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Observe your dog's physical characteristics
The size
type of fur
muzzle shape
Group 1, section 1
1. The sheepdogs:
Group 1, section 2
2. Cachodeiros (except Swiss cattlemen)
Group 2, section 1
1. Ripo Pinscher and Schnauzer
Group 2, section 2
2. Molossos
Group 2, section 3
3. Swiss Monteira and Cattle Dogs
Group 3, section 1
1. Big Terriers
Group 3, section 2
2. little terriers
Group 3, section 3
3. Bull Terriers
Group 3, section 4
4. pet terriers
Group 4
Group 5, section 1
1. Nordic sled dogs
Group 5, section 2
2. Nordic hunting dogs
Group 5, section 3
3. Nordic guard dogs and shepherds
Group 5, section 4
4. European Spitz
Group 5, section 5
5. Asian Spitz and similar breeds
Group 5, section 6
6. Primitive type
Group 5, section 7
7. Primitive Type - Hunting Dogs
Group 6, section 1
1. Hound-type dogs
Group 6, section 2
2. Blood track dogs
Group 6, section 3
3. Similar races
Group 7, section 1
1. Continental Pointing Dogs
Group 7, section 2
2. English and Irish Pointing Dogs
Group 8, section 1
1. Hunting Catcher Dogs
Group 8, section 2
2. Hunting lifting dogs
Group 8, section 3
3. Water dogs
Group 9, section 1
1. Critters and the like
Group 9, section 2
2. Poodle
Group 9, section 3
2. Small size Belgian dogs
Group 9, section 4
4. Hairless Dogs
Group 9, section 5
5. Tibetan Dogs
Group 9, section 6
6. Chihuahuas
Group 9, section 7
7. English company spaniels
Group 9, section 8
8. Japanese and Pekinese Spaniels
Group 9, section 9
9. Continental Dwarf Company Spaniel and Russkiy toy
Group 9, section 10
10. Kromfohrlander
Group 9, section 11
11. Molossos of small size
Group 10, section 1
1. Long-haired or wavy hares
Group 10, section 2
2. Hard-haired hares
Group 10, section 3
3. Short-haired hares

More and more people stop buying animals and adopt them in animal shelters or shelters to offer them a better quality of life and prevent them from being sacrificed. If you are also one of these people, perhaps you are looking for the roots of your dog or simply you are having difficulty distinguishing one breed from another, as with the French bulldog and the Boston terrier.

In this article, we review in a general way the different breeds of dog that exist and we help you to identify, through physical aspects and behavior, the origin of your dog. Continue reading this PeritoAnimal article and find out how to identify a dog's breed.

Observe your dog's physical characteristics

We should start with the easiest, which is to see what our dog is like. For this, we must analyze the following characteristics:

The size

toy
Small
Medium
Great
Giant

Size can help us rule out certain breeds and make us investigate more about others. For example, we find in the giant dog breeds a limited number of specimens, such as the São Bernardo and the Bullmastiff.

type of fur

Long
Short
Medium
Hard
Thin
Curly

The curly hairs usually belong to water puppies such as the poodle or poodle. The very thick fur usually belongs to puppies from the group of European shepherds or spitz-type puppies.

muzzle shape

Long
Flat
wrinkled
Square

The wrinkled snouts usually belong to dogs like the English bulldog or the boxer, among others. On the other hand, snouts that are thinner and longer, may belong to the group of greyhounds. The powerful jaws usually belong to terriers.

Keeping in mind the specific attributes of your puppy, we will continue to analyze the FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale) groups one by one so that you can find the breed most similar to your puppy.

Group 1, section 1

Group 1 is divided into two sections and so you can get your bearings, we'll explain the most common breeds in each of them. These are shepherd dogs and cattle breeders, although we do not include Swiss cattle breeders.

1. The sheepdogs:

German Shepherd
Belgian Shepherd
Australian Shepherd
Komondor
Berger Picard
white swiss shepherd
Border Collie
Rough Collie

Group 1, section 2

2. Cachodeiros (except Swiss cattlemen)

australian cattle breeder
Cattle from the Ardennes
Flanders cattleman

Group 2, section 1

Group 2 is divided into several sections that we will analyze in this section. We find pinscher and shnauzer puppies, as well as molosso puppies, mountain puppies and swiss cattle breeders.

