Dog breeds

Harrier

Harrier dog is medium-sized, friendly, and people-oriented, and it was originally bred for hare hunting. Many people mistake this dog for their cousin
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Hokkaido

The Hokkaido (also called the Ainu) is a powerful, medium-sized, strongly-built dog originating from the Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. The Hokkaido is one of the six native Japanese...
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Hygen Hound

Hygen Hound is a medium-sized dog breed that is considered to be pretty rare. These dogs can mostly be found in their native land, where they are used for working purposes. Hygen H...
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Icelandic Sheepdog

The Icelandic Sheepdog is a spitz-type dog breed whose ancestors originated in Norway. They were brought to Iceland with Norwegian Vikings in 874, where they were used mostly as he...
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Irish Setter

The Irish Setter is a popular breed of gundog (gundogs, or bird dogs, are hunting dogs that help hunters in finding and retrieving gaming birds). They originated in Ireland in the...
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Irish Terrier

The Irish Terrier is one of the most famous Irish dog breeds. They are known for their working ability as well as their great companionship. Their original purpose was to be a watc...
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Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound

Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound is a hunting dog originating from Croatia. These dogs were bred from the beginning to hunt small game, such as foxes and hares, on various terrains. The...
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Istrian Shorthaired Hound

Istrian Shorthaired Hound is a hunting dog originating from Istria, Croatia. These dogs are one of the oldest hunting dogs from the Balkan region. These dogs were mostly used for h...
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Kerry Blue Terrier

The Kerry Blue Terrier is an ultimate working terrier breed. It was bred for vermin control, herding sheep, hunting, and general farm work. This is not a wildly popular dog bre...
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Kintamani-Bali Dog

The Kintamani-Bali Dog is a native Indonesian dog breed that came to life in the Sukawana village in the Kintamani district in Bali. They have many names in their native co...
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Kishu Ken

The Kishu, sometimes called Kishu Ken or Kishu Inu, is a Japanese medium-sized dog breed, developed there for thousands of years. It is a direct d...
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Korean Jindo

The Korean Jindo is a dog breed that originated in South Korea. To be more precise, it originated in an inland called Jindo. These dogs are usually kept as companions and family pe...
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Kromfohrlander

The Kromfohrlander is a small brown and white dog with smooth or wire hair. They were originally bred as companion animals and were never developed for a specific purpose, like many other sm...
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Lagotto Romagnolo

The Lagotto Romagnolo is an Italian dog breed whose name can be literally translated to “lake dog from Romagna”. This lovely dog breed was originally created to assist...
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Lakeland Terrier

The Lakeland Terrier is a dog breed that originated in the Lake District in northern England. These feisty dogs were bred with the purpose of guarding and hunting foxes that attack...
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Lapponian Herder

The Lapponian Herder is a Finnish dog breed and is one of the five native Finnish breeds. The other four breeds were bred for hunting. In contrast, the Lapponian Herder, as the...
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Miniature American Shepherd

Miniature American Shepherd resembles the Australian Shepher...
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Montenegrin Mountain Hound

Montenegrin Mountain Hound is a rare dog breed from the Balkan region. They are active hunting dogs that were bred for small game hunting. They can be great family dogs with proper...
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Mountain Cur

Mountain Cur is an intelligent dog that is devoted to his family and especially to his owner. These dogs were bred specially for trailing small game and treeing. Because of their i...
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Mudi

The Mudi is a rare, medium-sized herding dog that originated from Hungary in the 19th century and was reportedly discovered by Dr. Dezso Fenyes. This is a hardworking and versatile...
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Nederlandse Kooikerhondje

The Nederlandse Kooikerhondje is a hunting dog breed originating in the Netherlands. They were originally bred for hunting and luring ducks into traps. The luring wasn’t alwa...
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Norrbottenspets

Norrbottenspets is an agile and fearless small dog breed with well-developed muscles. They belong to the spitz family used for hunting in the Northern parts of Sweden and Finland....
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Norwegian Buhund

Norwegian Buhund is a spitz-type dog bred for cold climate work. They are excellent working dogs that excel in herding and guarding. It is said that these dogs are closely related...
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Norwegian Elkhound

You could be forgiven for wondering how Norway's national dog came to be named after a North American animal, the elk. However, the breed name is a corrupted form of the word "Elghund...
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