American Kennel Club Recognized Breeds (AKC)

The American Kennel Club (AKC) was founded in 1884 and is the largest purebred dog registry in the world. Below is a list of breeds they recognize.
 

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Affenpinscher

Afghan Hound

Airedale Terrier

Akita Inu

Alaskan Malamute

American Cocker Spaniel

American Eskimo Dog

American Foxhound

American Staffordshire Terrier

American Water Spaniel

Anatolian Shepherd Dog

Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Shepherd

Australian Terrier

 

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Basenji

Basset Hound

Beagle

Bearded Collie

Beauceron

Bedlington Terrier

Belgian Malinois

Belgian Sheepdog

Belgian Tervuren

Bernese Mountain Dog

Bichon Frise

Black and Tan Coonhound

Black Russian Terrier

Bloodhound

Border Collie

Border Terrier

Borzoi

Boston Terrier

Bouvier des Flanders

Boxer

Briard

Brittany

Brussels Griffon

Bull Terrier

Bulldog

Bullmastiff

 

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Cairn Terrier

Canaan Dog

Cane Corso

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

Chihuahua

Chinese Crested (hairless)

Chinese Shar-Pei

Chow Chow

Clumber Spaniel

Cocker Spaniel

Collie (Rough and Smooth)

Curly-Coated Retriever

 

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Dachshund

Dalmatian

Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Doberman Pinscher

Dogue de Bordeaux

 

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English Cocker Spaniel

English Foxhound

English Setter

English Springer Spaniel

English Toy Spaniel

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

 

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Field Spaniel

Finnish Spitz

Flat-Coated Retriever

French Bulldog

 

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German Pinscher

German Shepherd Dog

German Shorthaired Pointer

German Wirehaired Pointer

Giant Schnauzer

Glen of Imaal Terrier

Golden Retriever

Gordon Setter

Great Dane

Great Pyrenees

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Greyhound

 

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Harrier

Havanese

 

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Ibizan Hound

Irish Red and White Setter

Irish Setter

Irish Terrier

Irish Water Spaniel

Irish Wolfhound

Italian Greyhound

 

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Japanese Chin

 

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Keeshond

Kerry Blue Terrier

Komondor

Kuvasz

 

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Labrador Retriever

Lakeland Terrier

Lhasa Apso

Löwchen

 

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Maltese

Manchester Terrier

Mastiff

Miniature Bull Terrier

Miniature Pinscher

Miniature Schnauzer

 

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Neapolitan Mastiff

Newfoundland

Norfolk Terrier

Norwegian Buhund

Norwegian Elkhound

Norwegian Lundehund

Norwich Terrier

Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever

 

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Old English Sheepdog

Otterhound

 

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Papillon

Parson Russell Terrier

Pekingese

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen

Pharaoh Hound

Plott

Pointer

Polish Lowland Sheepdog

Pomeranian

Poodle

Portuguese Water Dog

Pug

Puli

Pyrenean Shepherd

 

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Redbone Coonhound

Rhodesian Ridgeback

Rottweiler

 

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Saint Bernard

Saluki

Samoyed

Schipperke

Scottish Deerhound

Scottish Terrier

Sealyham Terrier

Shetland Sheepdog

Shiba Inu

Shih-Tzu

Siberian Husky

Silky Terrier

Skye Terrier

Smooth Fox Terrier

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Spinone Italiano

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Standard Schnauzer

Sussex Spaniel

Swedish Vallhund

 

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Tibetan Mastiff

Tibetan Spaniel

Tibetan Terrier

Toy Fox Terrier

 

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Vizsla

 

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Weimaraner

Welsh Springer Spaniel

Welsh Terrier

West Highland White Terrier

Whippet

Wirehaired Fox Terrier

Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

 

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Xoloitzcuintli

Yorkshire Terrier

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