The Finnish Spitz (also known as Suomenpystykorva) was declared the national dog of Finland in 1...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

The German Shepherd Dog is probably the most recognisable dog breed in the world - which is quit...

• Type:
• Herding Breed
• Pure Breed

The Greenland Dog is a primitive Arctic breed originating along the coastal areas of Northern Si...

• Type:
• Nordic Breed
• Pure Breed

The Griffon Bruxellois (also known as the Brussels Griffon or the Griffon Belge) originated, as ...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Hovawart is descended from a very old German working breed of a type found throughout middle...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Hungarian Kuvasz is an ancient breed, that actually originates from Turkey. The breed first ...

• Type:
• Flock Guardian
• Pure Breed

The exact origin of this ancient breed is lost in time but the Irish Wolfhound is believed to be...

• Type:
• Sight Hound
• Pure Breed

Note: The Kennel Club and the Federation Cynologique Internationale have recognized differences ...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

The Japanese Chin (also known as the Japanese Spaniel) is an old breed which has existed for at ...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Japanese Shiba Inu is the smallest of the Spitz-type dogs of Japan. Spitz dogs evolved in th...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

It is believed that the original progenitors of the breed which came to be known as the King Cha...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Korean Jindo is a very ancient breed which, until recently, was found only in its place of o...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The development of the Leonberger is credited to Heinrich Essig, a citizen of Leonberg, Germany ...

• Type:
• Molosser
• Pure Breed

The Mexican Hairless is one of the most ancient and rare breeds and its history of development i...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Norwegian Elkhound is descended from the ancient Spitz family of dogs which evolved thousand...

• Type:
• Spitz Breed
• Pure Breed

The Otterhound originated in Great Britain, its purpose being to control the number of otters wh...

• Type:
• Scent Hound
• Pure Breed

The Papillon (also known as the Continental Toy Spaniel) probably evolved in Spain and Italy, it...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Portuguese Podengo is the national dog of Portugal and a very old breed. It is supposed that...

• Type:
• Scent Hound
• Sight Hound
• Pure Breed

The Pyrenean Mastiff is believed to be descended from dogs brought from Sumeria and Assyria to S...

• Type:
• Flock Guardian
• Pure Breed

It is suggested that the Saluki (also known as the Gazelle Hound or Persian Greyhound) may have ...

• Type:
• Sight Hound
• Pure Breed

German in origin, the Schnauzer’s ancestors date back to the Middle Ages and dogs bearing a stro...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

A relative newcomer to the Western world the Shar Pei, (which translates as ‘sand-skin' in refer...

• Type:
• Pure Breed

The Siberian Husky belongs to the ancient family of Arctic sled dogs. He originated in the extre...

• Type:
• Nordic Breed
• Pure Breed

The Tibetan Mastiff is an ancient breed dating back at least 3,000 years and is one of the proge...

• Type:
• Molosser
• Pure Breed

The Tibetan Spaniel originated in the Himalayan mountains of Tibet. The exact ancestry is somewh...

• Type:
• Pure Breed