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60 detailed guides covering history, temperament, care, health, and training for every dog.

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French Bulldog

The French Bulldog — affectionately known as the "Frenchie" — is a small, muscul…
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Labrador Retriever

The Labrador Retriever is the dog that defined the modern family pet.
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Golden Retriever

The Golden Retriever is the postcard family dog — beautiful, gentle, intelligent…
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German Shepherd

The German Shepherd Dog (GSD) is one of the most recognised and capable dogs in …
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Poodle (Standard, Miniature, Toy)

The Poodle is one of the most misunderstood breeds.
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Bulldog (English Bulldog)

The English Bulldog — usually just called Bulldog — is one of the most distincti…
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Rottweiler

The Rottweiler is a powerful, calm, and confident working dog with roots stretch…
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Beagle

The Beagle is a small-to-medium scent hound with one of the most expressive face…
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Dachshund

The Dachshund — known in German as "Dackel" or "Teckel," in English as "the saus…
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German Shorthaired Pointer

The German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP) is the prototype of the modern versatile hu…
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Pembroke Welsh Corgi

The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is a short-legged, big-personality herder famous for ce…
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Australian Shepherd

Despite the name, the Australian Shepherd is an American breed — a brilliant, at…
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Yorkshire Terrier

The Yorkshire Terrier — universally known as the "Yorkie" — is a tiny dog with a…
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Boxer

The Boxer is an athletic, expressive, perpetually puppy-like working dog descend…
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Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a small toy spaniel with a sweet expression…
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Miniature Schnauzer

The Miniature Schnauzer is a small, sturdy, bearded terrier developed in late-19…
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Cane Corso

The Cane Corso is a large, powerful Italian mastiff descended from Roman war dog…
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Shih Tzu

The Shih Tzu is a small, long-coated toy dog with imperial Chinese origins and a…
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Boston Terrier

The Boston Terrier — the "American Gentleman" — is one of the few breeds develop…
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Pomeranian

The Pomeranian is the smallest member of the Spitz family — a tiny, foxy-faced, …
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Havanese

The Havanese is the national dog of Cuba and the only breed native to the island…
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Siberian Husky

The Siberian Husky is a medium-sized Arctic sled dog with the wolf-like beauty, …
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English Springer Spaniel

The English Springer Spaniel is a medium-sized, energetic gundog with a wagging …
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Shetland Sheepdog

The Shetland Sheepdog — universally called the "Sheltie" — is a small herding do…
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Bernese Mountain Dog

The Bernese Mountain Dog is a large, tricoloured Swiss farm dog famous for its g…
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Doberman Pinscher

The Doberman Pinscher is a sleek, athletic, and intensely intelligent German wor…
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English Mastiff

The English Mastiff — usually just called Mastiff — is one of the largest dog br…
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Cocker Spaniel (American)

The American Cocker Spaniel — usually just "Cocker Spaniel" in North America — i…
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Vizsla

The Vizsla is a Hungarian sporting dog of striking elegance — a rust-coloured, l…
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Pug

The Pug is a small, flat-faced, wrinkle-headed companion dog with an ancient ped…
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Belgian Malinois

The Belgian Malinois is a medium-sized herding dog that has, over the past forty…
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Border Collie

The Border Collie is the most intelligent dog in the world — a hardworking, inte…
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Basset Hound

The Basset Hound is a low-slung, long-eared French scent hound with one of the m…
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Maltese

The Maltese is one of the oldest toy breeds in the world — a tiny, pure-white, s…
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Great Dane

The Great Dane is the "Apollo of dogs" — a towering, elegant giant that ranks am…
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Chihuahua

The Chihuahua is the smallest recognised dog breed in the world — a tiny, big-ea…
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Collie (Rough)

The Rough Collie — the breed forever associated with "Lassie" — is a large, long…
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Weimaraner

The Weimaraner — universally called the "Grey Ghost" for its silver-grey coat an…
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Bichon Frise

The Bichon Frise is a small, cheerful, white, curly-coated companion dog with a …
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Newfoundland

The Newfoundland is a massive, sweet-natured Canadian water dog famous for its g…
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Rhodesian Ridgeback

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a powerful African sighthound-mastiff cross famous fo…
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West Highland White Terrier

The West Highland White Terrier — universally called the "Westie" — is a small, …
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Shiba Inu

The Shiba Inu is the smallest of Japan's six native Spitz breeds and one of the …
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Brittany

The Brittany — historically called "Brittany Spaniel" but now officially just "B…
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Bullmastiff

The Bullmastiff is a large, powerful British guardian developed in the 19th cent…
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Akita

The Akita is a large, powerful Japanese Spitz breed of striking dignity and comp…
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Portuguese Water Dog

The Portuguese Water Dog is a medium-sized, athletic, curly-coated working dog f…
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Saint Bernard

The Saint Bernard is a massive, gentle, snow-coloured giant developed in the Swi…
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Australian Cattle Dog

The Australian Cattle Dog — also known as the Blue Heeler or Red Heeler — is a t…
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Whippet

The Whippet is a medium-sized English sighthound — a smaller, lighter version of…
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Chesapeake Bay Retriever

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever — universally called the "Chessie" — is the toughes…
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Papillon

The Papillon — French for "butterfly," named for its enormous fringed ears — is …
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Bloodhound

The Bloodhound is the world's foremost scent dog — a large, droopy, mournful-fac…
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Bull Terrier

The Bull Terrier is one of the most instantly recognisable breeds in the world —…
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Old English Sheepdog

The Old English Sheepdog — affectionately called the "Bobtail" or simply OES — i…
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Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier — commonly called simply the "Wheaten" — is a me…
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Italian Greyhound

The Italian Greyhound — universally called the "Iggy" — is the miniature sightho…
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Samoyed

The Samoyed is a large, pure-white, double-coated Arctic working dog famous for …
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Alaskan Malamute

The Alaskan Malamute is one of the oldest and largest of the Arctic sled-dog bre…
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Jack Russell Terrier

The Jack Russell Terrier is a small, compact, intensely driven working terrier d…

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