Large Dogs
31 large breeds.
Labrador Retriever
The most popular dog breed in the United States for over 30 years. Originally br...
German Shepherd
Developed by Max von Stephanitz in 1899 from various herding breeds to create th...
Golden Retriever
Originally bred in the Scottish Highlands in the late 1800s by Lord Tweedmouth. ...
Rottweiler
Descended from Roman mastiffs used to herd cattle for the army. Named after the ...
Boxer
Developed in Germany in the late 1800s from the Bullenbeisser (now extinct). Nam...
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...
Dalmatian
One of the oldest breeds, depicted in Egyptian tombs 4,000 years ago. Famous as ...
Airedale Terrier
Called the King of Terriers because it is the largest of all the terrier breeds....
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 ...
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Developed in southern Africa by European settlers who crossed their dogs with th...
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...
Scottish Deerhound
A tall, rough-coated sighthound bred to hunt red deer in the Scottish Highlands....
German Shorthaired Pointer
A versatile hunting dog developed in nineteenth-century Germany to point, retrie...
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...
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...
Alaskan Malamute
One of the oldest Arctic sled dogs, bred by the Mahlemut people of western Alask...
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 ...
Dogue de Bordeaux
An ancient French mastiff with one of the largest heads in the dog world in prop...
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...