What breeds of dogs are there in the world?

Pet 8:05am, 21 October 2025 184

In this day and age, many people like to keep some pets around them. Some people will keep dogs, and some people will keep cats. But I think dogs are better because dogs are very loyal and very smart. But there are really many kinds of dogs. Many people want to know what kinds of dogs there are in the world. Let’s take a look today.

There are more than 1,400 dog breeds in the world, of which more than 500 are classified, and there are about 450 existing dog breeds. There are about 240 kinds of famous dogs in the world.

The 78 common species are:

1. Border Collie 2. Poodle 3. German Shepherd 4. Golden Retriever 5. Doberman Pinscher 6. Shetland Sheepdog 7. Labrador Retriever 8. Butterfly Dog 9. Rottweiler 10. 11 Australian Cattle Dogs, 12 Welsh Corgis, 13 Miniature Schnauzers, 14 English Springer Spaniels, 15 Belgian Tervurens, 16 Spikes/Billy Shepherds, 17 Scottish Shepherds, 18 German Shorthaired Pointers, 19 British Cocker Spaniels/Standard Schnauzers, and Brittany 20 Terriers, 21 American Cocker Spaniels, 22 Weimaraners, 23 Bernese Mountain Dogs, 24 Pomeranians, 25 Irish Water Spaniels, 26 Vizslas, 27 Cardigan Welsh Corgis, 28 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers/Polly Dogs/Yorkshire Terriers, 29 Giant Schnauzers, 30 Airedale Terriers, Briarhound 31, Welsh Springer Terrier 32, Manchester Terrier 33, Samoyed 34, Newfoundland/Australian Terrier/American Staffordshire Terrier/Gordon Hound/Bearded Collie 35, Cairn Ridge/Kerry Blue Terrier/Irish Terrier 36, Norwegian Minnow Terrier 37, Monkey Face Terrier/Silk Terrier/Miscellaneous Your Pinscher/Pharaoh Hound/Clumber Lop 38, Lowe Terrier 39, Dalmatian 40, Bedlington Terrier 41, Irish Wolfhound 42, Kuvasz 43, Saluki 44, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel/German Wirehaired Pointer 45, Siberian Husky (Odd)/Bichon Frize 46, Tibetan Mastiff/Greyhound/English Foxhound/American Foxhound/Griffin 47, West Highland White Terrier 48, Boxer/Great Dane 49, Dachshund 50, Alaskan Malamute 51, Shar-Pei 52, Rhodesian Ridgeback 53, Irish Terrier 54, Boston Terrier/Akita 55, Skye Terrier 56, Sirhan Terrier 57, Pug 58, French Bulldog 59, Maltese 60, Italian Greyhound 61, Chinese Crested 62, Dandy Dinmont Terrier/Tibetan Terrier 63, Old English Sheepdog 64, Pyrenees Mountain Dog 65, Scottish Terrier /Saint Bernard 66, Bull Terrier 67, Chihuahua 68, Lhasa Apso 69, Bullmastiff 70, Shih Tzu 71, Basset Hound 72, Mastiff/Bikou 73, Pekingese 74, Bloodhound 75, Russian Shepherd 76, Chow Chow 77, English Bulldog 78, Basenji.

After reading the above, you may feel surprised. In fact, it is much more than that. These are all registered, and there are many others that you may not know yet.