Which country has developed the most dog breeds?
England has developed the most dog breeds compared to any other country. They have a long history of breeding dogs for various purposes such as hunting, herding, and companionship. Other top countries are France, Germany and the United States.
This list of over 500 dog breeds by country allows you to effortlessly search, explore, and sort through an extensive array of hundreds of dog breeds from around the world. Some of these breeds may be unrecognized and some may be extinct. Our goal is to provide an exhaustive resource of dogs breeds and their country of origin.
Some breeds may appear more than one time as they may have originated in more than one place. The list is also presented at the bottom on the page, sorted by country.
You can learn more about many of these breeds from our huge list of over 340 dog breeds with images.
Searchable List of Dog Breeds by Country
List of Dog Breeds by Country
Argentine Pila | Argentina |
Córdoba fighting dog | Argentina |
Dogo Argentino | Argentina |
Pampas Deerhound | Argentina |
Australian Cattle Dog | Australia |
Australian Kelpie | Australia |
Australian Silky Terrier | Australia |
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog | Australia |
Australian Terrier | Australia |
Bull Arab | Australia |
Dingo | Australia |
Halls Heeler | Australia |
Kangaroo dog | Australia |
Koolie | Australia |
Miniature Fox Terrier | Australia |
Tenterfield Terrier | Australia |
Alpine Dachsbracke | Austria |
Austrian Black and Tan Hound | Austria |
Austrian Pinscher | Austria |
Styrian Coarse-haired Hound | Austria |
Belgian Malinois | Belgium |
Belgian Mastiff | Belgium |
Belgian Shepherd | Belgium |
Bichon Frisé | Belgium |
Bloodhound | Belgium |
Bouvier des Ardennes | Belgium |
Bouvier des Flandres | Belgium |
Griffon Bruxellois | Belgium |
Groenendael | Belgium |
Laekenois | Belgium |
Papillon dog | Belgium |
Phalène | Belgium |
Schipperke | Belgium |
Talbot (dog) | Belgium |
Tervuren | Belgium |
Tyrolean Hound | Belgium |
Khala | Bolivia |
Barak aka Broken-haired Hound | Bosnia |
Illyrian Hound | Bosnia |
Tornjak | Bosnia |
Brazilian Terrier | Brazil |
Campeiro Bulldog | Brazil |
Dogue Brasileiro | Brazil |
Fila Brasileiro | Brazil |
Gaucho sheepdog | Brazil |
Pampas Deerhound | Brazil |
Rastreador Brasileiro | Brazil |
Serrano Bulldog | Brazil |
Bulgarian Hound | Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Scenthound | Bulgaria |
Karakachan dog | Bulgaria |
Canadian Eskimo Dog | Canada |
Landseer dog | Canada |
Mackenzie River husky | Canada |
Newfoundland dog | Canada |
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | Canada |
St. John’s water dog | Canada |
Tahltan Bear Dog | Canada |
Chilean Terrier | Chile |
Patagonian Sheepdog | Chile |
Chongqing dog | China |
Chow Chow | China |
Kunming dog | China |
Liangshan Dog | China |
Pekingese | China |
Pug | China |
Shar Pei | China |
Shih Tzu | China |
Tang Dog | China |
Tugou | China |
Xiasi Dog | China |
Xigou | China |
Colombian Fino Hound | Columbia |
Croatian Sheepdog | Croatia |
Dalmatian | Croatia |
Istrian Coarse-haired Hound | Croatia |
Istrian Shorthaired Hound | Croatia |
Old Croatian Sighthound | Croatia |
Posavac Hound | Croatia |
Tornjak | Croatia |
Dogo Cubano | Cuba |
Havanese | Cuba |
Bohemian Shepherd | Czech Republic |
Český fousek | Czech Republic |
Český strakatý pes | Czech Republic |
Cesky Terrier | Czech Republic |
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog | Czech Republic |
Pražský Krysařík | Czech Republic |
Broholmer | Denmark |
Danish Spitz | Denmark |
Danish–Swedish Farmdog | Denmark |
Faroese Sheepdog | Denmark |
Old Danish Pointer | Denmark |
Ecuadorian Hairless Dog | Ecuador |
Airedale Terrier | England |
