Dog Breed List

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Dog Breed List

• Affenpinscher – The Affenpinscher is a wire haired terrier that is almost always black but can also be found in black and tan, gray, red or silver. As a terrier it was originally bred to be a ratter when it originated in central Europe. The average size of this monkey faced dog is 9 – 11” tall and the average weight is around 8lbs.
• Afghan Hound – The Afghan Hound originated in Afghanistan and is most well known for its long silky coat. Afghans are no particular color and make excellent sight hounds. The average Afghan stands at 26” tall and weighs in at 55lbs.
• Airedale Terrier – The Airedale Terrier is known as being the largest terrier and has a thick and curly coat which is always tan, black and tan or grizzle in color. The Airedale terrier generally stands at 23” tall and weighs around 55lbs.
• Akita – The Akita is known as a hardy Japanese hunting dog and is generally known for its bushy tail which curves up over the dogs back. The Akita comes in a variety of colors including pinto, brindle or simply white. The Akita generally stands at 26” tall and weighs anywhere between 75 to 125lbs.
• Alaskan Malamute – The Alaskan Malamute is most often referred to as a “sled dog” due to their strength and their ability to endure cold temperatures. The Malamute has a tail which curves up over the back and its coat ranges in color but is usually light gray to black or red or sable. Malamutes generally stand around 25” tall and weigh between 75 – 85lbs.
• American English Coonhound – The American English Coonhound is something of a rare breed and is known most for its speed and muscular body. The American English Coonhound is generally consistent in coloring to other hound breeds with ticking or tri-coloring. This dog generally stands at 25” and weighs around 60lbs.
• American Eskimo Dog – The American Eskimo is a Nordic dog with a solid white coat and triangle shaped ears. The American Eskimo carries its tail over its body and generally stands around 19” tall and weighs around 30lbs. There is also a toy and miniature version of this dog.
• American Foxhound – Native to America the American Foxhound is a fox hunting dog that carries traditional hound markings and a long pointed tail. The American Foxhound stands at around 23” tall and generally weighs around 70lbs.
• American Staffordshire Terrier – Also known as “Staffy’s” these dogs are extremely strong and intelligent. Staffy’s can be solid, patched or parti-colored as far as their coats and they stand at an average of 18” tall. Staffy’s are known for their short and squat stature and weight on average 63lbs.
• American Water Spaniel – This is a particularly rare dog and it is generally bred for retrieving much like other water dogs. American Water Spaniels are covered in small curls and are generally brown or liver in coloring. These dogs stand at an average of 16” tall and weigh around 35lbs.
• Anatolian Shepherd Dog – Known for its ability to protect livestock the Anatolian Shepherd can be a stubborn but independent dog. Anatolians are generally any color pattern including brindle and fawn marking. Anatolians stand around 28” tall and weigh between 80 – 120lbs.
• Australian Cattle Dog – Known for their cattle herding talent the Australian Cattle Dog is strong and agile as well as intelligent. Aussies are generally blue or red and can carry black, tan or blue markings on their coat. The Aussie usually stands at around 18” tall and weighs around 30lbs.
• Australian Shepherd – Known for their herding talent the Australian Shepherd has a longer wavy coat which is generally black, blue merle, red merle and red with white markings. The Australian Shepherd is energetic and stands on average at 20” tall and weighs around 60lbs.
• Australian Terrier – The Australian Terrier has a blue and tan, red or sandy colored coat and is a versatile dog. The Australian Terrier generally stands at 10” tall and weighs around 11lbs.
• Basenji – The Basenji is well known for its curly tail and its lack of a bark. The Basenji can be chestnut red, pure black or brindle in coloring with white feet, chest and tail tip. The Basenji generally stands at 16” tall and weighs around 22lbs.
• Basset Hound – The Basset Hound is most known for its droopy eyes and long pendulous ears. This scent hound can be any hound coloring and generally stands at 14” tall and weighs around 60lbs.
• Beagle – The beagle is reminiscent of the Foxhound, however, it is much smaller. The Beagle is known for its hunting skills and its tricolor marking but beagles can also come in other hound colorings as well. The Beagle generally stands at 15” tall and weighs around 23lbs.
• Bearded Collie – This dog is most well known for its long shaggy coat and its herding ability. The bearded collie is usually fawn, black, blue or brown in coloring and can have white markings. Coat coloring may change as the puppy ages. Bearded collies usually stand at 21” tall and weigh around 50lbs.
• Bedlington Terrier – The Bedlington is known most for its soft curly coat which is often clipped with balls of fur on the ends of the long ears. Bedlingtons are generally bluish gray, liver or sandy colored and stand around 16” tall and weigh around 20lbs.
