Breeds List
The alphabetical index to the reference. Breeds with a full entry are linked; the remainder are listed because a complete index is more useful than a tidy one, and because knowing that a breed exists is often the hardest part of looking it up.
How the List Is Organised
Breeds appear under the name most commonly used in English, with significant alternative and native names given in brackets. This is not always straightforward. The same dog may be a Lundehund in one book, a Norwegian Puffin Dog in another and a Norsk Lundehund in its homeland; the Ca de Bou and the Perro de Presa Mallorquin are one breed with two languages attached. Where a name is genuinely contested the entry itself explains why.
The letter strip that runs across the top of every page on this site skips Q and Z and treats V and W as a single stop. That is not an oversight — it is how the index has always been arranged here, and no breed has yet turned up to justify changing it.
Featured Entries
Hounds and Sighthounds
- Kerry Beagle (Pocadan) — Ireland's only native scenthound
- Galgo Espanol (Spanish Greyhound) — the sighthound of the Spanish plains
Working and Guardian Breeds
- Bullmastiff — the English gamekeeper's night dog
- Tosa Inu (Tosa Ken, Japanese Mastiff)
- Perro de Presa Mallorquin (Ca de Bou)
- Chien de l'Atlas (Aidi, Atlas Mountain Dog)
- Saarlooswolfhond (Saarloos Wolfdog)
Northern and Primitive Breeds
- Lundehund (Norwegian Puffin Dog) — six toes and a folding neck
- Karelian Bear Laikas — the bear dogs of Finland and Russian Karelia
- New Guinea Singing Dog — the harmonic howler of the highlands
Gundogs and Retrievers
- Barbet — the woolly French water dog
- Golden Retriever — from one Scottish estate to the whole world
Terriers
- Jack Russell Terrier — a parson's working strain
- Scottish Terrier (Aberdeen Terrier)
- Blue Lacy — the state dog of Texas
Companion and Toy Breeds
- Shih Tzu — the lion dog of the Chinese court
Complete Index
Every breed carried in the directory, arranged alphabetically. Names set as links have a full entry; the remainder are indexed for reference. The letter strip at the top of every page jumps straight to a section.
A
Affenpinscher · Afghan Hound · Ainu Dog · Airedale Terrier · Akbash Dog · Akita · Alaskan Malamute · Alpine Dachsbracke · American Black and Tan Coonhound · American Bulldog · American Cocker Spaniel · American Eskimo Dog · American Foxhound · American Pit Bull Terrier · American Staffordshire Terrier · American Water Spaniel · Anatolian Shepherd Dog · Appenzeller · Ariegeois · Australian Cattle Dog · Australian Kelpie · Australian Shepherd · Australian Terrier · Austrian Brandlbracke · Azawakh
B
Barbet · Basenji · Basset Artesien Normand · Basset Hound · Bavarian Mountain Hound · Beagle · Beagle Harrier · Bearded Collie · Bedlington Terrier · Belgian Mastiff · Bergamasco · Berger de Beauce · Berger de Picard · Bergers de Pyrenees · Bernese Mountain Dog · Bichon Frise · Billy · Black Forest Hound · Black Mouth Cur · Black Russian Terrier · Bleus de Gascogne · Bloodhound · Blue Lacy · Bluetick Coonhound · Bolognese · Border Collie · Border Terrier · Borzoi · Boston Terrier · Bouvier de Ardennes · Boxer · Boykin Spaniel · Bracco Italiano · Braque d'Auvergne · Braque Dupuy · Braques Francaises · Brazilian Terrier · Briard · Brittany Dogs · Bulldog · Bullmastiff · Bull Terrier
C
Cairn Terrier · Canaan Dog · Cao da Serra de Aires · Cao de Castro Laboreiro · Carolina Dog · Catahoula Leopard Dog · Caucasian Owtcharka · Cavalier King Charles Spaniel · Cesky Fousek · Chesapeake Bay Retriever · Chien d'Artois · Chien de l'Atlas · Chihuahua · Chinese Crested · Chinook · Chow Chow · Cirneco dell'Etna · Clumber Spaniel · Collies · Coton de Tulear · Curly-Coated Retriever · Czesky Terrier
D
Dachshunds · Dalmatians · Dandie Dinmont Terrier · Danish Broholmer · Deutsche Bracke · Deutscher Wachtelhund · Dingo · Doberman Pinscher · Dogo Argentino · Dogue de Bordeaux · Drentse Patrijshond · Drever · Dunker · Dutch Smoushond
