Breed encyclopedia
Dog breeds A–Z
Explore dog breeds from around the world and compare their adult size, temperament, activity, trainability, coat and lifestyle fit.
Browse 507 breeds alphabetically or select a breed to view its detailed profile.
Affenpinscher
Afghan Hound
Afghan Shepherd
Aidi
Airedale Terrier
Akbash
Akita Inu
Alano Espanol
Alaskan Klee Kai
Alaskan Malamute
Alpine Dachsbracke
Alpine Spaniel
American Akita
American Bulldog
American Cocker Spaniel
American English Coonhound
American Eskimo Dog
American Foxhound
American Hairless Terrier
American Pit Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
American Water Spaniel
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Andalusian Hound
Anglo-Francais de Petite Venerie
Appenzeller Sennenhund
Ariegeois
Ariege Pointer
Armant
Armenian Gampr dog
Artois Hound
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Kelpie
Australian Shepherd
Australian Silky Terrier
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Australian Terrier
Austrian Black and Tan Hound
Austrian Pinscher
Azawakh
Bakharwal Dog
Barbet
Basenji
Basque Ratter
Basque Shepherd Dog
Basset Artesien Normand
Basset Bleu de Gascogne
Basset Fauve de Bretagne
Basset Griffon Vendeen, Grand
Basset Griffon Vendeen, Petit
Basset Hound
Bavarian Mountain Hound
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Beagle
Beagle-Harrier
Bearded Collie
Beauceron
Bedlington Terrier
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois)
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)
Belgian Shepherd (Tervuren)
Bergamasco Shepherd
Berger Blanc Suisse
Berger Picard
Berner Laufhund
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise
Billy
Black and Tan Coonhound
Black and Tan Virginia Foxhound
Blackmouth Cur
Black Norwegian Elkhound
Black Russian Terrier
Bleu de Gascogne, Grand
Bleu de Gascogne, Petit
Bloodhound
Blue Heeler
Blue Lacy
Blue Paul Terrier
Bluetick Coonhound
Boerboel
Bohemian Shepherd
Bolognese
Border Collie
Border Terrier
Borzoi
Bosnian Coarse-haired Hound
Boston Terrier
Bouvier des Ardennes
Bouvier des Flandres
Boxer
Boykin Spaniel
Bracco Italiano
Braque d'Auvergne
Braque du Bourbonnais
Braque du Puy
Braque Francais
Braque Saint-Germain
Brazilian Dogo
Brazilian Terrier
Briard
Briquet Griffon Vendeen
Brittany
Broholmer
Bruno Jura Hound
Bucovina Shepherd Dog
Bull and Terrier
Bulldog
Bullenbeisser
Bullmastiff
Bull Terrier
Bull Terrier (Miniature)
Bully Kutta
Burgos Pointer
Cairn Terrier
Canaan Dog
Canadian Eskimo Dog
Cane Corso
Cantabrian Water Dog
Cao da Serra de Aires
Cao de Castro Laboreiro
Cao Fila de Sao Miguel
Carolina Dog
Carpathian Shepherd Dog
Catahoula Cur
Catalan Sheepdog
Caucasian Shepherd Dog
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Cesky Fousek
Cesky Terrier
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Chien Francais Blanc et Noir
Chien Français Blanc et Orange
Chien Francais Tricolore
Chien-gris
Chihuahua
Chilean Fox Terrier
Chinese Chongqing Dog
Chinese Crested Dog
Chinese Imperial Dog
Chinook
Chippiparai
Chow Chow
Cierny Sery
Cirneco dell'Etna
Clumber Spaniel
Collie, Rough
Collie, Smooth
Combai
Cordoba Fighting Dog
Coton de Tulear
Cretan Hound
Croatian Sheepdog
Cumberland Sheepdog
Curly Coated Retriever
Cursinu
Czechoslovak Wolfdog
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Dachshund
Dalmatian
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Danish Swedish Farmdog
Decker Rat Terrier
Deutsche Bracke
Doberman Pinscher
Dogo Argentino
Dogo Cubano
Dogue de Bordeaux
Drentse Patrijshond
Drever
Dunker
Dutch Shepherd Dog
Dutch Smoushond
East-European Shepherd
East Siberian Laika
Elo
English Cocker Spaniel
English Foxhound
English Mastiff
English Setter
English Shepherd
English Springer Spaniel
English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)
English Water Spaniel
English White Terrier
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Epagneul Bleu de Picardie
Estonian Hound
Estrela Mountain Dog
Eurasier
Field Spaniel
Fila Brasileiro
Finnish Hound
Finnish Lapphund
Finnish Spitz
Flat-Coated Retriever
Formosan Mountain Dog
Fox Terrier (Smooth)
Fox Terrier, Wire
French Brittany
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French Bulldog
French Spaniel
Gaddi Dog
Galgo Espanol
Galician Cattle Dog
Garafía Shepherd Dog
Gascon Saintongeois
Georgian Shepherd Dog
German Longhaired Pointer
German Pinscher
German Rough-haired Pointer
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German Shepherd
German Shepherd Dog
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Spaniel
German Spitz
German Wirehaired Pointer
Giant Schnauzer
Glen of Imaal Terrier
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Golden Retriever
Gordon Setter
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Orange
Grand Anglo-Francais Tricolore
Grand Griffon Vendéen
Gran Mastin de Borinquen
Great Dane
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Great Pyrenees
Greek Harehound
Greenland Dog
Greyhound
Griffon Bleu de Gascogne
Griffon Bruxellois
Griffon Fauve de Bretagne
Griffon Nivernais
Guatemalan Dogo
Gull Terrier
