Understanding Dog Breed Groups

[Micheal Jack]

Dog breed Groups are sets of dogs that meet specific criteria like, skill sets, personality, health issues, grooming and more. Dogs that belong to a certain group have some essential characteristics in common. Major kennel clubs like, the American Kennel Club (AKC) decides what breeds belong to a particular group. The AKC acknowledges more than 170 dog breeds, and other registries worldwide recognize several hundred other breeds.

Terrier Group

Dogs in the Terrier Group have unique everyone; dogs in this group are feisty and energetic. These folks were originally bred to hunt and kill vermin. Terriers may have little tolerance for other animals, including other dogs. They make engaging pets, and need owners that can match the dog's lively character.

Hound Breed Group

Hounds were originally bred to hunting dogs. There are two types of hounds, scent-hounds and sight-hounds. Scent-hounds have good scenting needed to hunt and follow their quarry. Sight-hounds have intense eyesight so can find chase down larger game.

Working Group

Originally Working Group dogs were bred to perform tasks like; guarding property, pulling sleds and performing water rescues and other tasks that require strength and endurance. Many working dogs do not make suitable pets for the average family because of their large size and willpower and the potential for injury that they present.

Toy Dog breed Group

Dogs with small size but strong everyone characterize the toy group. They make the ideal indoor dogs, even though many of them are loving bundles of energy. Toy dogs are very common with city dwellers and those without much normal space. The toys make idyllic apartment dogs and they are terrific lap warmers on nippy nights.

Sporting Group

Members of this Group include; pointers, retrievers, setters, and spaniels. These dogs are fit, good runners itsaboutdog, great swimmers, and excellent hunting companions. This can nature, sporting dogs need lots of exercise to keep them mentally and physically active. This group is very intelligent, mostly because they were bred to own skills needed to uncover animals.

Non-Sporting Group

The Non-Sporting group is not as well-defined as some of the other groups. Dogs in this group are usually medium-small and they include such well-known breeds as the Bulldog, Poodle and Keeshond. This group has sturdy animals with different everyone and appearances like the Chow-Chow, Dalmatian, and French Bulldog. Breeds in the Non-Sporting Group are a varied collection in terms of size, coat, personality and overall appearance.

Herding Dog breed Groups

The dogs that make up the Herding Group, created in 1983, were once members of the working group. All breeds in this group are able to control movement of animals (herding). Well known herding dogs include; Foreign Cattle Dogs, Foreign Shepherds, Belgian Malinois, and the Border Collie. In general, these intelligent dogs make excellent companions and respond beautifully to training exercises.

Why Are Dog breed Groups Important?

People usually choose a dog based on what they know about a specific dog breed. Unfortunately this is not the best way to choose a pet and many times it doesn't work out for the pet or owner. Knowing specific information about the dog breed groups will help you narrow-down the selection process.