Choose five from each group

I always love these threads, and we haven't had one in awhile, so let's go!

If you had to choose five breeds from each group, which would you choose? The breeds don't have to be AKC, I'm just using the AKC groups because they're easiest for me. If one of your breeds isn't recognized by the AKC, then stick it in whichever group it best fits.

Herding:
1. Koolie
2. Border Collie
3. English Shepherd
4. German Shepherd
5. Australian Shepherd

Hound:
1. LH Whippet
2. Silken Windhound
3. Borzoi
4. Ibizan Hound
5. Saluki

Non-Sporting:
1. Standard Poodle
2. Dalmatian
3. Xoloitzcunitli
4. Boston Terrier
5. Finnish Spitz

Sporting:
1. Chesapeake Bay Retriever
2. German Shorthaired Pointer
3. Flat-Coated Retriever
4. Gordon Setter
5. Irish Red and White Setter

Terrier:
1. American Pit Bull Terrier
2. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
3. Jack Russel Terrier
4. Patterdale Terrier
5. Border Terrier

Toy:
1. Papillon
2. Chinese Crested
3. Miniature Pinscher
4. Silky Terrier
5. Toy Fox Terrier

Working:
1. Malamute
2. Great Dane
3. Rottweiler
4. Doberman
5. German Pinscher

Some of these are based on looks, as there are a few groups I don't know much about. Let's hear yours!

I don't know if I can pick 5 from every group lol. Some groups I don't really have any desire at all. But let's try!

Herding:
1. Aussie
2. Border Collie
3. English Shepherd
4. German Shepherd
5. Sheltie

Hound:
1. LH Whippet
2. Ibizan Hound
3. idon'tknow
4. Dachshund
5. Portuguese Podengo Pequeno

Non-Sporting:
1. Poodle
2. Norwegian Lundehund
3. Tibetian Terrier
4. Lhaso Apso
5. Finnish Spitz

Sporting:
1. Golden Retriever
2. idontknow
3. idontknow
4. Welsh Springer Spaniel
5. Irish Red and White Setter

Terrier:
1. Border Terrier
2. Westie
3. Jack Russel Terrier
4. Cairn
5. Rat Terrier

Toy:
1. Papillon
2. Chihuahua
3. Havanese
4. Silky Terrier
5. Yorkie

Working:
1. English Mastiff
2. Dogue De Bordeaux
3. Rottweiler
4. Doberman
5. Bernese Mountain Dog

Misc:
1. Miniature American Shepherd

But honestly I probably won't ever own anything in the sporting, non-sporting, or hound groups. Never say never though.

Realistically I probably wouldn't own most of them but Im gonna play by the rules and do 5 for each. Working, non sporting, and terrier in particular are just not my groups. So they're kind of random. Not necessarily in order (aka order changes a lot)

Herding: (not in order/can't order them/love them all and more)
1. Border Collie
2. Miniature American Shepherd
3. Pyrenean Shepherd
4. Koolie
5. Shetland Sheepdog

Hound:
1. Cirneco dell'etna
2. Longhaired whippet
3. Silken Windhound
4. Shorthaired Whippet (kind of a cheat)
5. Portugeuse Podengo Pequeno

Non-Sporting:
1. Miniature Poodle
2. Tibetan Spaniel
3. Finnish Spitz
4. Standard Poodle
5. Shiba Inu

Sporting:
1. Golden Retriever
2. Welsh Springer Spaniel
3. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
4. English Cocker Spaniel
5. Curly Coated Retriever

Terrier:
1. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
2. Border Terrier
3. Jack Russell Terrier
4. Rat terrier
5. Irish Terrier (know nothing about them but there's a cool one doing agility here haha)

Toy:
1. Papillon/Phalene
2. Chinese Crested
3. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
4. Pomeranian
5. Havanese

Working:
1. Doberman
2. Leonberger
3. Bernese Mountain Dog
4. Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
5. German Pinscher

Herding:
1. Koolie
2. Border Collie
3. Kelpie
4. Terv (I'd own one ..save the shedding!)
5. ACD

Hound:
1. Ridgeback
2. Afghan (hilarious looking dog)
3. Ibizan
4. Whippet
5. I'll realistically never own any of these& therefore cannot pretend to even know another breed of hound aside from beagle.

Non-Sporting:
1. Dalmatian (love.)
2. Poodle
3. Shar-Pei
4. Chow
5. BULLDOG!

