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
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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