E
East European Shepherd · English Cocker Spaniel · English Coonhound · English Shepherd · English Springer Spaniel · English Toy Spaniel · Entelbucher · Epagneul Francais · Epagneul Pont Audemer · Epagneuls Picardies · Eskimo Dog · Estonian Hound · Estrela Mountain Dog · Eurasian
F
Fauves de Bretagne · Field Spaniel · Fila Brasileiro · Finnish Hound · Finnish Spitz · Flat Coated Retriever · Fox Terrier · French Bulldog
G
Galgo Espanol · Gascons Saintongeois · German Hunt Terrier · German Longhaired Pointer · German Pinscher · German Shepherd Dog · German Shorthaired Pointer · German Spitz · German Wirehaired Pointer · Giant Schnauzer · Glen of Imaal Terrier · Golden Retriever · Gordon Setter · Great Dane · Great Pyrenees · Greater Swiss Mountain Dog · Greek Harehound · Greek Sheepdog · Greenland Dog · Greyhound · Griffon Nivernais · Griffons Vendeens
H
Haldenstovare · Hamiltonstovare · Hanoverian Hound · Harlequin Pinscher · Harrier · Havanese · Hawaiian Poi Dog · Hertha Pointer · Hovawart · Hygenhund
I
Ibizan Hound · Iceland Dog · Inca Hairless Dog · Irish Red and White Setter · Irish Setter · Irish Terrier · Irish Water Spaniel · Irish Wolfhound · Italian Greyhound
J
Jack Russell Terrier · Japanese Chin · Japanese Spitz · Japanese Terrier
K
Kangal Dog · Karelian Bear Laikas · Karelo Finnish Laika · Keeshond · Kerry Beagle · Kerry Blue Terrier · Komondor · Kooikerhondje · Krasky Ovcar · Kromfohrlander · Kuvasz · Kyi Leo
L
Labrador Retriever · Lakeland Terrier · Lancashire Heeler · Landseer · Lapinporokoira · Lapphunds · Latvian Hound · Leonberger · Leopard Cur · Levesque · Lhasa Apso · Lithuanian Hound · Lowchen · Lundehund
M
Magyar Agar · Majestic Tree Hound · Maltese · Maremma Sheepdog · Mastiff · Middle Asian Owtcharka · Miniature Bull Terrier · Miniature Pinscher · Moscow Longhaired Toy Terrier · Mountain Cur · Mudi · Munsterlanders
N
New Guinea Singing Dog · Newfoundland · Norbottenspets · Norfolk Terrier · Northeasterly Hauling Laika · Norwegian Buhund · Norwich Terrier · Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
O
Old Danish Bird Dog · Old English Sheepdog · Otter Hound · Owczarek Podhalanski
P
Patterdale Terrier · Pekingese · Perdigueiro Portugueso · Perro de Pastor Mallorquin · Perro de Presa Canario · Perro de Presa Mallorquin · Peruvian Inca Orchid · Pharaoh Hound · Plott Hound · Podengos Portuguesos · Pointer · Poitevin · Polish Hound · Polski Owczarek Nizinny · Pomeranian · Poodles · Porcelaine · Portuguese Water Dog · Pudelpointer · Pug · Puli · Pumi · Pyrenean Mastiff
R
Rafeiro do Alentejo · Redbone Coonhound · Rhodesian Ridgeback · Rottweiler · Rumanian Sheepdog · Russian Harlequin Hound · Russian Hound · Russian Spaniel
S
Saarlooswolfhond · Sabuesos Espanoles · Saint Bernard · Saluki · Samoyeds · Sanshu Dog · Schapendoes · Schillerstovare · Schipperke · Schnauzer Miniature · Scottish Deerhound · Scottish Terrier · Sealyham Terrier · Segugios Italianos · Shar Pei · Shetland Sheepdog · Shiba Inu · Shih Tzu · Shika Inus · Siberian Husky · Siberian Laikas · Silky Terrier · Skye Terrier · Sloughi · Slovak Cuvac · Smalandsstovare · Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier · South Russian Owtcharka · Spanish Mastiff · Spinone Italiano · Stabyhoun · Staffordshire Bull Terrier · Stephens Stock · Stichelhaar · Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog · Sussex Spaniel · Swiss Laufhunds
T
Tahltan Bear Dog · Telomian · Tibetan Mastiff · Tibetan Spaniel · Tibetan Terrier · Tosa Inu · Toy Fox Terrier · Transylvanian Hounds · Treeing Tennessee Brindle · Tyroler Bracke
V W
Vasgotaspets · Vizsla · Volpino Italiano · Weimaraner · Welsh Corgis · Welsh Springer Spaniel · Welsh Terrier · West Highland White Terrier · Westphalian Dachsbracke · Wetterhoun · Whippet · Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
X
Xoloitzcuintlis
Y
Yorkshire Terrier · Yugoslavian Hounds
Breed names and group placements follow the FCI nomenclature where an FCI standard exists, and national registry naming where it does not.