Working Group (dogs)

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The Working Group is a kennel club designation for purebred dog breeds descended from dogs bred to assist humans with certain types of work.

Dogs of the Working Group were bred to perform such jobs as guarding property, pulling sleds, and performing water rescues. They have been invaluable assets to man throughout the ages. Quick to learn, these intelligent, capable animals make solid companions. Their considerable dimensions and strength alone, however, make many working dogs unsuitable as pets for average families. And again, by virtue of their size alone, these dogs must be properly trained.

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[edit] Working Group breeds

The following breeds are included in the American Kennel Club (AKC) [1] or Great Britain's The Kennel Club (KC)[2] Working Groups, or the Australian National Kennel Council(ANKC)[3] Utility Group (see the following section for their use of "Working Dog" designation):

Akita
(AKC, ANKC)

Alaskan Malamute
(AKC,KC, ANKC)

Anatolian Shepherd Dog
(AKC, ANKC)

Beauceron
(KC)

Bernese Mountain Dog
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Black Russian Terrier
(AKC, ANKC)

Bouvier des Flandres
(KC)

Boxer
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Bullmastiff
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Canadian Eskimo Dog
(KC, ANKC)

Central Asian Shepherd Dog
(ANKC)

Doberman Pinscher
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Dogue De Bordeaux
(KC, ANKC)

Entlebucher Mountain Dog
(KC)

German Pinscher
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Giant Schnauzer
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Great Dane
(AKC, KC)

Greenland Dog
(KC)

Pyrenean Mountain Dog (Great Pyrenees)
(AKC, ANKC)

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
(AKC)

Hovawart
(KC)

Italian Corso Dog
(ANKC)

Kangal Dog
(ANKC)

Komondor
(AKC)

Kuvasz
(AKC)

Leonberger
(KC, ANKC)

English Mastiff (Mastiff)
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Miniature Schnauzer
(ANKC)

Neapolitan Mastiff
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Newfoundland
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Portuguese Water Dog
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Rottweiler
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Russian Black Terrier
(KC)

Saint Bernard
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Samoyed
(AKC, ANKC)

Shiba Inu
(ANKC)

Siberian Husky
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

Standard Schnauzer
(AKC, ANKC)

Tibetan Mastiff
(AKC, KC, ANKC)

[edit] Australian Working Dogs Group

The Australian National Kennel Council uses the "Working Dogs" group designation for dogs that are classified as herding dogs and similar breeds in other kennel clubs.

Australian Pig Doggers & Hunters Association: http://www.apdha.org.au/APDHA_Story1.htm

Bull Arab (pig) dogs: http://www.bullarab.com.au/

[edit] FCI working groups

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale does not include a group title "Working Group"; its groups # "Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs)", "Spitz and Primitive types", and "Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossoid Breeds - Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs and Other Breeds" groups include many of the breeds lumped together in the AKC Working Group.

[edit] See also

  • Working dog for a general description of all types of working dogs

[edit] References

  1. ^ American Kennel Club Working Group
  2. ^ The Kennel Club Working Group
  3. ^ ANKC breeds by group
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