1. Ripo Pinscher and Schnauzer

Doberman
Schnauzer

Group 2, section 2

2. Molossos

Boxer
German Dogo
rottweiler
Argentine Dogo
Brazilian queue
sharp pei
Dogo de Bordeaux
bulldog
bullmastiff
St Bernard

Group 2, section 3

3. Swiss Monteira and Cattle Dogs

Berne cattleman
great swiss herdsman
Appenzell herdsman
Entlebuch Cattle

Group 3, section 1

Group 3 is organized into 4 sections, all of which belong to the terrier group. These are some of the most common ones:

1. Big Terriers

Brazilian terrier
Irish terrier
airedale terrier
border terrier
fox terrier

Group 3, section 2

2. little terriers

japanese terrier
Norwich terrier
Jack Russell
West hifland white terrier

Group 3, section 3

3. Bull Terriers

american staffordshire terrier
english bull terrier
staffordshire bull terrier

Group 3, section 4

4. pet terriers

Australian silky terrier
toy english terrier
yorkshire terrier

Group 4

In group 4 we find a single race, the keyboards, which may vary depending on body size, hair length and color.

Group 5, section 1

In group 5 of the FCI we found 7 sections in which we divided the different types of Nordic puppies, the spitz-type puppies and the primitive-type puppies.

1. Nordic sled dogs

Siberian Husky
Alaskan Malamute
Greenland Dog
Samoyed

Group 5, section 2

2. Nordic hunting dogs

Karelia Bear Dog
Finnish Spitz
gray Norwegian elkhound
black norwegian elkhound
Norwegian Lundehund
West Siberian Laika
Laika from eastern Siberia
Russian-European Laika
swedish elkhound
Norrbotten spix

Group 5, section 3

3. Nordic guard dogs and shepherds

Finnish Shepherd from Laponia
icelandic shepherd
Norwegian Buhund
Swedish dog from Laponia
Swedish Vallhun

Group 5, section 4

4. European Spitz

Spitz wolf
big spitz
medium spitz
small spitz
Spitz dwarf or pomeranian
italian volpine

Group 5, section 5

5. Asian Spitz and similar breeds

Eurasian Spitz
Chow chow
Akita
American Akita
Hokkaido
Kai
Kishu
Shiba
Shikoku
Japanese Spitz
korea jindo dog

Group 5, section 6

6. Primitive type

Basenji
Canaan Dog
Pharaoh Hound
Xoloizcuintle
Peruvian naked dog

Group 5, section 7

7. Primitive Type - Hunting Dogs

Canary Podengo
Podengo ibicenco
Cirneco do Etna
Portuguese Podengo
Thai Ridgeback
Taiwan dog

Group 6, section 1

In group 6 we found the hound type puppies, divided into three sections: the hound type puppies, the blood trail puppies and the like.

1. Hound-type dogs

Huberto saint dog
American Foxhound
Black and Tan Coonhound
Billy
Gascon Saintongeois
Great griffon of the Vendee
Great white and orange Anglo-French
Great black and white Anglo-French
Great Anglo-French tricolor
big blue of gascony
white and orange french hound
black and white french hound
tricolor french hound
Polish Hound
English Foxhound
otterhound
Black and Tan Austrian Hound
Tyrol Hound
Hard-haired Styrofoam Hound
Bosnian Hound
short-haired Istrian Hound
hard-haired Istria hound
Save Valley Hound
Slovak Hound
spanish hound
finnish hound
beagle-harrier
Vendeia griffon arm
blue gascony griffon
Nivernais Griffon
Brittany griffon
Small blue from Gascony
Hound of the Ariege
hound of poitevin
Hellenic Hound
Bloodhound from Transylvania
hard-haired italian hound
short-haired italian hound
Montenegro Mountain Hound
Hygen Hound
halden's hound
Norwegian Hound
Harrier
Serbian Hound
Serbian Tricolor Hound
Smaland Hound
hamilton hound
Hound Schiller
Swiss Hound
Westphalian Basset
German Hound
Normandy artesian basset
Gascony blue basset
Basset fawn from Brittany
Great basset griffin from the vendeia
Small basset griffin from the sale
basset hound
beagle
Swedish dachsbracke
little swiss hound

Group 6, section 2

2. Blood track dogs

Hannouver Tracker
Bavarian Mountain Tracker
Alpine dachbracke

Group 6, section 3

3. Similar races

Dalmatian
Rhodesian Lion

Group 7, section 1

In group 7, we find the pointing dogs. They are called hunting dogs that point or show with their snout pointed towards the prey that is going to be hunted. There are two sections: the Continental Pointing Dogs and the British Pointing Dogs.