Dog breeds of the AKC: Working Group
The American Kennel Club (AKC) which has acted as the United States purebred dog register since 1884 and currently (2019) recognises 193 breeds of dog, and like its other international counterparts has assigned each of its recognised breeds to a group. Currently, they use seven groups and those included in the Working dogs one are listed below.
Working Breeds
Working dogs are those breeds which have, down the centuries, been selectively bred to be utilised as either Guard dogs or Search & Rescue dogs. The working group consists of some of the most specialised breeds of dogs in the world, which have made them invaluable to human endeavour. Though highly intelligent, the size and strength of many breeds, mean they may not make the best pets for some people or families. Dog breeds in the Working Group are listed below:
Some of the working dogs are rather large as this picture of a Giant schnauzer with a miniature Pony shows.
Image: Grigorita Ko/Shutterstock.com
Breeds Recognised by the AKC
- Akita
- Alaskan Malamute
- Anatolian Shepherd Dog
- Bernese Mountain Dog
- Black Russian Terrier
- Boerboel
- Boxer
- Bullmastiff
- Cane Corso
- Chinook
- Doberman Pinscher
- Dogue de Bordeaux
- German Pinscher
- Giant Schnauzer
- Great Dane
- Great Pyrenees
- Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
- Komondor
- Kuvasz
- Leonberger
- Mastiff
- Neapolitan Mastiff
- Newfoundland
- Portuguese Water Dog
- Rottweiler
- Samoyed
- Siberian Husky
- Standard Schnauzer
- Tibetan Mastiff
- St. Bernard
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