Every dog breed has its own special talents and unique gifts. In fact, the American Kennel Club categorizes all dogs into one of seven dog breed groups. The groups are based off of the activities that these dogs are intentionally bred for, like sporting or retrieving.
The seven dog breed groups are…
- The Hound Group
- The Sporting Group
- The Working Group
- The Terrier Group
- The Toy Group
- The Non-Sporting Group
- The Herding Group
The group we are going to focus on today is the sporting group of dogs. But before we dive into the details of the sporting dog breeds, here are all seven dog breed categories, as well as the dogs that fall into these categories.
The Hound Group
- Afghan Hounds
- American Foxhounds
- Basenjis
- Basset Hounds
- Beagles
- Black and Tan Coonhounds
- Bloodhounds
- Borzois
- Longhaired Dachshunds
- Smooth Dachshunds
- Wirehaired Dachshunds
- English Foxhounds
- Greyhounds
- Harriers
- Ibizan Hounds
- Irish Wolfhounds
- Norwegian Elkhounds
- Otterhounds
- Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens
- Pharaoh Hounds
- Plotts
- Rhodesian Ridgebacks
- Salukis
- Scottish Deerhounds
- Whippets
The Sporting Group
- American Water Spaniels
- Brittanies
- Chesapeake Bay Retrievers
- Clumber Spaniels
- Cocker Spaniels
- Curly Coated Retrievers
- English Cocker Spaniels
- English Setters
- English Springer Spaniels
- Field Spaniels
- Flat Coated Retrievers
- German Shorthaired Pointers
- German Wirehaired Pointers
- Golden Retrievers
- Gordon Setters
- Irish Setters
- Irish Water Spaniels
- Labrador Retrievers
- Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers
- Pointers
- Spinone Italianos
- Suxxex Spaniels
- Vizslas
- Weimaraners
- Welsh Springer Spaniels
- Wirehaired Pointing Griffons
The Working Group
- Akitas
- Alaskan Malamutes
- Anatolian Shepherd Dogs
- Bernese Mountain Dogs
- Black Russian Terriers
- Boxers
- Bullmastiffs
- Doberman Pinschers
- German Pinschers
- Giant Schnauzers
- Great Danes
- Great Pyrenees
- Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs
- Komondors
- Kuvasz Dogs
- Mastiffs
- Neapolitan Mastiffs
- Newfoundlands
- Portugeuse Water Dogs
- Rottweilers
- Saint Bernards
- Samoyeds
- Siberian Huskies
- Standard Schnauzers