Basset Hound | England |
Beagle | England |
Bedlington Terrier | England |
Bloodhound | England |
Border Terrier | England |
Buckhound | England |
Bull Terrier | England |
Bulldog | England |
Bullmastiff | England |
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | England |
Clumber Spaniel | England |
Cumberland Sheepdog | England |
Cur | England |
Curly-coated Retriever | England |
English Cocker Spaniel | England |
English Foxhound | England |
English Mastiff | England |
English Setter | England |
English Springer Spaniel | England |
English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan) | England |
English Water Spaniel | England |
English White Terrier | England |
Field Spaniel | England |
Flat-coated Retriever | England |
Irish Wolfhound | England |
Jack Russell Terrier | England |
King Charles Spaniel | England |
Lakeland Terrier | England |
Lancashire Heeler | England |
Lucas Terrier | England |
Manchester Terrier | England |
Miniature Bull Terrier | England |
Norfolk Spaniel | England |
Norfolk Terrier | England |
North Country Beagle | England |
Northern Inuit Dog | England |
Norwich Terrier | England |
Old English Bulldog | England |
Old English Sheepdog | England |
Otterhound | England |
Parson Russell Terrier | England |
Patterdale Terrier | England |
Pit bull | England |
Pointer | England |
Smithfield | England |
Smooth Fox Terrier | England |
Staffordshire Bull Terrier | England |
Staghound | England |
Sussex Spaniel | England |
Tweed Water Spaniel | England |
West Country Harrier | England |
Whippet | England |
Wire Fox Terrier | England |
Yorkshire Terrier | England |
Estonian Hound | Estonia |
Finnish Hound | Finland |
Finnish Lapphund | Finland |
Finnish Spitz | Finland |
Karelian Bear Dog | Finland |
Lapponian Herder | Finland |
Lapponian Shepherd | Finland |
Suomen Kennelliitto | Finland |
Anglo-Français and Français (hound) | France |
Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie | France |
Ariège Pointer | France |
Ariégeois | France |
Artois Hound | France |
Barbet | France |
Basset Artésien Normand | France |
Basset Bleu de Gascogne | France |
Basset Fauve de Bretagne | France |
Basset Hound | France |
Beagle-Harrier | France |
Beauceron | France |
Berger Picard | France |
Billy | France |
Bloodhound | France |
Blue Picardy Spaniel | France |
Braque d’Auvergne | France |
Braque du Bourbonnais | France |
Braque Dupuy | France |
Braque Français | France |
Braque Saint-Germain | France |
Briard | France |
Briquet Griffon Vendéen | France |
Brittany | France |
Chien Français Blanc et Noir | France |
Chien Français Blanc et Orange | France |
Chien Français Tricolore | France |
Chien-gris | France |
Corsican Dog | France |
Dogue de Bordeaux | France |
French Bulldog | France |
French Spaniel | France |
Gascon Saintongeois | France |
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir | France |
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Orange | France |
Grand Anglo-Français Tricolore | France |
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | France |
Grand Bleu de Gascogne | France |
Grand Fauve de Bretagne | France |
Grand Griffon Vendéen | France |
Griffon Bleu de Gascogne | France |
Griffon Fauve de Bretagne | France |
Griffon Nivernais | France |
King’s White Hound | France |
Löwchen | France |
Norman Hound | France |
Papillon dog | France |
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | France |
Petit Bleu de Gascogne | France |
Phalène | France |
Picardy Spaniel | France |
Poitevin hound | France |
Pont-Audemer Spaniel | France |
Poodle | France |
Porcelaine | France |
Pyrenean Mountain Dog | France |
Pyrenean Sheepdog | France |
Saint-Usuge Spaniel | France |
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | France |
