Working Breeds
23 breeds in the Working group.
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...