10 lbs9-10\text{ lbs}

    • Colors: black and white, brown and white, or white with patches of black/tan

    • Grooming: Needs careful grooming

    • Personality: Steady, obedient, silent

    • Uses: Companion

  • PEKINGESE

    • Origin: China

    • Height: 6-9\"

    • Weight: 8−10 lbs8-10\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Broad head; short nose; wrinkle muzzle; deep stop; large dark eyes

    • Ears: heart-shaped with long feathering

    • Personality: Sensitive, extremely affectionate with its master; suspicious of strangers; dignified, loyal, obedient, courageous to the point of foolhardiness

    • Uses: Companion

  • POMERANIAN

    • Origin: Northern Europe

    • Height: max 12\"

    • Weight: 11 lbs11\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Wedge-shaped head; small dark eyes; tail folded over back; thick long hair

    • Color: unicolor white, red, orange, black or gray

    • Personality: Lively, cheerful, proud, obedient; tends to bark at strangers

    • Uses: Watchdog and shepherd, Companion

  • POODLE

    • Origin: France

    • Types: Standard, Miniature, Toy

    • Standard height: ≥15 inches\ge 15\text{ inches}; Miniature: 10-15\"; Toy: <$10\"

    • Weight: standard49 lbs;miniature26 lbs;toy15 lbsstandard 49\text{ lbs}; miniature 26\text{ lbs}; toy 15\text{ lbs}

    • Nose: black, colors include white, blue, gray, silver, cream

    • Eyes: black or brown; lively expression

    • Ears: falling along cheeks; hair wavy

    • Tail: set high; docked to half or a third of length

    • Coat: curly or corded; routine grooming

    • Colors: apricot, cream, black, white, party color, brown, red, blue

    • Personality: Good-natured, intelligent, trainable, and sensitive

    • Uses: Hunting and Companion

  • PUG

    • Origin: China

    • Height: 10-11\"

    • Weight: 14−18 lbs14-18\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Massive round head; short square muzzle; forehead wrinkles; prominent eyes; velvet-soft pendant ears

    • Tail: twist over haunches

    • Colors: apricot-yellow, silver, black with dark mask

    • Personality: Affectionate, loving, especially with master; intolerant of heat

    • Uses: Companion

  • SHIH TZU

    • Origin: Tibet, southwest of China

    • Height: 10.5\"

    • Weight: 14 lbs14\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Round head; thick beard and mustache; long muzzle; dark eyes; long pendant ears; tail rolled over back

    • Coat: long hair with good undercoat

    • Color: All colors acceptable except chocolate

    • Personality: Royally arrogant, plucky and alert

    • Uses: Companion

  • YORKSHIRE

    • Origin: Britain

    • Height: 9\"

    • Weight: 7 lbs7\text{ lbs}

    • Head: small flat; medium-length muzzle; black nose

    • Eyes: dark; vivacious

    • Ears: V-shaped; small; erect or semi-erect

    • Tail: docked to medium length; level with back

    • Color: various shades; not sociable with other animals

    • Personality: Lively, courageous, stubborn; affectionate with its master

    • Uses: Companion

  • SILKY

    • Origin: Neolithic China

    • Height: 9 inches9\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 9−11 lbs9-11\text{ lbs}

    • Head: medium length; wide between ears; strong; terrier-like

    • Personality: Lively, pugnacious, cheerful, sociable, curious, very intelligent

    • Uses: Companion

NON-SPORTING GROUP

  • BICHON FRISE

    • Origin: Belgium/France

    • Height: 12 inches12\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 7−12 lbs7-12\text{ lbs}

    • Stop: slightly accented

    • Eyes: round, dark, intelligent

    • Ears: hanging

    • Tail: curved over the back

    • Color: All white, sometimes brown or gray markings

    • Personality: Bold, lively, dignified, intelligent, affectionate; strong temperament

    • Uses: Companion

  • BOSTON TERRIER

    • Origin: United States

    • Height: 15-17\"

    • Weight: 15−25 lbs15-25\text{ lbs}

    • Skull: broad, flat head without wrinkles; short square muzzle; black nose

    • Eyes: dark, round, sweet/intelligent

    • Ears: small and fine; erected

    • Chest: broad

    • Colors: brindle with white markings on head, chest, and tail

    • Personality: Most affectionate with master; patient with children

    • Uses: Guard and Companion

  • ENGLISH BULLDOG

    • Origin: England

    • Weight: dogs 53-55\text{ lbs}; bitches 49-51\text{ lbs}

    • Height: 12-14\"

    • Head: broad with cheeks extending to eyes; skin folds on skull/forehead

    • Nose: broad and black with large nostrils; upper lip pendens; lower jaw undershot

    • Eyes: round, dark

    • Ears: small, thin; fold back like a rose

    • Tail: short, carried low

    • Colors: tan and white or variegated white; black not acceptable

    • Personality: Good-natured, reserved, dignified, loyal

    • Uses: Watchdog and Companion

  • CHINESE SHAR-PEI

    • Origin: China

    • Height: dogs 18-20\"; bitches 16-18\"

