Terrier Dogs

There are more than 150 dog breeds that are recognized by the AKC. These

breeds are broken down into seven different groups. These groups include:

terrier, toy, working, sporting, hound, non-sporting, and herding.

The terrier breeds duties usually involve hunting varmints like badgers, rats,

otters, and more. Terriers are courageous, self-confident, and have great

determination.

The toy breeds are bred for companions for humans. Some have been bred

special to look like their bigger cousins. Since they are bred to be small they make

great companions for those who have limited space.

The working group are the most powerfully built and very intelligent. These

dogs have important jobs. Some of their jobs would be guarding homes, guarding

Some are even hunters.

The sporting group are meant to aid in hunting birds or waterfowl. Though

these breeds perform a number of tasks, the general duty of setters and pointers

is to point and mark game for the hunters, while spaniels flush the game for the

hunters, and retrievers recover the wounded or dead game.

The hound group was originally classified as a sporting dog because of the

fact that they are also hunters. The breeds in this group vary greatly in size, coat,

and shape. Unlike the sporting group, hounds are more independent. The hunter

follows them either on foot or horseback, while the hound tracks and chases

down the prey. This group consists of scent and sight hounds.

The herding group is common on farms and ranches. Their sole purpose is

to gather and move livestock from one place to another.

The non-sporting group is pretty much every breed that does not fit in the

other groups. Such breeds include Bulldog, French Bulldog, Poodle, Dalmatian,

Boston Terrier, Chow Chow, Bichon Frise, Shiba Inu, Keeshond, Tibetan Spaniel,

American Eskimo, Shar Pei, Lhasa Apso, Finish Spitz, Schipperke, Lowchen, and

the Tibetan