Breeds of Dogs

A-B

Affenpinscher, Toy Afghan Hound, Hound Airedale Terrier, Terrier Akita, Working Alaskan Malamute, Working American English Coonhound, Hound American Eskimo Dog, Non-Sporting American Foxhound, Hound American Hairless Terrier, Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier, Terrier American Water Spaniel, Sporting Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Working Australian Cattle Dog, Herding Australian Shepherd, Herding Australian Terrier, Terrier Azawakh, Miscellaneous Barbet, Miscellaneous Basenji, Hound Basset Hound, Hound Beagle, Hound Bearded Collie, Herding Beauceron, Herding Bedlington Terrier, Terrier Belgian Laekenois, Miscellaneous Belgian Malinois, Herding Belgian Sheepdog, Herding Belgian Tervuren, Herding Bergamasco, Herding Berger Picard, Herding Bernese Mountain Dog, Working Bichon Frise, Non-Sporting Black and Tan Coonhound, Hound Black Russian Terrier, Working Bloodhound, Hound Bluetick Coonhound, Hound Boerboel, Working Border Collie, Herding Border Terrier, Terrier Borzoi, Hound Boston Terrier, Non-Sporting Bouvier des Flandres, Herding Boxer, Working Boykin Spaniel, Sporting Briard, Herding Brittany, Sporting Brussels Griffon, Toy Bull Terrier, Terrier Bulldog, Non-Sporting Bullmastiff, Working

C-G

Cairn Terrier, Terrier Canaan Dog, Herding Cane Corso, Working Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Herding Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Toy Cesky Terrier, Terrier Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Sporting Chihuahua, Toy Chinese Crested Dog, Toy Chinese Shar Pei, Non-Sporting Chinook, Working Chow Chow, Non-Sporting Cirneco dell'Etna, Hound Clumber Spaniel, Sporting Cocker Spaniel, Sporting Collie, Herding Coton de Tulear, Non-Sporting Curly-Coated Retriever, Sporting Dachshund, Hound Dalmatian, Non-Sporting Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Terrier Doberman Pinscher, Working Dogo Argentino, Miscellaneous Dogue de Bordeaux, Working Dutch Shepherd, Miscellaneous English Cocker Spaniel, Sporting English Foxhound, Hound English Setter, Sporting English Springer Spaniel, Sporting English Toy Spaniel, Toy Entlebucher Mountain Dog, Herding Field Spaniel, Sporting Finnish Lapphund, Herding Finnish Spitz, Non-Sporting Flat-Coated Retriever, Sporting French Bulldog, Non-Sporting German Pinscher, Working German Shepherd Dog, Herding German Shorthaired Pointer, Sporting German Wirehaired Pointer, Sporting Giant Schnauzer, Working Glen of Imaal Terrier, Terrier Golden Retriever, Sporting Gordon Setter, Sporting Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen, Hound Great Dane, Working Great Pyrenees, Working Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Working Greyhound, Hound

H–R

Harrier, Hound Havanese, Toy Ibizan Hound, Hound Icelandic Sheepdog, Herding Irish Red and White Setter, Sporting Irish Setter, Sporting Irish Terrier, Terrier Irish Water Spaniel, Sporting Irish Wolfhound, Hound Italian Greyhound, Toy Japanese Chin, Toy Keeshond, Non-Sporting Kerry Blue Terrier, Terrier Komondor, Working Kuvasz, Working Labrador Retriever, Sporting Lagotto Romagnolo, Sporting Lakeland Terrier, Terrier Lancashire Heeler, Miscellaneous Leonberger, Working Lhasa Apso, Non-Sporting Löwchen, Non-Sporting Maltese, Toy Manchester Terrier, Terrier and Toy Mastiff, Working Miniature American Shepherd, Herding Miniature Bull Terrier, Terrier Miniature Pinscher, Toy Miniature Schnauzer, Terrier Mudi, Miscellaneous Neapolitan Mastiff, Working Nederlandse Kooikerhondje, Sporting Newfoundland, Working Norfolk Terrier, Terrier Norrbottenspets, Miscellaneous Norwegian Buhund, Herding Norwegian Elkhound, Hound Norwegian Lundehund, Non-Sporting Norwich Terrier, Terrier Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever, Sporting Old English Sheepdog, Herding Otterhound, Hound Papillon, Toy Parson Russell Terrier, Terrier Pekingese, Toy Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Herding Peruvian Inca Orchid, Miscellaneous Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Hound Pharaoh Hound, Hound Plott, Hound Pointer, Sporting Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Herding Pomeranian, Toy Poodle, Non-Sporting and Toy Portuguese Podengo Grande and Medio, Miscellaneous Portuguese Podengo Pequeno, Hound Portuguese Water Dog, Working Pug, Toy Puli, Herding Pumi, Herding Pyrenean Shepherd, Herding Rat Terrier, Terrier Redbone Coonhound, Hound Rhodesian Ridgeback, Hound Rottweiler, Working Russell Terrier, Terrier Russian Toy, Miscellaneous

S–Y

St. Bernard, Working Saluki, Hound Samoyed, Working Schipperke, Non-Sporting Scottish Deerhound, Hound Scottish Terrier, Terrier Sealyham Terrier, Terrier Shetland Sheepdog, Herding Shiba Inu, Non-Sporting Shih Tzu, Toy Siberian Husky, Working Silky Terrier, Toy Skye Terrier, Terrier Sloughi, Hound Smooth Fox Terrier, Terrier Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Terrier Spanish Water Dog, Herding Spinone Italiano, Sporting Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Terrier Standard Schnauzer, Working Sussex Spaniel, Sporting Swedish Vallhund, Herding Tibetan Mastiff, Working Tibetan Spaniel, Non-Sporting Tibetan Terrier, Non-Sporting Toy Fox Terrier, Toy Treeing Walker Coonhound, Hound Vizsla, Sporting Weimaraner, Sporting Welsh Springer Spaniel, Sporting Welsh Terrier, Terrier West Highland White Terrier, Terrier Whippet, Hound Wire Fox Terrier, Terrier Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, Sporting Wirehaired Vizsla, Sporting Xoloitzcuintli, Non-Sporting Yorkshire Terrier, Toy

Registration

The AKC is the largest registry of purebred dogs in the U.S. and is the only not-for profit registry, as well as the most well-known and the most influential. For a purebred dog to be registered with the AKC, the dog's parents must be registered with the AKC as the same breed, and the litter in which the dog is born must be registered with the AKC. If the dog's parents are not registered with the AKC or the litter is not registered, an exception may be made if the AKC determines, through special registry research, that the dog is eligible for AKC registration. Once a determination of eligibility is met, either by litter application or registry research, the dog can be registered as purebred by the AKC. Registration indicates only that the dog's parents were registered as one recognized breed; it does not necessarily indicate that the dog comes from healthy or show-quality bloodlines, nor is registration necessarily a reflection on the quality of the breeder or how the puppy was raised.