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Source: American Kennel Club breed directory. Includes recognized breeds and developing-breed listings. Registries differ; mixed-breed dogs and designer crosses are not a complete standardized breed list. .
- AffenpinscherBreed reference
- Afghan HoundBreed reference
- Airedale TerrierBreed reference
- AkitaBreed reference
- Alaskan Klee KaiBreed reference
- Alaskan MalamuteBreed reference
- American BulldogBreed reference
- American English CoonhoundBreed reference
- American Eskimo DogBreed reference
- American FoxhoundBreed reference
- American Hairless TerrierBreed reference
- American Leopard HoundBreed reference
- American Staffordshire TerrierBreed reference
- American Water SpanielBreed reference
- Anatolian Shepherd DogBreed reference
- Appenzeller SennenhundBreed reference
- Australian Cattle DogBreed reference
- Australian KelpieBreed reference
- Australian ShepherdBreed reference
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle DogBreed reference
- Australian TerrierBreed reference
- AzawakhBreed reference
- Barbado da TerceiraBreed reference
- BarbetBreed reference
- BasenjiBreed reference
- Basset Fauve de BretagneBreed reference
- Basset HoundBreed reference
- Bavarian Mountain Scent HoundBreed reference
- BeagleRead guide
- Bearded CollieBreed reference
- BeauceronBreed reference
- Bedlington TerrierBreed reference
- Belgian LaekenoisBreed reference
- Belgian MalinoisBreed reference
- Belgian SheepdogBreed reference
- Belgian TervurenBreed reference
- Bergamasco SheepdogBreed reference
- Berger PicardBreed reference
- Bernese Mountain DogBreed reference
- Bichon FriseBreed reference
- Biewer TerrierBreed reference
- Black and Tan CoonhoundBreed reference
- Black Russian TerrierBreed reference
- BloodhoundBreed reference
- Blue Picardy SpanielBreed reference
- Bluetick CoonhoundBreed reference
- BoerboelBreed reference
- Bohemian ShepherdBreed reference
- BologneseBreed reference
- Border CollieRead guide
- Border TerrierBreed reference
- BorzoiBreed reference
- Boston TerrierBreed reference
- Bouvier des ArdennesBreed reference
- Bouvier des FlandresBreed reference
- BoxerBreed reference
- Boykin SpanielBreed reference
- Bracco ItalianoBreed reference
- Braque du BourbonnaisBreed reference
- Braque Francais PyreneanBreed reference
- Braque Saint-GermainBreed reference
- Brazilian TerrierBreed reference
- BriardBreed reference
- BrittanyBreed reference
- BroholmerBreed reference
- Brussels GriffonBreed reference
- Bull TerrierBreed reference
- BulldogBreed reference
- BullmastiffBreed reference
- Cairn TerrierBreed reference
- CalupohBreed reference
- Canaan DogBreed reference
- Canadian Eskimo DogBreed reference
- Cane CorsoBreed reference
- Cardigan Welsh CorgiBreed reference
- Carolina DogBreed reference
- Catahoula Leopard DogBreed reference
- Caucasian Shepherd DogBreed reference
- Cavalier King Charles SpanielRead guide
- Central Asian Shepherd DogBreed reference
- Cesky TerrierBreed reference
- Chesapeake Bay RetrieverBreed reference
- ChihuahuaBreed reference
- Chinese CrestedBreed reference
- Chinese Shar-PeiBreed reference
- ChinookBreed reference
- Chow ChowBreed reference
- Cirneco dell’EtnaBreed reference
- Clumber SpanielBreed reference
- Cocker SpanielBreed reference
- CollieBreed reference
- Coton de TulearBreed reference
- Croatian SheepdogBreed reference
- Curly-Coated RetrieverBreed reference
- Czechoslovakian VlciakBreed reference
- DachshundRead guide
- DalmatianBreed reference
