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Dog Pictures of AKC Recognized Breeds

Following is a complete dog picture index to the American Kennel Club's current list of recognized dog breeds (see criteria for inclusion at the foot of the page).

Affenpinscher	Afghan Hound	Airedale Terrier	Akita
Alaskan Malamute	American English Coonhound**	American Eskimo Dog	American Foxhound
American Staffordshire Terrier	American Water Spaniel	Anatolian Shepherd Dog	Appenzeller Sennenhunde**
Argentine Dogo**	Australian Cattle Dog	Australian Shepherd	Australian Terrier
Azawakh**	Basenji	Basset Hound	Beagle
Bearded Collie	Beauceron*	Bedlington Terrier	Belgian Laekenois**
Belgian Malinois	Belgian Sheepdog	Belgian Tervuren	Bergamasco**
Bernese Mountain Dog	Bichon Frise	Black and Tan Coonhound**	Black Russian Terrier
Bloodhound	Bluetick Coonhound**	Bolognese**	Border Collie
Border Terrier	Borzoi	Boston Terrier	Bouvier des Flandres
Boxer	Boykin Spaniel**	Bracco Italiano**	Briard
Brittany	Brussels Griffon	Bull Terrier	Bulldog
Bullmastiff	Cairn Terrier	Canaan Dog	Cane Corso**
Cardigan Welsh Corgi	Catahoula Leopard Dog**	Caucasian Mountain Dog**	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Central Asian Shepherd**	Cesky Terrier**	Chesapeake Bay Retriever	Chihuahua
Chinese Crested	Chinese Shar-Pei	Chinook**	Chow Chow
Clumber Spaniel	Cocker Spaniel	Collie	Coton de Tulear**
Curly-Coated Retriever	Czechoslovakian Wolfdog**	Dachshund	Dalmatian
Dandie Dinmont Terrier	Doberman Pinscher	Dogue de Bordeaux*	English Cocker Spaniel
English Foxhound	English Setter	English Springer Spaniel	English Toy Spaniel
Entlebucher Mountain Dog**	Estrela Mountain Dog**	Field Spaniel	Finnish Lapphund**
Finnish Spitz	Flat-Coated Retriever	French Bulldog	German Pinscher
German Shepherd Dog	German Shorthaired Pointer	German Spitz**	German Wirehaired Pointer
Giant Schnauzer	Glen of Imaal Terrier	Golden Retriever	Gordon Setter
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen**	Great Dane	Great Pyrenees	Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Greyhound	Harrier	Havanese	Ibizan Hound
Icelandic Sheepdog**	Irish Red and White Setter**	Irish Setter	Irish Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel	Irish Wolfhound	Italian Greyhound	Japanese Chin
Kai Ken**	Karelian Bear Dog**	Keeshond	Kerry Blue Terrier
Komondor	Kooikerhondje**	Kuvasz	Labrador Retriever
Lagotto Romagnolo**	Lakeland Terrier	Lancashire Heeler**	Leonberger**
Lhasa Apso	Löwchen	Maltese	Manchester Terrier
Mastiff	Miniature Bull Terrier	Miniature Pinscher	Miniature Schnauzer
Mudi**	Neapolitan Mastiff	Newfoundland	Norfolk Terrier
Norwegian Buhund**	Norwegian Elkhound	Norwegian Lundehund**	Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Old English Sheepdog	Otterhound	Papillon
Parson Russell Terrier	Pekingese	Pembroke Welsh Corgi	Perro de Presa Canario**
Peruvian Inca Orchid**	Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen	Pharaoh Hound	Plott*
Pointer	Polish Lowland Sheepdog	Pomeranian	Poodle
Portuguese Podengo**	Portuguese Pointer**	Portuguese Water Dog	Pug
Puli	Pumi**	Pyrenean Shepherd**	Rafeiro do Alentejo**
Rat Terrier**	Redbone Coonhound*	Rhodesian Ridgeback	Rottweiler
Saint Bernard	Saluki	Samoyed	Schipperke
Scottish Deerhound	Scottish Terrier	Sealyham Terrier	Shetland Sheepdog
Shiba Inu	Shih-Tzu	Siberian Husky	Silky Terrier
Skye Terrier	Sloughi**	Smooth Fox Terrier	Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Spanish Water Dog**	Spinone Italiano	Stabyhoun**	Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Standard Schnauzer	Sussex Spaniel	Swedish Vallhund*	Thai Ridgeback**
Tibetan Mastiff*	Tibetan Spaniel	Tibetan Terrier	Tosa**
Toy Fox Terrier	Treeing Tennessee Brindle**	Treeing Walker Coonhound**	Vizsla
Weimaraner	Welsh Springer Spaniel	Welsh Terrier	West Highland White Terrier
Whippet	Wire Fox Terrier	Wirehaired Pointing Griffon	Xoloitzcuintli**
Yorkshire Terrier

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Breeds become officially registered with the AKC based on the following criteria:

Documentation that the breed has been breeding true for many generations, with accurate record-keeping.
Evidence that there is sufficient interest in the breed in the United States.
There is a national club in place that meets AKC requirements to act as the parent club for the breed.

* Indicates the breed belongs to the AKC's "Miscellaneous Class Breeds" list, awaiting eligibility to compete in a variety group at AKC shows.

** Indicates the breed belongs to the AKC's "Foundation Stock Service Breeds" list; the Foundation Stock Service is an optional record-keeping service for purebred breeds not currently registrable with the AKC.