Updated with the latest information on canine breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club, this lavishly illustrated volume is a treasure house of information for dog lovers, owners, breeders, and prospective buyers.

Table of Contents

• THE RIGHT DOG
• From the Dog Family to the Family Dog
• Are They Good with Children?
• How to Use the Breed Profiles
• PROFILES OF THE BREEDS
• The Sporting Group
• Brittany
• Pointer
• German Shorthaired Pointer
• German Wirehaired Pointer
• Chesapeake Bay Retriever
• Curly-Coated Retriever
• Flat-Coated Retriever
• Golden Retriever
• Labrador Retriever
• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
• English Setter
• Gordon Setter
• Irish Red and White Setter
• Irish Setter
• American Water Spaniel
• Boykin Spaniel
• Clumber Spaniel
• Cocker Spaniel
• English Cocker Spaniel
• English Springer Spaniel
• Field Spaniel
• Irish Water Spaniel
• Sussex Spaniel
• Welsh Springer Spaniel
• Spinone Italiano
• Vizsla
• Weimaraner
• Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
• Wirehaired Vizsla
• The Hound Group
• Afghan Hound
• American English Coonhound
• Basenji
• Basset Hound
• Beagle
• Black and Tan Coonhound
• Bloodhound
• Bluetick Coonhound
• Borzoi
• Cirneco dell'Etna
• Dachshund
• American Foxhound
• English Foxhound
• Greyhound
• Harrier
• Ibizan Hound
• Irish Wolfhound
• Norwegian Elkhound
• Otterhound
• Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
• Pharaoh Hound
• Plott
• Portuguese Podengo Pequeno
• Redbone Coonhound
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Saluki
• Scottish Deerhound
• Treeing Walker Coonhound
• Whippet
• The Working Group
• Akita
• Alaskan Malamute
• Anatolian Shepherd
• Bernese Mountain Dog
• Black Russian Terrier
• Boerboel
• Boxer
• Bullmastiff
• Cane Corso
• Chinook
• Doberman Pinscher
• Dogue de Bordeaux
• German Pinscher
• Giant Schnauzer
• Great Dane
• Great Pyrenees
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
• Komondor
• Kuvasz
• Leonberger
• Mastiff
• Neapolitan Mastiff
• Newfoundland
• Portuguese Water Dog
• Rottweiler
• Saint Bernard
• Samoyed
• Siberian Husky
• Standard Schnauzer
• Tibetan Mastiff
• The Terrier Group
• Airedale Terrier
• American Staffordshire Terrier
• Australian Terrier
• Bedlington Terrier
• Border Terrier
• Bull Terrier
• Cairn Terrier
• Cesky Terrier
• Dandie Dinmont Terrier
• Fox Terrier (Smooth)
• Fox Terrier (Wire)
• Glen of Imaal Terrier
• Irish Terrier
• Kerry Blue Terrier
• Lakeland Terrier
• Manchester Terrier
• Miniature Bull Terrier
• Miniature Schnauzer
• Norfolk Terrier
• Norwich Terrier
• Parson Russell Terrier
• Rat Terrier
• Russell Terrier
• Scottish Terrier
• Sealyham Terrier
• Skye Terrier
• Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• Welsh Terrier
• West Highland White Terrier
• The Toy Group
• Affenpinscher
• Brussels Griffon
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Chihuahua
• Chinese Crested Dog
• English Toy Spaniel
• Havanese
• Italian Greyhound
• Japanese Chin
• Maltese
• Toy Manchester Terrier
• Miniature Pinscher
• Papillon
• Pekingese
• Pomeranian
• Toy Poodle
• Pug
• Shih Tzu
• Silky Terrier
• Toy Fox Terrier
• Yorkshire Terrier
• The Non-Sporting Group
• American Eskimo Dog
• Bichon Frise
• Boston Terrier
• Bulldog
• Chinese Shar-Pei
• Chow Chow
• Coton de Tulear
• Dalmatian
• Finnish Spitz
• French Bulldog
• Keeshond
• Lhasa Apso
• Löwchen
• Norwegian Lundehund
• Poodle (Standard and Miniature)
• Schipperke
• Shiba Inu
• Tibetan Spaniel
• Tibetan Terrier
• Xoloitzcuintli
• The Herding Group
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Bearded Collie
• Beauceron
• Belgian Malinois
• Belgian Sheepdog
• Belgian Tervuren
• Bergamasco
• Berger Picard
• Border Collie
• Bouvier des Flandres
• Briard
• Canaan Dog
• Collie
• Entlebucher Mountain Dog
• Finnish Lapphund
• German Shepherd Dog
• Icelandic Sheepdog
• Norwegian Buhund
• Old English Sheepdog
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog
• Puli
• Pyrenean Shepherd
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Spanish Water Dog
• Swedish Vallhund
• Cardigan Welsh Corgi
• Pembroke Welsh Corgi
• APPENDIX