Affenpinscher | Germany |
American Eskimo Dog | Germany |
Bavarian Mountain Hound | Germany |
Boxer | Germany |
Bullenbeisser | Germany |
Dachshund | Germany |
Dobermann | Germany |
Eurasier | Germany |
German Hound | Germany |
German Longhaired Pointer | Germany |
German Pinscher | Germany |
German Roughhaired Pointer | Germany |
German Shepherd | Germany |
German Shorthaired Pointer | Germany |
German Spaniel | Germany |
German Spitz | Germany |
German Wirehaired Pointer | Germany |
Giant Schnauzer | Germany |
Great Dane | Germany |
Hanover Hound | Germany |
Hovawart | Germany |
Jagdterrier | Germany |
Kromfohrländer | Germany |
Large Münsterländer | Germany |
Leonberger | Germany |
Löwchen | Germany |
Miniature Pinscher | Germany |
Miniature Schnauzer | Germany |
Old German herding dog | Germany |
Pomeranian | Germany |
Poodle | Germany |
Pudelpointer | Germany |
Rottweiler | Germany |
Schnauzer | Germany |
Small Münsterländer | Germany |
Standard Schnauzer | Germany |
Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen | Germany |
Weimaraner | Germany |
Westphalian Dachsbracke | Germany |
Alopekis | Greece |
Cretan Hound | Greece |
Greek Harehound | Greece |
Greek Shepherd | Greece |
Kokoni | Greece |
Molossus of Epirus | Greece |
Greenland Dog | Greenland |
Guatemalan Dogo | Guatemala |
Komondor | Hungary |
Kuvasz | Hungary |
Magyar Agár | Hungary |
Mudi | Hungary |
Puli dog | Hungary |
Pumi dog | Hungary |
Transylvanian Hound | Hungary |
Vizsla | Hungary |
Wirehaired Vizsla | Hungary |
Icelandic Sheepdog | Iceland |
Bakharwal dog | India |
Banjara Hound | India |
Bully Kutta | India |
Chippiparai | India |
Gull Dong | India |
Himalayan Sheepdog | India |
Indian pariah dog | India |
Indian Spitz | India |
Jonangi | India |
Kaikadi | India |
Kanni | India |
Kombai dog | India |
Mahratta Hound | India |
Mudhol Hound | India |
Rajapalayam dog | India |
Ramanadhapuram Mandai | India |
Rampur Greyhound | India |
Vikhan | India |
Kintamani | Indonesia |
Glen of Imaal Terrier | Ireland |
Irish Red and White Setter | Ireland |
Irish Setter | Ireland |
Irish Terrier | Ireland |
Irish Water Spaniel | Ireland |
Kerry Beagle | Ireland |
Kerry Blue Terrier | Ireland |
Red Setter | Ireland |
Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier | Ireland |
Irish Wolfhound | Ireland |
Bergamasco Shepherd | Italy |
Bolognese dog | Italy |
Bracco Italiano | Italy |
Cane Corso | Italy |
Cane Paratore | Italy |
Cirneco dell’Etna | Italy |
Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana | Italy |
Italian Greyhound | Italy |
Lagotto Romagnolo | Italy |
Levriero Sardo | Italy |
Lupo Italiano | Italy |
Maltese | Italy |
Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog | Italy |
Neapolitan Mastiff | Italy |
Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai | Italy |
Sardinian Shepherd Dog | Italy |
Segugio dell’Appennino | Italy |
Segugio Italiano | Italy |
Segugio Maremmano | Italy |
Spinone Italiano | Italy |
St. Bernard | Italy |
Volpino Italiano | Italy |
Akita | Japan |
Hokkaido | Japan |
Japanese Chin | Japan |
Japanese Spitz | Japan |
Japanese Terrier | Japan |
Kai Ken | Japan |
Kishu | Japan |
Ryukyu dog | Japan |
Shiba Inu | Japan |
Shikoku dog | Japan |
Tosa Inu | Japan |
Tazy | Kazakhstan |
Jeju dog | Korea |
Korean Jindo | Korea |
Sapsali | Korea |
Taigan | Kyrgyzstan |
Lithuanian Hound | Lithuania |
Šarplaninac | Macedonia |
Telomian | Malaysia |
Pharaoh Hound | Malta |
Calupoh | Mexico |
Chihuahua | Mexico |
Techichi | Mexico |
Xoloitzcuintle | Mexico |
Montenegrin Mountain Hound | Montenegro |
Drentse Patrijshond | Netherlands |
Dutch Shepherd | Netherlands |
Dutch Smoushond | Netherlands |
Keeshond | Netherlands |
Kooikerhondje | Netherlands |