• Belgian Malinois – The Malinois is known for its herding ability and is often trained to work with law enforcement. The Malinois are generally mahogany or fawn in color and have black masks and ears. The Malinois generally stands around 26” tall and weighs around 65lbs.
• Belgian Sheepdog – The Belgian Sheepdog is known for its herding ability and is generally found in all black or black with white markings. This dog usually stands at 24” tall and weighs around 60lbs.
• Belgian Tervuren – The Belgian Tervuren is known for having a shaggy coat which always has a black overlay over a russet or fawn colored base coat. The Tervuren measures in at around 25” tall and weighs around 70lbs.
• Bernese Mountain Dog – This dog is most well known for being a Swiss mountain dog with a long coat with tri-colored markings. The Bernese Mountain Dog generally stands at 26” tall and weighs in between 85 – 110lbs.
• Bichon Frise – This dog carried its tail up over its back and is always white in color but can have apricot, cream or buff coloring. The Bichon generally stands around 10” tall and weighs around 10lbs.
• Bloodhound – Known for its fantastic sense of smell the bloodhound can be black and tan, liver and tan and red in color. The bloodhound generally stands at 26” tall and weighs around 100lbs.
• Border Collie – Known for its herding ability the border collie is generally bi-color, tri-color, merle, sable or solid in coloring but is most often known for its black and white coloring. The Border Collie generally stands at 20” tall and weighs around 40lbs.
• Boston Terrier – Known for its flat face and propensity to snort the Boston Terrier is black, brindle or seal with white marking. The Boston terrier generally stands around 16” tall and weighs around 20lbs.
• Boxer – The Boxer is a German dog that is generally fawn or brindle in coloring and is known for having a mask marking over its face. The Boxer generally stands at 23” tall and weighs around 70lbs.
• Bull Terrier – Best known for Spuds Mackenzie the Bull Terrier is a strong and muscular dog that us generally all white but can also be colored. The Bull Terrier generally stands around 21” tall and weighs 60lbs.
• Bulldog – Known for their squashed faces Bulldogs can be fawn, white, red, fallow, piebald or brindle in coloring. The Bulldog generally stands at 15” tall and weighs around 45lbs.
• Bullmastiff – Known for their sheer size the Bullmastiff can be fawn, brindle or red in coloring. The Bullmastiff generally stands around 36” tall and can weigh between 100 – 130lbs.
• Cairn Terrier – Known for appearing as Toto in the Wizard Of Oz the Cairn Terrier may be any color except for white. This energetic dog stands at 10” tall and weighs around 14lbs.
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel – This dog is known for its silky coat that can be black and tan, ruby, tricolored or Blenheim as well as its long pendulous ears. The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is generally 12” tall and weighs 15lbs.
• Chesapeake Bay Retriever – Well known for their webbed feet the “Chessy” has a wavy coat that is deadgrass, sedge or brown in color. A Chessy is also known for having amber eyes and for standing as tall as 26” and weighing up to 80lbs.
• Chihuahua – This small breed is generally any color and can be solid, splashed or marked and their hair can be long or short. These tiny dogs stand an average of 8” and shouldn’t be heavier than 6lbs.
• Chinese Crested – Known for their naked bodies and crested fallings of hair the Chinese Crested can have a variety of colors and its skin is smooth. This dog usually stands around 12” tall and weighs around 10lbs.
• Chinese Shar-Pei – Known for its wrinkled skin the Shar-Pei has a tail that curls up over their back. The Shar-Pei can be any solid color and usually stands around 19” and weighs around 50lbs.
• Chow Chow – Known for its blue colored tongue the Chow Chow resembles a lion with its fluffy red, black, cinnamon, blue and cream colored coat. The Chow Chow generally stands at 18” tall and weighs around 60lbs.
• Cocker Spaniel – Known for their long ears and silky coats the Cocker Spaniel is generally around 14” tall and weighs around 25lbs.
• Collie – Most often known as the dog from Lassie the Collie can be sable and white, blue merle, tri-color and white. Collies generally stand at 25” tall and weigh 65lbs tall.
• Dachshund – Known as “wiener dogs” the Dachshund can have a smooth, wiry or long coat that can be a variety of colors. Dachshunds come in standard, toy and miniature breeds and size and height vary depending on the breed.
• Dalmatian – Known for their spots Dalmatians are short coated and have a white base with either liver or black spots. Dalmatians generally stand at 22” tall and weigh 55lbs.