    • Weight: dogs45−55 lbs;bitches35−45 lbsdogs 45-55\text{ lbs}; bitches 35-45\text{ lbs}

    • Tail: ringed, carried high

    • Colors: fawn, cream, red or black

    • Personality: Tranquil, good, loyal; particularly friendly to children

    • Uses: Companion

  • CHOW CHOW

    • Origin: Northern China

    • Height: 18\"

    • Weight: 55−60 lbs55-60\text{ lbs}

    • Head: broad; skull flat; muzzle broad near eyes; black nose

    • Eyes: small, oblique, dark

    • Ears: triangular, erect

    • Tail: thickly coated, carried over back

    • Coat: thick and woolly

    • Colors: tan, red, cream, black, silver-gray, or rarely white

    • Personality: Affectionate to a single master; not easily muzzled/leashed; polite, clean, patient

    • Uses: Companion, Guard dog, Sled dog, wolf hunter

  • DALMATIAN

    • Origin: Unknown

    • Height: 22-24\"

    • Weight: 55 lbs55\text{ lbs}

    • Head: long with vigorous muzzle; moderate stop

    • Nose: black or brown depending on coat

    • Eyes: black or brown; round and brilliant

    • Ears: soft to touch; carried against head

    • Tail: strong at base; narrows to tip; slight upward curve

    • Color: white with black or brown spots

    • Personality: Serene, loyal, independent but domesticated; very memory-conscious

    • Uses: Hunting

  • FRENCH BULLDOG

    • Origin: France

    • Height: 12 inches12\text{ inches}

    • Weight: 13−26 lbs13-26\text{ lbs}

    • Head: strong, square; short pug nose; loose lips; pronounced stop

    • Eyes: dark, round, slightly protruding

    • Ears: broad at base, rounded tips; erect

    • Tail: docked, carried low

    • Colors: tiger, quail

    • Personality: Courageous, active, steady, affectionate, sensitive, intelligent

    • Uses: Companion and Guard dog

  • KEESHOND

    • Origin: Holland

    • Description: Medium-size dog

    • Height: dogs17−19;¨bitches10%lessdogs 17-19\"; bitches 10\% less

    • Weight: 55−66 lbs55-66\text{ lbs}

    • Color: gray and black mix

    • Eyes: dark, oblique, deep

    • Ears: medium-sized, slightly rounded; erect

    • Tail: long, full-haired, carried rolled on back

    • Personality: Vivacious, lively, intelligent, lovable, impertinent, always alert

    • Uses: Companion and Watchdog

  • LHASA APSO

    • Origin: Tibet

    • Height: dogs10−11;¨bitchesslightlylessdogs 10-11\"; bitches slightly less

    • Weight: 13−15 lbs13-15\text{ lbs}

    • Coat: hair cascades over eyes; dark beard/mustache; medium muzzle length

    • Color: honey, sand, slate, or black brindle

    • Personality: Stubborn, self-confident, affectionate with master

    • Uses: Companion and Watchdog

  • SCHIPPERKEE

    • Origin: Belgium

    • Varieties: large (11-20 lbs), medium (7-11 lbs), miniature (<7 lbs)

    • Height: 13\", 11\", 10\" respectively

    • Features: Foxlike head; pointed muzzle; small nose; wide forehead

    • Ears: triangular, erect, highly mobile

    • Tail: no tail

    • Color: black

    • Personality: Exuberant, trainable, intelligent, curious; suspicious with strangers

    • Uses: Companion and Guard dog

  • TIBETAN TERRIER

    • Origin: Tibet

    • Height: 12-16\"

    • Weight: 18−30 lbs18-30\text{ lbs}

    • Head: medium-length; thick hair over eyes; scissors bite; marked stop

    • Eyes: large dark

    • Ears: pendent, heavily fringed

    • Color: All colors acceptable except chocolate

    • Personality: Lively, affectionate, mild, intelligent; reserved with strangers

    • Uses: Companion and Watchdog

HERDING GROUP

  • AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG

    • Origin: Australia

    • Height: dogs 17-19\"; bitches 16-18\"

    • Weight: dogs40−50 lbs;bitches35−45 lbsdogs 40-50\text{ lbs}; bitches 35-45\text{ lbs}

    • Color: blue, blue with black or chestnut markings; or red with black spots on head

    • Personality: Astute, intelligent, obedient

    • Uses: Herding dog, Guard dog, Watch dog, Companion

  • AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD

    • Origin: Australia

    • Height: dogs 18-23\"; bitches 17-21\"

    • Weight: dogs30−45 lbs;bitches27−40 lbsdogs 30-45\text{ lbs}; bitches 27-40\text{ lbs}

    • Features: Prominent head; pendent ears; semi-erect tail; blue eyes common

    • Color: black, red, or white with chestnut markings

    • Personality: Loyal, affectionate, courageous, playful, adaptable to family ties