Markiesje | Netherlands |
Saarloos wolfdog | Netherlands |
Schapendoes | Netherlands |
Stabyhoun | Netherlands |
Wetterhoun | Netherlands |
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | Netherlands |
Huntaway | New Zealand |
Kurī | New Zealand |
New Zealand Heading Dog | New Zealand |
Black Norwegian Elkhound | Norway |
Dunker | Norway |
Eurohound | Norway |
Greyster | Norway |
Halden Hound | Norway |
Hygen Hound | Norway |
Norwegian Buhund | Norway |
Norwegian Elkhound | Norway |
Norwegian Lundehund | Norway |
Bully Kutta | Pakistan |
Gull Dong | Pakistan |
Indian pariah dog | Pakistan |
Vikhan | Pakistan |
New Guinea singing dog | Papua New Guinea |
Chiribaya Dog | Peru |
Peruvian Hairless Dog | Peru |
Askal | Philippines |
Gończy Polski | Poland |
Polish Greyhound | Poland |
Polish Hound | Poland |
Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Poland |
Pomeranian | Poland |
Tatra Shepherd Dog | Poland |
Barbado da Terceira | Portugal |
Cão de Gado Transmontano | Portugal |
Castro Laboreiro Dog | Portugal |
Estrela Mountain Dog | Portugal |
Portuguese Podengo | Portugal |
Portuguese Pointer | Portugal |
Portuguese Sheepdog | Portugal |
Portuguese Water Dog | Portugal |
Rafeiro do Alentejo | Portugal |
Saint Miguel Cattle Dog | Portugal |
Terceira Mastiff | Portugal |
Bucovina Shepherd Dog | Romania |
Carpathian Shepherd Dog | Romania |
Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog | Romania |
Romanian Raven Shepherd Dog | Romania |
Bankhar Dog | Russia / Soviet Union |
Black Russian Terrier | Russia / Soviet Union |
Bolonka | Russia / Soviet Union |
Borzoi | Russia / Soviet Union |
Caucasian Shepherd Dog | Russia / Soviet Union |
Chortai | Russia / Soviet Union |
Chukotka sled dog | Russia / Soviet Union |
East European Shepherd | Russia / Soviet Union |
East Siberian Laika | Russia / Soviet Union |
Jackal–dog hybrid | Russia / Soviet Union |
Kamchatka Sled Dog | Russia / Soviet Union |
Karelo-Finnish Laika | Russia / Soviet Union |
Laika | Russia / Soviet Union |
Moscow Watchdog | Russia / Soviet Union |
Moscow Water Dog | Russia / Soviet Union |
Nenets Herding Laika | Russia / Soviet Union |
Russian Spaniel | Russia / Soviet Union |
Russkiy Toy | Russia / Soviet Union |
Russo-European Laika | Russia / Soviet Union |
Sakhalin Husky | Russia / Soviet Union |
Samoyed dog | Russia / Soviet Union |
Siberian Husky | Russia / Soviet Union |
South Russian Ovcharka | Russia / Soviet Union |
West Siberian Laika | Russia / Soviet Union |
Yakutian Laika | Russia / Soviet Union |
Bearded Collie | Scotland |
Bloodhound | Scotland |
Border Terrier | Scotland |
Cairn Terrier | Scotland |
Dandie Dinmont Terrier | Scotland |
Dumfriesshire hound | Scotland |
Golden Retriever | Scotland |
Gordon Setter | Scotland |
Paisley Terrier | Scotland |
Rough Collie | Scotland |
Scottish Deerhound | Scotland |
Scottish Terrier | Scotland |
Shetland Sheepdog | Scotland |
Skye Terrier | Scotland |
Sleuth hound | Scotland |
Smooth Collie | Scotland |
Sporting Lucas Terrier | Scotland |
West Highland White Terrier | Scotland |
Šarplaninac | Serbia |
Serbian Hound | Serbia |
Serbian Tricolour Hound | Serbia |
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog | Slovakia |
Slovak Cuvac | Slovakia |
Slovak Rough-haired Pointer | Slovakia |
Slovenský kopov | Slovakia |
Karst Shepherd | Slovenia |
Abyssinian sand terrier | South Africa |
Africanis | South Africa |
Aidi | South Africa |
Armant | South Africa |
Azawakh | South Africa |
Basenji | South Africa |
Boerboel | South Africa |
Coton de Tulear | South Africa |
Rhodesian Ridgeback | South Africa |
Sloughi | South Africa |
Tesem | South Africa |
Alano Español | Spain |
Erbi Txakur | Spain |
Old Spanish Pointer | Spain |
