Sporting Breeds
13 breeds in the Sporting group.
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...