    • Uses: Sheepdog, Companion

  • BELGIAN MALINOIS

    • Origin: Belgium

    • Description: Rustic of Belgian sheepdogs; short coat with blackened fawn and black mask

    • Height: under 24\"

    • Weight: 55−60 lbs55-60\text{ lbs}

    • Ears: upright

    • Eyes: brown; not protruding

    • Personality: Aggressive

    • Uses: Guard dog, Watch dog, Sheep dog, Companion

  • BELGIAN SHEEPDOG

    • Origin: Belgium

    • Description: Sleek black coat; thicker at the neck

    • Height: dogs 25\"; bitches 23\"

    • Weight: 62 lbs62\text{ lbs}

    • Ears: small and erect

    • Eyes: brown; almond-shaped

    • Personality: Obedient, brave, docile at home; long memory

    • Uses: Herd dog, Guard dog, Police dog, Companion

  • BORDER COLLIE

    • Origin: British Isles

    • Height: dogs 20-22\"; bitches 19-21\"

    • Weight: dogs40−50 lbs;bitches35−45 lbsdogs 40-50\text{ lbs}; bitches 35-45\text{ lbs}

    • Coat: two varieties; rough and sleek

    • Colors: black/white, black/white/tan, gray/black, red/white, solid black

    • Personality: Highly intelligent, steady, trainable; sensitive; thrives on praise

    • Uses: Herd dog, Companion

  • BRIARD

    • Origin: France

    • Description: Hairy coat; 2-3\" long hair giving a busy coat

    • Colors: black, gray, fawn

    • Height: dogs 24-27\"; bitches 22-25\"

    • Weight: 75 lbs75\text{ lbs}

    • Eyes: dark; intelligent

    • Ears: docked round

    • Gait: elegant

    • Personality: Sensitive and obedient; good with children; timid with strangers

    • Uses: Sheep dog, Guard dog, Companion

  • WELSH CORGI

    • Origin: Wales

    • Varieties: Cardigan and Pembroke

    • Height: between 10-12\"

    • Weight: dogs <30\text{ lbs}; bitches <28\text{ lbs}

    • Skull: large and flat

    • Eyes: hazel

    • Ears: erect

    • Tail: Cardigan has tail; Pembroke has almost none

    • Coat: Cardigan has long stiff hair; Pembroke short coat with tan/white markings

    • Personality: Lively, affectionate, spirited, intelligent, trainable

    • Uses: Sheepdog, Companion

  • COLLIE

    • Origin: Scotland

    • Height: dogs 24-26\"; bitches 22-24\"

    • Weight: dogs60−75 lbs;bitches50−65 lbsdogs 60-75\text{ lbs}; bitches 50-65\text{ lbs}

    • Head: flat between ears; elongated muzzle; black nose

    • Ears: small, two-thirds erect; top third folded forward

    • Tail: reaches the hocks; carried low with slight lift at end

    • Coat: rough or smooth; any shade of tan; tricolored or blue merle

    • Personality: Kind, sensitive but stubborn/indolent; protective; intelligent, loyal, non-aggressive

    • Uses: Guard dog, Rescue dog, Guide dog, Sheep dog, Watch dog, Companion

  • SHETLAND SHEEPDOG

    • Origin: Shetland Islands, Scotland

    • Height: 13-16\"

    • Weight: 14−16 lbs14-16\text{ lbs}

    • Head: conical

    • Nose: black

    • Eyes: almond-shaped

    • Ears: semierect with tips folded

    • Tail: reaches the hocks in repose

    • Colors: tricolor, fawn, blue merle, black and white

    • Personality: Suspicious with strangers; lively, affectionate with children; stubborn

    • Uses: Herding dog, Companion

  • GERMAN SHEPHERD

    • Origin: Germany

    • Height: dogs24−26;¨weights77−85 lbsdogs 24-26\"; weights 77-85\text{ lbs}

    • Head: proportionate; forehead slightly convex

    • Ears: wide at base; pointed, upright, forward

    • Eyes: almond-shaped; dark; intelligent expression

    • Colors: black, iron gray, ash gray; uniform or with brown/yellow/light gray shading

    • Varieties: rough-coated, long rough-coated, long-haired

    • Personality: Bold, cheerful, obedient, steady; loyal with master and children; wary of strangers; easily trained

    • Uses: Sheep dog, Watch dog, Guard dog, Guide dog, Mountain Rescue, Police, Companion

  • OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG

    • Origin: England

    • Height: 22 inches or greater22\text{ inches or greater}

    • Weight: males70−90 lbs;females60−80 lbsmales 70-90\text{ lbs}; females 60-80\text{ lbs}

    • Head: large and square

    • Eyes: dark

    • Ears: small, carried flat to the head

    • Tail: bobtail; if present, docked to first joint

    • Personality: Adaptable, bubbly, intelligent, loving, playful, sociable, protective

    • Uses: Sheep dog, Guard dog, Companion

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