• Doberman Pinscher – Better known as Dobie’s these dogs are black, red, blue or fawn in color. These dogs are fiercely loyal and generally stand at 26” tall and weigh 75lbs.
• Flat-Coated Retriever – Resembling the Labrador Retriever the Flat-Coated Retriever has a long coat and is equally skilled in the water. The Flat-Coated Retriever can be black or liver colored and generally it stands at 23” tall and weighs around 65lbs.
• French Bulldog – The French Bulldog generally has a brindle, fawn, white or brindle and white coat and is known mostly for its large sonar like ears. French bulldogs stand around 12” and weigh around 22lbs.
• German Shepherd Dog – Also known as the Alsatian the German Shepherd is mostly black and tan but may be other colors as well. The German Shepherd generally stands at 25” tall and weighs around 80lbs.
• German Shorthaired Pointer – This dog is always solid liver in coloring or else liver and white. The German Shorthaired Pointer stands on average 24” tall and weighs 65lbs.
• Giant Schnauzer – This dog has a wiry water resistant coat and is always solid black or salt and pepper in coloring. The Giant Schnauzer generally stands at 26” tall and weighs around 75lbs.
• Golden Retriever – The Golden Retriever can be light or dark golden in color and have a silky long coat. Golden retrievers stand on average 21” tall and weigh 75lbs.
• Great Dane – The Great Dane is known for being one of the tallest breeds of dog and can be brindle, black, blue, mantle, fawn, and harlequin in color. The Great Dane stands on average 32” tall and can weigh anywhere from 100 –150lbs.
• Great Pyrenees – Known for its large size this dog always has a white coat that can contain various markings. The Great Pyrenees stands on average 30” tall and can weigh up to 100lbs.
• Greyhound – Known for their racing ability Greyhounds are almost any color and often carry markings on their coat. On average a greyhound stands 28” tall and weighs 60lbs.
• Irish Setter – Known for its silky red coat the Irish Setter can also be red and white in color. The Irish Setter stands on average 25” tall and weighs 65lbs.
• Irish Wolfhound – Known for being the world’s tallest dog the Irish Wolfhound has a wiry coat that is gray, brindle, red, black, white and fawn. This dog generally stands at 32” tall and weighs up to 150lbs.
• Labrador Retriever – Known for being fiercely loyal Labradors can be chocolate, yellow or black in color. Labradors stand on average 23” and weigh 75lbs.
• Lhasa Apso – Known for their long silky coat the Lhasa Apso comes in a variety of colors. The Lhasa generally stands at 11” tall and weighs 16lbs.
• Maltese – Known for their silky white coats Maltese dogs generally stand at 10” and can weigh up to 9lbs.
• Mastiff – Known as one of the biggest breeds of dog the Mastiff can be fawn, apricot or brindle in coloring. The Mastiff stands at an average of 28” tall and weighs up to 160lbs.
• Miniature Pinscher – Known also as the “Min Pin” this small dog can be chocolate with tan, black with rust, red, or stag red in color. The Min Pin stands on average 11” tall and weighs around 9lbs.
• Newfoundland – Also known as the “Newfie” this dog is known for his swimming ability and strength. The Newfie can be black, black and white, grey, or brown and stands at an average of 27” tall and weighs up to 150lbs.
• Old English Sheepdog – Known for his long shaggy coat the Old English Sheepdog can be any combination of gray, grizzle, blue or blue merle in color. The Old English Sheepdog generally stands at 21” tall and weighs between 60 – 100lbs.
• Otterhound – Known for his webbed feet and wiry coat the Otterhound may have any color coat. The Otterhound stands at an average of 27” tall and can weigh up to 115lbs.
• Papillon – Known for its elegant soft coat and fluffy tail which comes up over the dogs back the Papillon must be parti-color or white with colored patches. The Papillon stands on average 10” tall and weighs an average of 9lbs.
• Pekingese – Known for their tails that flow up over their back ends the Pekingese has a coat of any color and a snub nose. The Pekingese stands on average 8” tall and weigh 9lbs.
• Pembroke Welsh Corgi – Known as the Queen of England’s favorite dog the Pembroke Welsh Corgi can be red, sable, black and tan or fawn on coloring. The Corgi stands on average 11” tall and weighs 25lbs.
• Pharaoh Hound – Known for their Egyptian heritage the Pharaoh Hound has large ears and are generally tan, chestnut or golden red in color. Pharaoh hounds are also the only dog known to blush and they stand on average 24” tall and weigh 50lbs.
• Pointer – The Pointer has a liver, lemon, orange and black shade coat. The Pointer stands on average 26” tall and weighs up to 75lbs.