Hamiltonstwvare
Hanover Hound
Hare Indian Dog
Harrier
Havanese
Hawaiian Poi Dog
Himalayan Sheepdog
Hokkaido
Hortaya Borzaya
Hovawart
Huntaway
Hygenhund
Ibizan Hound
Icelandic Sheepdog
Indian pariah dog
Indian Spitz
Irish Red and White Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Wolfhound
Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
Istrian Shorthaired Hound
Italian Greyhound
Jack Russell Terrier
Jagdterrier
Jamthund
Japanese Chin
Japanese Spitz
Japanese Terrier
Kaikadi
Kai Ken
Kangal Dog
Kanni
Karakachan Dog
Karelian Bear Dog
Karst Shepherd
Keeshond
Kerry Beagle
Kerry Blue Terrier
King Charles Spaniel
King Shepherd
Kintamani
Kishu
Komondor
Kooikerhondje
Koolie
Korean Jindo Dog
Kromfohrlander
Kumaon Mastiff
Kunming Wolfdog
Kuri
Kuvasz
Kyi-Leo
Labrador Husky
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Labrador Retriever
Lagotto Romagnolo
Lakeland Terrier
Lancashire Heeler
Landseer
Lapponian Herder
Leonberger
Lhasa Apso
Lithuanian Hound
Longhaired Whippet
Lowchen
Magyar Agar
Mahratta Greyhound
Majorca Shepherd Dog
Maltese
Manchester Terrier
Maremma Sheepdog
McNab
Mexican Hairless Dog
Miniature American Shepherd
Miniature Australian Shepherd
Miniature Fox Terrier
Miniature Pinscher
Miniature Schnauzer
Miniature Shar Pei
Mioritic
Molossus
Montenegrin Mountain Hound
Moscow Watchdog
Moscow Water Dog
Mountain Cur
Mucuchies
Mudhol Hound
Mudi
Munsterlander, Large
Neapolitan Mastiff
Newfoundland
New Zealand Heading Dog
Norfolk Spaniel
Norfolk Terrier
Norrbottenspets
North Country Beagle
Northern Inuit Dog
Norwegian Buhund
Norwegian Elkhound
Norwegian Lundehund
Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever
Old Croatian Sighthound
Old Danish Pointer
Olde English Bulldogge
Old English Sheepdog
Old English Terrier
Old German Shepherd Dog
Old Time Farm Shepherd
Other
Otterhound
Pachon Navarro
Paisley Terrier
Pandikona
Papillon
Parson Russell Terrier
Patterdale Terrier
Pekingese
Perro de Presa Canario
Perro de Presa Mallorquin
Perro fino Colombiano
Peruvian Hairless Dog
Phalene
Pharaoh Hound
Phu Quoc ridgeback dog
Picardy Spaniel
Plott Hound
Podenco Canario
Pointer
Poitevin
Polish Greyhound
Polish Hound
Polish Hunting Dog
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Polish Tatra Sheepdog
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Pomeranian
Pont-Audemer Spaniel
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Poodle
Porcelaine
Portuguese Podengo
Portuguese Pointer
Portuguese Water Dog
Posavac Hound
Prazsky Krysarik
Pudelpointer
Pug
Puli
Pumi
Pungsan Dog
Pyrenean Mastiff
Pyrenean Shepherd
Rafeiro do Alentejo
Rajapalayam
Rampur Greyhound
Rastreador Brasileiro
Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz
Ratonero Valenciano
Rat Terrier
Redbone Coonhound
Rhodesian Ridgeback
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Rottweiler
Russell Terrier
Russian Spaniel
Russian Toy
Russian tracker
Russo-European Laika
Saarlooswolfhond
Sabueso Espanol
Saint-Usuge Spaniel
Sakhalin Husky
Saluki
Samoyed
Santal Hound
Sapsali
Sarplaninac
Schapendoes
Schillerstovare
Schipperke
Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund
Schweizer Laufhund
Scotch Collie
Scottish Deerhound
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Segugio Italiano
Seppala Siberian Sleddog
Serbian Hound
Serbian Tricolour Hound
Seskar Seal Dog
Shar Pei
Shetland Sheepdog
Shiba Inu
Shih Tzu
Shikoku
Shiloh Shepherd Dog
Siberian Husky
Silken Windhound
Sinhala Hound
Skye Terrier
Sloughi
Slovak Cuvac
Slovakian Rough-haired Pointer
Slovensky Kopov
Smalandsstovare
Small Greek Domestic Dog
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Southern Hound
South Russian Ovcharka
Spanish Mastiff
Spanish Water Dog
Spinone Italiano
Sporting Lucas Terrier
Stabyhoun
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Standard Schnauzer
St Bernard
Stephens Cur
St John's water dog
Styrian Coarse-haired Hound
Sussex Spaniel
Swedish Lapphund
Swedish Vallhund
Tahltan Bear Dog
Taigan
Talbot
Tamaskan Dog
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
Telomian
Tennessee Treeing Brindle
Tenterfield Terrier
Terceira Mastiff
Thai Bangkaew Dog
Thai Ridgeback
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
Tornjak
Tosa
Toy Bulldog
Toy Fox Terrier
Toy Manchester Terrier
Toy Trawler Spaniel
Transylvanian Hound
Treeing Cur
Treeing Walker Coonhound
Trigg Hound
Tweed Water Spaniel
Tyrolean Hound
Uruguayan Cimarron
Vanjari Hound
Villano de las Encartaciones
Vizsla
Volpino Italiano
Weimaraner
Welsh Corgi, Cardigan
Welsh Corgi, Pembroke
Welsh Sheepdog
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier
Westphalian Dachsbracke
West Siberian Laika
Wetterhoun
Whippet
White Shepherd
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Wirehaired Vizsla
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Yorkshire Terrier
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- Activity: Daily exercise, play and mental stimulation needs
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- Coat care: Hair type, shedding and grooming frequency
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