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Every breed, A to Z

Breeds recognised by the FCI, The Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club sit alongside unofficial and emerging types in one alphabetical list, each badge showing exactly which registries list the breed.

Showing 56 of 459 breeds

A

AidiWorkingOfficial – FCI
Alaskan MalamuteWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
American BulldogWorkingOfficial – AKC (FSS)
Anatolian Shepherd DogWorkingOfficial – FCI/AKC/KC

B

Bernese Mountain DogWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
BoerboelWorkingOfficial – AKC/FCI
Bouvier des FlandresWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
BoxerWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Brazilian Campeiro BulldogWorkingOfficial – FCI (Provisional)
BroholmerWorkingOfficial – FCI
BullmastiffWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI

C

CalupohWorkingOfficial – AKC (FSS)
Cane CorsoWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Castro Laboreiro DogWorkingOfficial – FCI
Caucasian Shepherd DogWorkingOfficial – FCI
Central Asian Shepherd DogWorkingOfficial – FCI
ChinookWorkingOfficial – AKC
Cimarron UruguayoWorkingOfficial – FCI
Continental BulldogWorkingOfficial – FCI (Provisional)

D

DobermannWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Dogo ArgentinoWorkingOfficial – FCI
Dogue de BordeauxWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI

E

Entlebucher Mountain DogWorkingOfficial – AKC/FCI

F

Fila BrasileiroWorkingOfficial – FCI

G

German PinscherWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Giant SchnauzerWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Great DaneWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Greater Swiss Mountain DogWorkingOfficial – AKC/FCI
Greenland DogWorkingOfficial – FCI/KC

H

HovawartWorkingOfficial – KC/FCI

J

JämthundWorkingOfficial – FCI/KC
Japanese AkitainuWorkingOfficial – AKC (Misc.)/KC/FCI
Japanese TosaWorkingOfficial – FCI/JKC

K

Karst ShepherdWorkingOfficial – FCI

L

Laizhou HongWorkingUnofficial
LandseerWorkingOfficial – FCI
LeonbergerWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI

M

Majorca MastiffWorkingOfficial – FCI
MastiffWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI

N

Neapolitan MastiffWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
NewfoundlandWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI

P

Portuguese Water DogWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Pyrenean MastiffWorkingOfficial – FCI

R

Rafeiro do AlentejoWorkingOfficial – FCI
RottweilerWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
Russian Black TerrierWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI

S

SarplaninacWorkingOfficial – FCI
Siberian HuskyWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
South Russian Shepherd DogWorkingOfficial – FCI
Spanish MastiffWorkingOfficial – FCI
St BernardWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI

T

Tibetan MastiffWorkingOfficial – KC/AKC/FCI
TornjakWorkingOfficial – FCI
Transmontano MastiffWorkingOfficial – FCIVulnerable native
Turkish Kangal DogWorkingOfficial – KC/FCI

Y

Yakutian LaikaWorkingOfficial – FCI