- Dandie Dinmont TerrierBreed reference
- Danish-Swedish FarmdogBreed reference
- Deutscher WachtelhundBreed reference
- Doberman PinscherBreed reference
- Dogo ArgentinoBreed reference
- Dogue de BordeauxBreed reference
- Drentsche PatrijshondBreed reference
- DreverBreed reference
- Dutch ShepherdBreed reference
- English Cocker SpanielBreed reference
- English FoxhoundBreed reference
- English SetterBreed reference
- English Springer SpanielBreed reference
- English Toy SpanielBreed reference
- Entlebucher Mountain DogBreed reference
- Estrela Mountain DogBreed reference
- EurasierBreed reference
- Field SpanielBreed reference
- Finnish LapphundBreed reference
- Finnish SpitzBreed reference
- Flat-Coated RetrieverBreed reference
- French BulldogRead guide
- French SpanielBreed reference
- German Longhaired PointerBreed reference
- German PinscherBreed reference
- German Shepherd DogRead guide
- German Shorthaired PointerBreed reference
- German SpitzBreed reference
- German Wirehaired PointerBreed reference
- Giant SchnauzerBreed reference
- Glen of Imaal TerrierBreed reference
- Golden RetrieverRead guide
- Gordon SetterBreed reference
- Grand Basset Griffon VendéenBreed reference
- Great DaneBreed reference
- Great PyreneesBreed reference
- Greater Swiss Mountain DogBreed reference
- GreyhoundBreed reference
- HamiltonstovareBreed reference
- Hanoverian ScenthoundBreed reference
- HarrierBreed reference
- HavaneseBreed reference
- HokkaidoBreed reference
- HovawartBreed reference
- Ibizan HoundBreed reference
- Icelandic SheepdogBreed reference
- Irish Red and White SetterBreed reference
- Irish SetterBreed reference
- Irish TerrierBreed reference
- Irish Water SpanielBreed reference
- Irish WolfhoundBreed reference
- Italian GreyhoundBreed reference
- JagdterrierBreed reference
- Japanese AkitainuBreed reference
- Japanese ChinBreed reference
- Japanese SpitzBreed reference
- Japanese TerrierBreed reference
- Kai KenBreed reference
- Karelian Bear DogBreed reference
- KeeshondBreed reference
- Kerry Blue TerrierBreed reference
- Kishu KenBreed reference
- KomondorBreed reference
- Korean Jindo DogBreed reference
- KromfohrlanderBreed reference
- KuvaszBreed reference
- Labrador RetrieverRead guide
- Lagotto RomagnoloBreed reference
- Lakeland TerrierBreed reference
- Lancashire HeelerBreed reference
- Lapponian HerderBreed reference
- Large MunsterlanderBreed reference
- LeonbergerBreed reference
- Lhasa ApsoBreed reference
- LöwchenBreed reference
- Lucas TerrierBreed reference
- MalteseBreed reference
- Manchester Terrier (Standard)Breed reference
- Manchester Terrier (Toy)Breed reference
- MastiffBreed reference
- Miniature American ShepherdBreed reference
- Miniature Bull TerrierBreed reference
- Miniature PinscherBreed reference
- Miniature SchnauzerBreed reference
- Mountain CurBreed reference
- MudiBreed reference
- Neapolitan MastiffBreed reference
- Nederlandse KooikerhondjeBreed reference
- Nenets LaikaBreed reference
- NewfoundlandBreed reference
- Norfolk TerrierBreed reference
- NorrbottenspetsBreed reference
- Norwegian BuhundBreed reference
- Norwegian ElkhoundBreed reference
- Norwegian LundehundBreed reference
- Norwich TerrierBreed reference
- Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverBreed reference
- Old Danish PointerBreed reference
- Old English SheepdogBreed reference
- OtterhoundBreed reference
- PapillonBreed reference
- Parson Russell TerrierBreed reference
- PekingeseBreed reference
- Pembroke Welsh CorgiBreed reference