• Pomeranian – This dog is known for resembling a fox and having a thick fluffy coat that is a variety of colors, however, the most recognized is an orange red color. The Pomeranian stands on average 10” tall and weighs 6lbs.
• Poodle – Known for their incredible intelligence Poodles can be a variety of solid coat colors including gray, apricot and black. Poodles can be standard or miniature standing at 15” and 12” respectively. Poodles’ weight varies by their size.
• Portuguese Water Dog – Known for their curly coat and ability to swim this dog can be black, brown, or white in color or a combination of these colors. The Portuguese Water Dog stands on average 20” tall and weighs 50lbs.
• Pug – Known for their flat faces and their curled tails Pugs can be fawn, black, apricot fawn or silver fawn in color. Pugs stand on average 14” tall and weigh 16lbs.
• Redbone Coonhound – Known for its ability to hunt and swim the Redbone Coonhound is generally a solid red color. The Redbone Coonhound stands on average at 26” tall and weighs 65lbs.
• Rhodesian Ridgeback – Known for the trademark ridge running down their backs the Rhodesian Ridgeback can be light to red wheaten in color. The Ridgeback stands on average 26” tall and weighs around 80lbs.
• Rottweiler – Known for their black coats with rust or mahogany colored markings these strong powerful dogs are intelligent and willing to work. Rottweilers’s stand on average 26” tall and weigh up to 130lbs.
• Saint Bernard – Known for being hardy rescue dogs Saint Bernard’s stand around 26” tall and weigh anywhere from 110lbs to 200lbs.
• Scottish Deerhound – Known as one of the oldest breeds of dog the Scottish Deerhound can be blue gray, brindle, gray or black and is wiry to the touch. The Deerhound stands on average 30” tall and weighs 100lbs.
• Scottish Terrier – Otherwise known as a Scottie this wirehaired dog can be black, brindle or wheaten in color. The Scottie stands on average 10” tall and weighs around 20lbs.
• Shetland Sheepdog – Otherwise known as the Sheltie this dog is well known for its soft and silky coat which can be black, blue merle or sable. Shelties stand on average at 15” tall and weigh 25lbs.
• Shiba Inu – Known for their curling tails that come up over their bodies the Shiba Inu can be red sesame, black and tan or red in color. The Shiba Inu generally stands at 15” tall and weighs 20lbs.
• Shih Tzu – Known for their long flowing coat the Shih Tzu can be any color and has a long flying tail that comes up over their back end. The Shih Tzu stands on average 10” tall and weighs around 15lbs.
• Siberian Husky – Known for being sled dogs the Siberian Husky are a hardy breed with thick coats that can be any variation of black through to white, Huskies also have a variety of masking patterns. Siberian Huskies stand on average 21” tall and weigh 55lbs.
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier – Known for their sheer strength the Staffordshire Bull Terrier originated in Staffordshire, England. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier can be solid red, fawn, white, blue, black or brindle in color and generally stand around 15” tall and weigh around 30lbs.
• Standard Schnauzer – This dog is known for looking as though it has a beard and has a wiry coat that must be either black or salt and pepper in color. The Standard Schnauzer generally stands at 18” tall and weighs 35lbs.
• Vagabundo - This is small breed, a mix of Chihuahua and Fox Terrier. The coat is short and tri-color, black white and tan.This breed has perky ears and soft brown eyes. The weight is around 10 pounds at maturity. Commonly found in South and Central America and recently in Florida USA. A sweet tempered dog that gets along with other dogs and is loyal to his owner. A great dog for families.
• Vizsla – Known for its smooth rust colored coat the Vizsla stands at an average of 23” tall and weighs around 50lbs.
• Weimaraner – Known for their silver coat the Weimaraner usually has a docked tail and on average stands at 34” tall and weighs up to 70bs.
• West Highland White Terrier – Known to most as Westies this terrier has an all white coat. On average the Westie stands at 10” tall and weighs around 20lbs.
• Whippet – Known for their amazing ability to run, the Whippet can be a variety of colors and are always slender in build. The Whippet stands on average at 20” tall and weighs 40lbs.
• Wirehaired Fox Terrier – Known for its wiry coat and square jaw the Wire Haired Fox Terrier is always mostly white in color and has black or tan markings. The Wire Haired Fox Terrier stands on average 15: tall and weighs 18lbs.
• Yorkshire Terrier – Better known as the Yorkie this popular breed has a long silky coat that must be blue and tan in color. The Yorkie stands on average at 7” tall and weighs 7lbs.

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