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People have carefully breed dogs for thousands of years. Sometimes they inbreed dogs who have the same close ancestors, and sometimes they mix dogs from very different ancestors or even from different breeds. This continues today, resulting in hundreds of dog breeds, some that are similar to each other, and others that are very different.

This list includes common breeds, rare breeds, and breeds that are still being developed into new breeds. See each article for more information.

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Breed categories

Dog breeds are often grouped in different ways, such as:

Dog breeds are also sometimes grouped into similar dog types, such as mastiff types, spitz types, pit bulls, or Lurchers.

Dog breed list

Dog breeds include:

Nonsporting Dogs

A

Af-Am

An-Az

B

Ba-Be

Bi-Bo

Br-Bu

C

Ca-Ci

Cl-Cz

D

E

F

G

Ga-Go

Gr

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Pa-Pl

Po-Py

Q

R

S

Sa-Se

Sh-Sp

St-Sw

T

U

V

W

X

Y

External links

See the lists of dog breeds that these important breed registries allow:

Dog breeds | Lists of animals

Plemeno psa | Hunderacer | Liste der Hunderassen | List of dog breeds | Hundrasoj | Lista de razas de perros | Liste des races de chiens | גזעי כלבים | 犬の品種一覧 | Lijst van hondenrassen | Liste over hunderaser | Wykaz ras psów | Lista de raças de cães | Породы собак | Класификација раса по азбучном реду | Luettelo koiraroduista | Alfabetisk lista över hundraser

 

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the "List of dog breeds".

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