Kennel Club dog breeds: Working Group

Kennel Club UK dog breeds: Working Group

The Kennel Club UK currently (2019) recognises 221 breeds of dog, which have been bred for different purposes. All dog breeds have been consigned to one of seven groups, according to factors such as size, shape, function and temperament. The seven dog groups recognised by the Kennel Club are; Toy, Utility, Gundog, Working, Pastoral, Terrier and Hound.

Working Dogs Group

Working dogs are those breeds which have, down the centuries, been selectively bred to be mostly utilised as either guard dogs or as search & rescue dogs. The working group consists of some of the most specialised breeds of dog in the world, which have made them invaluable to human endeavour. Dog breeds in the Working Group are:

1. Alaskan Malamute
2. Bernese Mountain Dog
3. Bouvier Des Flandres
4. Boxer
5. Bullmastiff
6. Canadian Eskimo Dog
7. Dobermann
8. Dogue de Bordeaux
9. Entlebucher Mountain Dog
10. German Pinscher
11. Giant Schnauzer
12. Great Dane
13. Great Swiss Mountain Dog
14. Greenland Dog
15. Hovawart
16. Leonberger
17. Mastiff
18. Neapolitan Mastiff
19. Newfoundland
20. Portuguese Water Dog
21. Pyrenean Mastiff
22. Rottweiler
23. Russian Black Terrier
24. Siberian Husky
25. St. Bernard
26. Tibetan Mastiff