- Peruvian Inca OrchidBreed reference
- Petit Basset Griffon VendéenBreed reference
- Pharaoh HoundBreed reference
- Plott HoundBreed reference
- PointerBreed reference
- Polish Lowland SheepdogBreed reference
- PomeranianBreed reference
- Pont-Audemer SpanielBreed reference
- Poodle (Miniature)Breed reference
- Poodle (Standard)Read guide
- Poodle (Toy)Breed reference
- PorcelaineBreed reference
- Portuguese PodengoBreed reference
- Portuguese Podengo PequenoBreed reference
- Portuguese PointerBreed reference
- Portuguese SheepdogBreed reference
- Portuguese Water DogBreed reference
- Presa CanarioBreed reference
- PudelpointerBreed reference
- PugBreed reference
- PuliBreed reference
- PumiBreed reference
- Pyrenean MastiffBreed reference
- Pyrenean ShepherdBreed reference
- Rafeiro do AlentejoBreed reference
- Rat TerrierBreed reference
- Redbone CoonhoundBreed reference
- Rhodesian RidgebackBreed reference
- Romanian Carpathian ShepherdBreed reference
- Romanian Mioritic Shepherd DogBreed reference
- RottweilerBreed reference
- Russell TerrierBreed reference
- Russian ToyBreed reference
- Russian Tsvetnaya BolonkaBreed reference
- Saarloos WolfhondBreed reference
- Saint BernardBreed reference
- SalukiBreed reference
- SamoyedBreed reference
- SchapendoesBreed reference
- SchipperkeBreed reference
- Scottish DeerhoundBreed reference
- Scottish TerrierBreed reference
- Sealyham TerrierBreed reference
- Segugio ItalianoBreed reference
- Shetland SheepdogBreed reference
- Shiba InuBreed reference
- Shih TzuRead guide
- Shikoku KenBreed reference
- Siberian HuskyBreed reference
- Silken WindhoundBreed reference
- Silky TerrierBreed reference
- Skye TerrierBreed reference
- SloughiBreed reference
- Slovakian Wirehaired PointerBreed reference
- Slovensky CuvacBreed reference
- Slovensky KopovBreed reference
- Small MunsterlanderBreed reference
- Smooth Fox TerrierBreed reference
- Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierBreed reference
- Spanish MastiffBreed reference
- Spanish Water DogBreed reference
- Spinone ItalianoBreed reference
- StabyhounBreed reference
- Staffordshire Bull TerrierBreed reference
- Standard SchnauzerBreed reference
- Sussex SpanielBreed reference
- Swedish LapphundBreed reference
- Swedish VallhundBreed reference
- Taiwan DogBreed reference
- Teddy Roosevelt TerrierBreed reference
- Thai BangkaewBreed reference
- Thai RidgebackBreed reference
- Tibetan MastiffBreed reference
- Tibetan SpanielBreed reference
- Tibetan TerrierBreed reference
- TornjakBreed reference
- TosaBreed reference
- Toy Fox TerrierBreed reference
- Transylvanian HoundBreed reference
- Treeing Tennessee BrindleBreed reference
- Treeing Walker CoonhoundBreed reference
- VizslaBreed reference
- Volpino ItalianoBreed reference
- WeimaranerBreed reference
- Welsh Springer SpanielBreed reference
- Welsh TerrierBreed reference
- West Highland White TerrierBreed reference
- WetterhounBreed reference
- WhippetBreed reference
- Wire Fox TerrierBreed reference
- Wirehaired Pointing GriffonBreed reference
- Wirehaired VizslaBreed reference
- Working KelpieBreed reference
- XoloitzcuintliBreed reference
- Yakutian LaikaBreed reference
- Yorkshire TerrierBreed reference
A breed is a starting point, not a promise
Age, health, upbringing, and individual personality all shape life with a dog. Meet the individual, ask a rescue or responsible breeder about behavior and health, and consider mixed-breed dogs too. No breed is guaranteed to be child-safe, allergy-safe, or comfortable alone.