DogBreedsDB
110 dog breeds with temperament, size, lifespan, and origin data. From tiny Chihuahuas to giant Mastiffs.
Popular Breeds
Labrador Retriever
The most popular dog breed in the United States for over 30 years. Originally br...
French Bulldog
The most popular breed in the US as of 2022, dethroning the Labrador. Originated...
Golden Retriever
Originally bred in the Scottish Highlands in the late 1800s by Lord Tweedmouth. ...
German Shepherd
Developed by Max von Stephanitz in 1899 from various herding breeds to create th...
Poodle
The second smartest dog breed (after Border Collies). Originally bred as water r...
Siberian Husky
Bred by the Chukchi people of Siberia as endurance sled dogs. Rose to fame in 19...
Corgi (Pembroke)
The favorite breed of Queen Elizabeth II, who owned over 30 during her reign. De...
Shiba Inu
The most popular companion dog in Japan. An ancient breed dating back to 300 BC....
Sporting (13)
Labrador Retriever
The most popular dog breed in the United States for over 30 years. Originally br...
Golden Retriever
Originally bred in the Scottish Highlands in the late 1800s by Lord Tweedmouth. ...
Cocker Spaniel
The smallest member of the sporting group. Lady from Lady and the Tramp is a Coc...
English Springer Spaniel
A gun dog named for its job of springing, or flushing, game birds from cover for...
German Shorthaired Pointer
A versatile hunting dog developed in nineteenth-century Germany to point, retrie...
Vizsla
A Hungarian pointer and retriever with a short golden-rust coat, prized for cent...
Weimaraner
Developed in the early 1800s at the court of Grand Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weim...
Irish Setter
A bird dog with a glossy mahogany-red coat, developed in Ireland in the eighteen...
Brittany
A compact bird dog from the Brittany region of France. In America it was long ca...
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Developed along the Chesapeake Bay from two Newfoundland puppies rescued from a ...
Flat-Coated Retriever
Once the most popular retriever in Britain, favored by gamekeepers in the late 1...
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
The smallest of the retrievers, developed in Nova Scotia to toll, or lure, ducks...
Lagotto Romagnolo
An ancient water retriever from the Romagna region of Italy that became the spec...
Hound (15)
Beagle
One of the oldest hunting breeds, dating back to Roman times. The breed as we kn...
Dachshund
Bred 600 years ago in Germany to hunt badgers (Dachshund means badger dog). Thei...
Basset Hound
Their name comes from the French bas (low). Second only to Bloodhounds in scent-...
Whippet
The poor man racehorse in Victorian England. Can reach speeds of 56 km/h (35 mph...
Greyhound
The fastest dog breed, able to reach speeds of around 70 km/h in a few strides. ...
Bloodhound
A scent hound with the keenest nose of any dog, developed from hounds bred by mo...
Afghan Hound
An ancient sighthound from the mountains of Afghanistan, where its thick, silky ...
Basenji
An ancient hunting dog from Central Africa, where it was used to flush game into...
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Developed in southern Africa by European settlers who crossed their dogs with th...
Irish Wolfhound
The tallest of all dog breeds recognized by the AKC, with a minimum standard hei...
Saluki
One of the oldest known dog breeds, a sighthound used by Bedouin and other peopl...
Borzoi
A large, elegant sighthound bred by the Russian aristocracy to hunt wolves in te...
Norwegian Elkhound
An ancient Nordic spitz used for thousands of years to track moose, called elk i...
Scottish Deerhound
A tall, rough-coated sighthound bred to hunt red deer in the Scottish Highlands....
Pharaoh Hound
The national dog of Malta, where it is called Kelb tal-Fenek, meaning rabbit dog...
Working (23)
Rottweiler
Descended from Roman mastiffs used to herd cattle for the army. Named after the ...
Siberian Husky
Bred by the Chukchi people of Siberia as endurance sled dogs. Rose to fame in 19...
