Working Group is the name of a breed Group of dogs, used by kennel clubs to classify a defined collection of dog breeds. Most major English-language kennel clubs include a Working Group, although different kennel clubs may not include the same breeds in their Working Group. Working Group does not define one particular type of dog. It is not a scientific classification. Working Group is not a term used by the international kennel club association, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, which more finely divides its breed groupings by dog type and breed history.

Contents 1 Working dogs 2 Working Group breeds 3 Photographs 4 Fédération Cynologique Internationale working groups 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Working dogs

There are as many types of work for dogs as there are types of dogs. Lapdogs may work as therapy dogs, herding dogs may work livestock, and guard dogs may work at defense of people or property. Most dogs today are kept as pets rather than for any particular work. Modern purebred breeds developed from large guardian, herding and Spitz type dogs are usually quick to learn, and these intelligent, capable animals make solid companions. Their considerable dimensions and strength alone, however, make many working dogs unsuitable as pets for average families. By virtue of their size alone, these dogs must be properly trained.

[edit] Working Group breeds

In general, kennel clubs assign larger breeds that are engaged in some sort of physically active work to their Working Group. In areas of the world where livestock production is economically important, pastoral dogs are placed in the Working Group. In the rest of the world, such dogs are placed in a Herding Group or Pastoral Group, and dogs that were traditionally bred for guarding, rescue, police or messenger work, as well as large Spitz type dogs, are placed in the Working Group. These breeds may also be placed in a kennel club's Utility Group.

Working Group breeds as defined by major kennel clubs^[1]

The Kennel Club (UK) Working Group	Canadian Kennel Club Working Dogs Group	American Kennel Club Working Group	Australian National Kennel Council Working Dogs Group	New Zealand Kennel Club Working Group
Alaskan Malamute	Akita	Akita	Australian Cattle Dog	Australian Cattle Dog
Beauceron	Alaskan Malamute	Alaskan Malamute	Australian Kelpie	Australian Kelpie
Bernese Mountain Dog	Bernese Mountain Dog	Anatolian Shepherd Dog	Australian Shepherd	Australian Shepherd
Bouvier Des Flandres	Boxer	Boxer	Bearded Collie	Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Boxer	Bullmastiff	Bernese Mountain Dog	Belgian Shepherd (Groenendael)	Bearded Collie
Bullmastiff	Canaan Dog	Black Russian Terrier	Belgian Shepherd (Laekinois)	Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael, Tervuren, Laekenois, Malinois)
Canadian Eskimo Dog	Canadian Eskimo Dog	Boxer	Belgian Shepherd (Malinois)	Bergamasco Shepherd Dog
Dobermann	Cane Corso	Bullmastiff	Belgian Shepherd (Tervueren)	Border Collie
Dogue De Bordeaux	Doberman Pinscher	Doberman Pinscher	Bergamasco Shepherd Dog	Bouvier Des Flandres
Entlebucher Mountain Dog	Entlebucher Mountain Dog	Dogue de Bordeaux	Border Collie	Briard
German Pinscher	Eurasier	German Pinscher	Bouvier Des Flandres	Collie (Rough)
Giant Schnauzer	Great Dane	Giant Schnauzer	Briard	Collie (Smooth)
Great Dane	Great Pyrenees	Great Dane	Collie (Rough)	Finnish Lapphund
Greenland Dog	Greenland Dog	Great Pyrenees	Collie (Smooth)	German Shepherd Dog
Hovawart	Karelian Bear Dog	Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	Finnish Lapphund	Komondor
Leonberger	Komondor	Komondor	German Shepherd Dog	Kuvasz
Mastiff	Kuvasz	Kuvasz	Hungarian Puli	Maremma Sheepdog
Neapolitan Mastiff	Leonberger	Mastiff	Komondor	Norwegian Buhund
Newfoundland	Mastiff	Neapolitan Mastiff	Kuvasz	Old English Sheepdog
Portuguese Water Dog	Newfoundland	Newfoundland	Maremma Sheepdog	Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Pyrenean Mastiff	Portuguese Water Dog	Portuguese Water Dog	Norwegian Buhund	Puli
Rottweiler	Rottweiler	Rottweiler	Old English Sheepdog	Pumi
Russian Black Terrier	Samoyed	Russian Black Terrier	Polish Lowland Sheepdog	Shetland Sheepdog
St. Bernard	Schnauzer (Giant)	Saint Bernard	Pumi
Siberian Husky	Schnauzer (Standard)	Samoyed	Shetland Sheepdog	Swedish Lapphund
Tibetan Mastiff	Siberian Husky	Siberian Husky	Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog	Swedish Vallhund
	St. Bernard	Standard Schnauzer	Swedish Lapphund	Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
		Tibetan Mastiff	Swedish Vallhund	Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
			Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
			Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)

[edit] Photographs

Akita	Alaskan Malamute	Anatolian Shepherd Dog	Australian Cattle Dog (red)
Beauceron	Bernese Mountain Dog	Black Russian Terrier	Border Collie working
Bouvier des Flandres	Boxer	Bullmastiff	Canadian Eskimo Dog
Central Asian Shepherd Dog	Dogue De Bordeaux	Entlebucher Mountain Dog	German Pinscher
Giant Schnauzer	Great Dane	Greenland Dog	Pyrenean Mountain Dog (Great Pyrenees)
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	Hovawart	Italian Corso Dog	Komondor
Kuvasz	Leonberger	Maremma Sheepdog	English Mastiff (Mastiff)
Miniature Schnauzer	Neapolitan Mastiff	Newfoundland	Portuguese Water Dog
Pyrenean Mastiff	Rottweiler	Russian Black Terrier	Saint Bernard
Samoyed	Swedish Lapphund	Shiba Inu	Siberian Husky
Standard Schnauzer	Tibetan Mastiff

[edit] Fédération Cynologique Internationale 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 various kennel clubs' Working Groups.

[edit] See also

• Breed Groups (dog)
• Working dog includes all types of working dogs
• Utility Group

[edit] References

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