Sporting:
1. Vizsla ..obviously?
2. Flat Coat
3. GSP because pretty much the same as a Vizsla
4. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
5. Toller if I could find the right one ..reppin' my province

Terrier:
1. Bedlington because I want a sheep dog for my next herder to chase.
2. Border Terrier
3. Scottish
4. Norwich
5. Welsh

Toy:
1. Brussels Griffon
2. Pap
3. Yorkie
4. That's all
5. No more please

Working:
1. Portuguese Water Dog
2. Newfoundland
3. Boxer
4. Bernese
5. Saint Bernard

Misc:
1. Wirehaired Vizsla ..someone find me a breeder please.


This will be a fun thread to follow!

I love these! Mine are all AKC. I wouldn't own all of these breeds, but I do like them.

HOUND:
Dachshund, duh.
Saluki
Whippet
Ibizan Hound
Redbone Coonhound or Rhodesian Ridgeback. Can't decide.

NON-SPORTING:
Poodle (Spoo is NextDog!)
Frenchie
Keeshond
Finish Spitz
Norwegian Lundehund

HERDING:
Aussie
Corgi (either or)
Sheltie
Swedish Vallhund
Old English Sheepdog

TOY:
Pap
Rat Terrier
Min Pin
Pom
Machester Terrier

(that was hard. I don't care for the toys as a whole)

WORKING:
Mastiff
Doberman
Bernese Mountain Dog
Newfoundland
Rottie or Anatolian

TERRIER:
Border
Airedale
Irish
Smooth Fox
Staffie

SPORTING:
Brittany
GSP
Vizsla
Weimaraner
American Water Spaniel

MISC:
Miniature American Shepherd
Sloughi
Azawakh
Belgian Laekenois
Pumi

Okay, I'll try .

Herding---
Australian Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Belgian Malinois
Collie
Icelandic Sheepdog

Sporting---
Field Spaniel
English Cocker
English Setter
English Pointer
Irish Setter

Non-Sporting---
Dalmatian
Ummmmm...
Standard Poodle
Finnish Spitz
Schipperke
French Bulldog

Toy---
Chihuahua
Chinese Crested
Manchester Terrier
Japanese Chin
Papillon

Terrier---
Uhhhhh
Bull Terrier
Border Terrier
Staffie
Norfolk Terrier
Rat

Hound---
Greyhound
Saluki
Coonhound (Bluetick?)
Walker Hound
Whippet

Working---
Dobie
Samoyed
Leonberger
Great Dane
Rottie

Misc---
Azawakh
Sloughi
American Hairless Terrier
Wirehaired Vizsla
Peruvian Inca Orchid

Herding:
Belgian Malinois
Australian Kelpie
Australian Koolie
Border Collie
Australian Shepherd

Hound:
American Foxhound
Whippet of either variety
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Ibizan Hound
Bluetick Coonhound

Non-sporting:
Dalmatian
Schipperke
Boston Terrier
Poodles of all sizes!
Xolos of all sizes!

Sporting:
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Flat Coated Retriever
German Shorthaired Pointer
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Golden Retriever

Terrier:
American Staffordshire Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Russell Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier
Bull Terrier

Toy:
Papillon
Chihuahua
Japanese Chin
Pomeranian
Italian Greyhound

Working:
Anatolian Shepherd
Doberman Pinscher
Cane Corso
Boxer
Great Dane

Misc:
Berger Picard
Dogo Argentinio
Boerboel
American Hairless Terrier
Portuguese Podengo

These are not necessarily in any order of how I want them or anything...they're also based more on UKC groupings because UKC groups make more sense.

Herding:
1. Koolie
2. Collie
3. Berger Picard
4. Entlebucher Mountain Dog (I know nothing about this breed other than they're ridiculously cute lol)
5. Belgian sheepdog

Hound:
1. Borzoi
2. Greyhound
3. Xolo
4. Basenji
5. Dachshund

Non-Sporting (part of UKC Companion Dog):
1. Shiba Inu
2. Dalmatian
3. Akita
4. Boston Terrier
5. Lhasa Apso
In reality, just the Shiba. Poodles are firmly Gundogs in my mind, so I put them there instead.

Sporting (UKC Gun Dogs):
1. English Pointer
2. German Wirehaired Pointer
3. Flat-Coated Retriever
4. Standard Poodle
5. Vizsla

Terrier:
1. American Pit Bull Terrier
2. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
3. Airedale Terrier
4. Smooth Fox Terrier
5. Bull Terrier

Toy (part of Companion Dog in UKC):
1. Papillon
2. Chinese Crested
3. Shih Tzu
5. Toy Fox Terrier

Working (Guardian in UKC):
1. Boxer
2. Great Dane
3. Giant Schnauzer
4. Doberman
5. American Bulldog

Misc.
1. American Hairless Terrier
2. Peruvian Inca Orchid
3. Wirehair Vizsla (why is this not in sporting?!)
4. Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
5. Azawakh



This is really hard when I don't agree with many of AKC's classifications...