Boxer
Developed in Germany in the late 1800s from the Bullenbeisser (now extinct). Nam...
Great Dane
The Apollo of dogs. The tallest dog ever recorded was a Great Dane named Zeus at...
Doberman Pinscher
Created in the 1890s by Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, a German tax collector w...
Bernese Mountain Dog
One of four Swiss mountain dog breeds, distinguished by their tri-color coat. Or...
Akita
A national monument in Japan where they are considered symbols of good health. H...
Saint Bernard
Bred by monks at the Great St Bernard Pass hospice in the Alps to rescue lost tr...
Mastiff
One of the oldest breeds, dating back to ancient Babylon and Egypt. A Mastiff re...
Newfoundland
Bred as working dogs for fishermen in Newfoundland, Canada. Have webbed feet and...
Portuguese Water Dog
A fishermans helper along the coast of Portugal that herded fish into nets, retr...
Alaskan Malamute
One of the oldest Arctic sled dogs, bred by the Mahlemut people of western Alask...
Samoyed
Bred by the Samoyedic peoples of Siberia to herd reindeer, pull sleds, and keep ...
Great Pyrenees
A large livestock guardian from the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain,...
Bullmastiff
Developed in nineteenth-century England by crossing Mastiffs with Bulldogs to he...
Cane Corso
An Italian mastiff descended from Roman war dogs, later used to guard farms, dri...
Giant Schnauzer
The largest of the three schnauzer breeds, developed in Bavaria to drive cattle ...
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
The largest and probably oldest of the four Swiss Sennenhund breeds, which also ...
Tibetan Mastiff
An ancient guardian of Himalayan nomads, villages, and monasteries, bred to prot...
Neapolitan Mastiff
A massive guardian descended from the molossers of ancient Rome, with heavy fold...
Komondor
A large Hungarian livestock guardian famous for its long white coat that forms n...
Anatolian Shepherd
A rugged livestock guardian from the Anatolian plateau of Turkey, bred to protec...
Dogue de Bordeaux
An ancient French mastiff with one of the largest heads in the dog world in prop...
Terrier (15)
Jack Russell Terrier
Named after the Reverend John Russell, a nineteenth-century parson in Devon who ...
West Highland White Terrier
Developed in the Scottish Highlands to hunt foxes, badgers, and rats among rocky...
Scottish Terrier
A short-legged, wiry terrier from the Scottish Highlands, bred to dig out foxes ...
Bull Terrier
Created by James Hinks in Birmingham in the mid-1800s, originally as an all-whit...
Airedale Terrier
Called the King of Terriers because it is the largest of all the terrier breeds....
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Developed in Staffordshire from crosses of bulldogs and terriers, originally for...
American Staffordshire Terrier
Descended from bull and terrier dogs brought to America in the nineteenth centur...
Miniature Schnauzer
Developed in Germany in the late 1800s by crossing the Standard Schnauzer with s...
Cairn Terrier
One of the oldest terrier breeds, from the Isle of Skye and the Scottish Highlan...
Border Terrier
Bred in the Cheviot Hills along the border between England and Scotland to run w...
Wire Fox Terrier
Developed in England to bolt foxes from their dens during hunts. Has won more Be...
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
An Irish farm dog used for herding, guarding, and ratting for more than 200 year...
Bedlington Terrier
Named after the mining town of Bedlington in Northumberland, where miners used i...
Kerry Blue Terrier
A working terrier from County Kerry in Ireland, used for hunting, herding, and g...
Skye Terrier
A long, low terrier from the Isle of Skye with a flowing coat that falls over it...
Toy (16)
Yorkshire Terrier
Developed in 19th century Yorkshire to catch rats in textile mills. A ratter tur...
Shih Tzu
Bred by Tibetan monks and kept by Chinese emperors as palace dogs. Shih Tzu mean...
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Named after King Charles II, who was so devoted to his spaniels that he allowed ...
Chihuahua
The smallest dog breed, named after the Mexican state. Believed to descend from ...
