I would like to adopt or buy a new dog. Where do I start?
Start by watching the 131st Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The entire show is available for sale on DVD from the Westminster Kennel Club website.
The show features competitors from all dog breeds for the title “Best in Show.” He will learn a lot just by watching the show and listening to the descriptions of each breed of dog as they are systematically presented to the judges.
There are seven groups of dogs (sporting, non-sporting, working, herding, terrier, hound and the toy) being shown at the Westminister Kennel Club show today, with several entrants within each group. All breeds compete for “best of breed” titles and then the “best of breed” winners compete to become the “best of groups” winners. Finally, the “best of groups” winners compete to win the “Best in Show” title.
It is important to note that the judges do not compare one breed to another in making their decisions on the “Best in Group” and “Best in Show” titles. Instead, the judges look for the dogs that best represent their individual AKC standards. The dog that best represents its breed standard wins the title of “Best in Show”.
The following is a list of all dog groups and the breeds within each dog group:
SPORTS BREEDS
Brittany
Spot
Pointer (German Shorthaired Pointer)
Pointer (German Wirehaired Pointer)
Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)
Retriever (curly-coated)
Retriever (flat-coated)
Retriever (golden)
retriever (labrador)
Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Toll)
Setter
Setter (Gordon)
Setters (Irish)
Spaniel (American water)
Spaniel (Clmber)
Spaniel (Cocker) ASCOB
Spaniel (Cocker) Black
Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-Color
Spaniel (English Cocker Spaniel)
Spaniel (English springer)
Spaniel (field)
Spaniel (Irish Water)
Spaniel (Sussex)
Spaniel (Welsh Springer)
Spinone Italian
Vizslas
Weimaraner
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
NON-SPORTING BREEDS
american eskimo dog
bichon frize
boston terrier
Bulldog
chinese shar pei
chow chow
Dalmatian
finnish spitz
french bulldog
Keeshond
lhasa apso
Lowchen
Poodle (Miniature)
poodle (standard)
Schipperke
Shiba Inu
tibetan spaniel
tibetan terrier
WORKING BREEDS
akita
alaskan malamutes
anatolian shepherd
bernese mountain dog
black russian terrier
Boxer
bull mastiff
doberman pinscher
german pinscher
giant schnauzer
great dane
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Komondor
Kuvasz
Mastiff
Neapolitan mastiff
Newfoundland
portuguese water dog
rottweiler
samoyed
Siberian Husky
Saint Bernard
standard schnauzer
PASTORING BREEDS
australian cattle dog
Australian pastor
bearded collie
belgian malinois
belgian shepherd dog
belgian tervuren
border collie
Bouviers des Flanders
Briard
canaan dog
Collie (rough)
Collie (Smooth)
German shepherd dog
Old english shepherd
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Puli
shetland sheepdog
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
TERRIER BREEDS
airedale terrier
american staffordshire terrier
australian terrier
bedlington terrier
border terrier
bull terrier (colored)
bull terrier (white)
cairn terrier
dandy dinmont terrier
Fox Terrier (Smooth)
fox terrier (wire)
Glen of Imaal Terrier
irish terrier
kerry blue terrier
lake terrier
Manchester Terrier (Standard)
miniature bull terrier
miniature schnauzer
norfolk terrier
norwich terrier
parson russell terrier
scottish terrier
sealyham terrier
skye-terrier
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Staffordshire Bullterrier
welsh terrier
west highland white terrier
Hound Breeds
afghan hound
basenji
Basset hound
13 inch Beagle.
15 inch Beagle.
black and tan coonhound
Hound
Borzoi
Dachshund (long hair)
Dashshund (Smooth)
Dachshund (wire hair)
Foxhound (American)
Foxhound (English)
Harrier
Ibizan Hound
irish wolfhound
norwegian elkhound
hound
Petits Bassets Vendean Griffons
pharaoh’s hound
rhodesian ridgeback
saluki
scottish deerhound
Whippet
TOY BREEDS
affenpinscher
brussels griffon
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chihuahua (Long Coat)
Chihuahua (Plain Coat)
chinese crested
English Toy Spaniel (B&PC)
English Toy Spaniel (KC&R)
Havana
italian greyhound
japanese chin
Maltese
Manchester terrier (toy)
miniature pinscher
Butterfly
Pekingese
Pomeranian
Poodle (Toy)
Pug
Shih Tzu
silky terrier
toy fox terrier
Yorkshire Territory.
