Quais São Todos os Nomes de Raças de Cães?

É impossível listar *todas* as raças de cães, pois existem incontáveis raças e misturas, mas aqui estão as principais raças reconhecidas pelo American Kennel Club (AKC):

Grupo Sporting (Caça)

American Cocker Spaniel, American Foxhound, American Water Spaniel, Brittany, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Clumber Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel, Curly-Coated Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel, English Foxhound, English Springer Spaniel, Field Spaniel, German Shorthaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer, Golden Retriever, Irish Setter, Irish Water Spaniel, Labrador Retriever, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Pointer, Sussex Spaniel, Vizsla, Weimaraner, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon.

Grupo Hound (Farejadores)

Afghan Hound, Basset Hound, Beagle, Bloodhound, Borzoi, Dachshund, English Foxhound, Greyhound, Harrier, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound, Norwegian Elkhound, Otterhound, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Pharaoh Hound, Plott Hound, Redbone Coonhound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Whippet, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon.

Grupo Working (Trabalho)

Alaskan Malamute, Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Bernese Mountain Dog, Boxer, Doberman Pinscher, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Great Swiss Mountain Dog, Husky, Leonberger, Mastiff, Newfoundland, Pyrenean Mastiff, Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Samoyed, Siberian Husky, Standard Schnauzer.

Grupo Terrier

Airedale Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Australian Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Border Terrier, Bull Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Fox Terrier, Glen of Imaal Terrier, Irish Terrier, Jack Russell Terrier, Lakeland Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Miniature Schnauzer, Norfolk Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Rat Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Skye Terrier, Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Welsh Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Wire Fox Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier.

Grupo Toy

Affenpinscher, Chihuahua, Chinese Crested, English Toy Spaniel, Havanese, Italian Greyhound, Japanese Chin, Japanese Spitz, Maltese, Miniature Pinscher, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Pug, Shih Tzu, Silky Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier.

Grupo Non-Sporting

Bichon Frise, Boston Terrier, Bulldog, Bullmastiff, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Dalmatian, French Bulldog, Lhasa Apso, Poodle, Shiba Inu, Tibetan Spaniel.

Grupo Herding (Pastoreio)

Australian Shepherd, Bearded Collie, Beauceron, Border Collie, Briard, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Collie, English Shepherd, German Shepherd Dog, Old English Sheepdog, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Puli, Shetland Sheepdog.

AKC Foundation Stock Service (FSS): Reconhece raças ainda não aceitas no AKC mas ganhando popularidade. Lista muda com tempo.

Além do AKC: United Kennel Club (UKC), Federação Cinológica Internacional (FCI) e clubes específicos de raça reconhecem raças adicionais. Cães designer e misturas também existem.

Este é apenas ponto de partida — mundo de raças caninas é vasto e constantemente evoluindo.