Working:
Cane Corso
Caucasian Ovtcharka
[Japanese] Akita
Siberian Husky
Alaskan Malamute

Gundogs:
[English, Irish, IRW, Gordon] Setter
Standard Poodle

Herding:
Australian Shepherd
Kelpie
English Shepherd
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Catahoula Leopard Dog

Companion/nonsporting:
American Bully (of course!)
CKCS
Papillon
Tibetan Spaniel
French Bulldog

Scent/sighthounds:
Silken Windhound
Catahoula (yes hes here twice)
Saluki
Thai Ridgeback
Xolowhatever

Terrier:
Miniature Bull Terrier
Border Terrier
Airedale Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Patterdale Terrier

Some groups were easier than others. I wanted to pick more herders and sporting dogs, but had a harder time on other groups. My picks are more or less in order of preference.

Herding:
1. Koolie
2. English Shepherd
3. Australian Shepherd
4. Belgian Tervuren
5. Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Hound:
1. Norwegian Elkhound
2. Redbone Coonhound
3. Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
4. Otterhound
5. Rhodesian Ridgeback

Non-sporting:
1. Standard Poodle
2. Finnish Spitz
3. Keeshond
4. Tibetan Terrier
5. French Bulldog

Sporting:
1. Welsh Springer Spaniel
2. Field Spaniel
3. Flat-coat Retriever
4. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
5. English Cocker Spaniel

Terrier:
1. Miniature Schnauzer
2. Cairn Terrier
3. Norfolk Terrier
4. Rat Terrier
5. Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Toy:
1. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
2. Papillon
3. Havanese
4. Toy Fox Terrier
5. Manchester Terrier

Working:
1. Bernese Mountain Dog
2. Standard Schnauzer
3. Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
4. Rottweiler
5. Portuguese Water Dog

Just so everyone knows, I'm shocked and appalled at the lack of Vizsla love on these lists

Gsp ftw!!! They don't normally feature ever so I'm going to tell myself Fred has been a great ambassador for the Chaz population!! Lol

I do like viszla and pointers but not sure I could own one. Sporting was one of those groups where I really do like almost all of the breeds though. Same with herding. I'd place most the herding and sporting groups over all the other groups except for papillons of course. Papillons have somehow won me over into the crazy tinydog camp.

Sporting
1- Flatcoat
2- Golden
3- American Water Spaniel
4- Tailed Brittany
5- Labrador

Herding
1- Border Collie
2- Koolie
3- Mudi
4- English Shepherd
5-Mini-Mal

Non-Sporting
1- Miniature Poodle

Terrier
1- Jack Russell
2- Border Terrier
3- Rat Terrier
4- Norfolk Terrier
5- APBT

Hound
1- Whippet
2- Basenji
3- Saluki
4- Ibizan

Working
1- Stnd Schnauzer
2- German Pinscher
3- Portuguese Water Dog
4- Siberian Husky

Toy
1- Papillon




Pretty much this. Honestly the other groups are *mostly* "these are the ones I like best...but I'm never going to own them ever."

You forgot the 'except for papillons' part. Mia says everyone should like papillons the best. Or else.

uhoh by Summer_Papillon, on Flickr

I like vizsla! I just prefer long/feathered coats to super short coats. I need a long hair vizsla and I'd be set (I've seen wirehaired ones, but I like feathers).

I'm also not sure I could handle a pointer. Spaniels and retrievers are more my speed.

I said "mostly"! There are exceptions!

/quails

You don't want to make her mad.

You know you can get a German longhaired pointer, don't you

Well obviously because I haven't replied yet. :rofl1:

Here we go! I like that this starts off with my group.

Herding:
1. Australian Cattle Dog
2. English Shepherd
3. Koolie
4. Shetland Sheepdog
5. Australian Shepherd

Hound:
1. Greyhound (I seriously want an ex-racer someday)
2. Blue Tick Coonhound
3. Bloodhound
4. Whippet
5. Basenji

Non-Sporting:
1. French Bulldog
2. American Eskimo
3. Finnish Spitz
4. Bulldog

Sporting:
1. Vizsla
2. Chesapeake Bay Retriever
3. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
4. German Wirehaired Pointer
5. Brittany

Terrier:
1. American Staffordshire Terrier
2. American Pit Bull Terrier
3. Jack Russel Terrier

Toy:
1. Papillon
2. Italian Greyhound

Working:
1. Boxer
2. American Bulldog
3. Bullmastiff
4. Rottweiler