Spanish Mastiff | Spain |
Valdueza | Spain |
Villano de Las Encartaciones | Spain |
Villanuco de Las Encartaciones | Spain |
Dalbo dog | Sweden |
Danish–Swedish Farmdog | Sweden |
Drever | Sweden |
Hällefors Elkhound | Sweden |
Hamiltonstövare | Sweden |
Jämthund | Sweden |
Norrbottenspets | Sweden |
Schillerstövare | Sweden |
Smaland Hound | Sweden |
Svenska Kennelklubben | Sweden |
Swedish Lapphund | Sweden |
Swedish Vallhund | Sweden |
Alpine Mastiff | Switzerland |
Appenzeller Sennenhund | Switzerland |
Bernese Mountain Dog | Switzerland |
Bruno Jura Hound | Switzerland |
Continental bulldog | Switzerland |
Entlebucher Mountain Dog | Switzerland |
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog | Switzerland |
Schweizer Laufhund | Switzerland |
Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund | Switzerland |
St. Bernard | Switzerland |
St. Hubert Jura Hound | Switzerland |
Swiss mountain dog | Switzerland |
White Swiss Shepherd Dog | Switzerland |
Thai Bangkaew Dog | Thailand |
Thai Ridgeback | Thailand |
Lhasa Apso | Tibet |
List of Tibetan dog breeds | Tibet |
Shih Tzu | Tibet |
Tibetan Kyi Apso | Tibet |
Tibetan Mastiff | Tibet |
Tibetan spaniel | Tibet |
Tibetan Terrier | Tibet |
Akbash | Turkey |
Aksaray Malaklisi | Turkey |
Armenian Gampr | Turkey |
Kangal Shepherd Dog | Turkey |
Kars Dog | Turkey |
Rize Koyun | Turkey |
Tarsus çatalburun | Turkey |
Tonya Finosu | Turkey |
Zerdava | Turkey |
Chortai | Ukraine |
East European Shepherd | Ukraine |
South Russian Ovcharka | Ukraine |
Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog | United States |
Alaskan husky | United States |
Alaskan Klee Kai | United States |
Alaskan Malamute | United States |
American Bulldog | United States |
American Bully | United States |
American Cocker Spaniel | United States |
American English Coonhound | United States |
American Foxhound | United States |
American Hairless Terrier | United States |
American Leopard Hound | United States |
American Pit Bull Terrier | United States |
American Staffordshire Terrier | United States |
American Staghound | United States |
American Water Spaniel | United States |
Australian Shepherd | United States |
Black and Tan Coonhound | United States |
Black Mouth Cur | United States |
Blue Lacy | United States |
Bluetick Coonhound | United States |
Boston Terrier | United States |
Boykin Spaniel | United States |
Carolina Dog | United States |
Catahoula Leopard Dog | United States |
Chesapeake Bay Retriever | United States |
Chinook | United States |
Denmark Feist | United States |
Hare Indian Dog | United States |
Hawaiian Poi Dog | United States |
Majestic Tree Hound | United States |
McNab dog | United States |
Miniature American Shepherd | United States |
Mountain Cur | United States |
Olde English Bulldogge | United States |
Pit bull | United States |
Plott Hound | United States |
Rat Terrier | United States |
Redbone Coonhound | United States |
Salish Wool Dog | United States |
Silken Windhound | United States |
Stephens Stock | United States |
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | United States |
Toy Fox Terrier | United States |
Toy Manchester Terrier | United States |
Treeing Cur | United States |
Treeing Feist | United States |
Treeing Tennessee Brindle | United States |
Treeing Walker Coonhound | United States |
White Shepherd | United States |
Cimarrón Uruguayo | Uruguay |
Pampas Deerhound | Uruguay |
Black and Tan Terrier | Wales |
Cardigan Welsh Corgi | Wales |
Old Welsh Grey Sheepdog | Wales |
Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Wales |
Sealyham Terrier | Wales |
Welsh Corgi | Wales |
Welsh Hillman | Wales |
Welsh Hound | Wales |
Welsh Sheepdog | Wales |
Welsh Springer Spaniel | Wales |
Welsh Terrier | Wales |