Groups at All Breed Dog Shows, Seven
and a listing of most of the breeds in each group.
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If you see a dog in the group ring that means they have already won Best Of Breed that day. |
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Working Group Include The Giant Schnauzer, Akita, Alaskan Malamute Bernese Mountain Dog, Boxer, Bullmatsiff, Doberman, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Mastiff, Newfoundland, Portuguese Water Dog, Rottweiler, Samoyed, Siberian Husky, St. Bernard. These are dogs that were bred for duties such as search and rescue work, pulling of carts, guarding property. |
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Terrier Group Include The Airedale, American Staffordshire, Australian, Bedlington, Border, Bull, Cairn, Dandie Dinmont, Fox, Irish, Kerry Blue, Lakeland, Miniature Bull, Miniature Schnauzer, Norfolk, Norwich, Scottish, Sealyham, Skye, Soft Coated Wheaten, Staffordshire Bull, Welsh, and West Highland Terriers. These Are Dogs That Were Bred Originally To Rid The Area Of Vermin As In Rats |
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Sporting Group Include The Brittany, Pointers, Visla, Weimaraners. Retrievers: Chesapeake Bay, Curly Coated, Flat Coated, Golden, Labrador, Setters: English, Gordon, Irish, Spaniels: American Water, Clumber, Cocker, English Cocker, English Springer, Field, Irish Water, Welsh Springer. These Are Dogs That Were Bred To Hunt Game Birds Both On Land And Water |
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Herding Group Australian Cattle Dogs, Australian Shepherds, Bearded Collies, Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdogs, Belgian Tervuren, Border Collies, Bouvier Des Flandres, Briards, Canaan Dogs, Collies(Smooth And Rough), German Shepherds, Old English Sheepdogs, Shetland Sheepdogs, Welsh Corgis (Cardigan And Pembroke), These are dogs that were bred to help the shepherds and ranchers tend to their herd and livestock. |
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Hound Group Include The Afghan Hounds, Basenjis, Basset Hounds, Beagles , Black And Tan Coon Hounds, Bloodhounds, Borzois, Dachshunds, Greyhounds, Harriers, Irish Wolf Hounds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Otterhounds, Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds, Whippets. These dogs were bred for hunting by sight and by scent. |
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Non-Sporting Group American Eskimo Dogs, Bichons Frises, Boston Terriers, Bulldogs, Chinese Shar-Pei, Chow Chows, Dalmatians, French Bulldogs, Keeshonden, Lhasa Apsos, Poodle, Schipperkes, Shiba Inu, Tibetan Spaniels, Tibetan Terriers. These dogs are varied and don't fit into one group totally thus have their own group. |
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Toy Group Affenpinschers, Brussels Griffons, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Chihuahuas (Long And Short Coated), Chinese Crested, English Toy Spaniels, Italian Greyhounds, Japanese Chin, Maltese, Manchester Terriers, Miniature Pinschers, Papillons, Miniature Poodles, Standard Poodles, Pugs, Shih Tzu, Silky Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers. These are bred to be total companion dogs, lap pets. |
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Winner from each group winning a group 1 placement goes on to compete for best in show! Dogs that win Group 2 3 and 4 they receive points for these placements |