Maltese
An ancient breed favored by royalty for over 2,800 years. Mentioned by Aristotle...
Pomeranian
Descended from large sled dogs of the Arctic. Queen Victoria fell in love with t...
Pug
An ancient breed kept by Chinese emperors for centuries before arriving in Europ...
Papillon
Named for its large, fringed ears that resemble the wings of a butterfly, papill...
Havanese
The national dog of Cuba and the only breed native to the island, a member of th...
Pekingese
Bred for centuries as a companion to the Chinese imperial court, where commoners...
Italian Greyhound
A miniature sighthound kept as a companion since ancient times and wildly popula...
Miniature Pinscher
Known as the King of Toys, the Min Pin is not a miniature Doberman but an older ...
Japanese Chin
A companion of Japanese nobility for centuries, likely descended from Chinese to...
Brussels Griffon
Originally kept by coachmen in Brussels to hunt rats in stables, it became a fav...
Affenpinscher
Its name means monkey terrier in German, a nod to its monkey-like face. Bred in ...
Chinese Crested
Comes in two varieties: the Hairless, with silky hair only on the head, tail, an...
Non-Sporting (16)
French Bulldog
The most popular breed in the US as of 2022, dethroning the Labrador. Originated...
Poodle
The second smartest dog breed (after Border Collies). Originally bred as water r...
Bulldog
Originally bred for bull-baiting, a cruel sport banned in 1835. The breed was th...
Shiba Inu
The most popular companion dog in Japan. An ancient breed dating back to 300 BC....
Boston Terrier
The first non-sporting breed developed in the US (Boston, 1870s). Crossed from t...
Dalmatian
One of the oldest breeds, depicted in Egyptian tombs 4,000 years ago. Famous as ...
Chow Chow
An ancient Chinese breed that served as a hunting, herding, guarding, and sled d...
Chinese Shar-Pei
A wrinkled breed from southern China used for hunting, guarding, and herding. It...
Lhasa Apso
Bred in the monasteries and palaces of Tibet as an indoor sentinel that barked t...
Bichon Frise
A cheerful white powder puff of a dog descended from Mediterranean water spaniel...
Keeshond
A Dutch barge dog that guarded river boats and farms. It became the symbol of th...
Schipperke
A small black dog from Belgium whose name is often said to mean little captain i...
Tibetan Spaniel
Not a true spaniel, but an ancient Tibetan companion kept in monasteries. It is ...
Xoloitzcuintli
The national dog of Mexico, an ancient hairless breed associated with Xolotl, th...
Coton de Tulear
The royal dog of Madagascar, named after the port city of Tulear and its soft, c...
Finnish Spitz
The national dog of Finland, a foxlike hunting dog bred to find game birds such ...
Herding (12)
German Shepherd
Developed by Max von Stephanitz in 1899 from various herding breeds to create th...
Border Collie
Widely considered the smartest dog breed. Can learn a new command in under 5 sec...
Corgi (Pembroke)
The favorite breed of Queen Elizabeth II, who owned over 30 during her reign. De...
Australian Shepherd
Despite the name, the breed was developed in the western United States, not Aust...
Shetland Sheepdog
A small herding dog from the Shetland Islands of Scotland, where it herded sheep...
Collie (Rough)
A herding dog from the Scottish Highlands made fashionable when Queen Victoria k...
Old English Sheepdog
A shaggy drover dog developed in western England to drive cattle and sheep to ma...
Belgian Malinois
One of four Belgian shepherd varieties, named after the city of Malines. Its int...
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
The older of the two corgi breeds, brought to Cardiganshire in Wales by Celtic p...
Australian Cattle Dog
Developed in nineteenth-century Australia by crossing herding dogs with dingoes ...
Puli
A Hungarian sheepdog famous for its dense corded coat, which looks like dreadloc...
Bearded Collie
A shaggy herding dog of the Scottish Highlands, bred to work sheep and cattle in...