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I would like to adopt or purchase a new dog. Where do I start?

Start by looking at the 131st annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Whole the show is available for sale on DVD from the website of Westminster Kennel Club.

The show has competitors of all breeds of dog to "Best in Show" title. You'll learn a lot just by watching the show and listening to the description of each dog breed as they are systematically presented to judges.

There are seven groups of dogs (Sporting, Non-Sporting, Working, Herding, Terrier, dog, and the toy) were presented to salon Westminster Kennel Club today, with different participants in each group. All breeds compete for "Best of breed" Titles and then the "best of breed" winners compete to become the "best group" winners. Finally, "the best groups of" winners are competition to win the "Best in Show" title.

It is important to note that judges do not compare a race with another to make decisions for "Best in Group and Best in Show" title. Instead, the judges look for dogs that best represent their individual rules AKC. The dog that best represents the norm for race wins "Best in Show" title.

The following is a list of all groups of dogs and races within each group of dog:

SPORTING BREEDS

Brittany
Pointer
Pointer (German Shorthaired)
Pointer (German for Poil Dur)
Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)
Retriever (Curly-Coated)
Retriever (Flat-Coated)
Retriever (Golden)
Retriever (Labrador)
Retriever (Nova Scotia Tolling Retriever Bichon)
Setter (English)
Setter (Gordon)
Setter (Irish)
Spaniel (American Water)
Spaniel (Clumber)
Spaniel (Cocker) ascob
Spaniel (Cocker) Black
Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-Color
Spaniel (English Cocker)
Spaniel (English Springer)
Spaniel (Field)
Spaniel (Irish Water)
Spaniel (Sussex)
Spaniel (Welsh Springer)
Spinone Italiano
Vizsla
Braque Weimar
Korthals

Non-Sporting RACES

American Eskimo Dog
Bichons Frises
Boston Terrier
Bulldog
Chinese Shar-Pei
Chow Chow
Dalmatian
Finnish Spitz
French Bulldog
Keeshond
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Poodle (miniature)
Poodle (Standard)
Schipperke
Shiba Inu
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier

WORKING BREEDS

Akita
Alaskan Malamute
Dog Anatolian Shepherd
Bernese Mountain Dog
Black Russian Terrier
Boxer
Bullmastiff
Doberman Pinscher
German Pinscher
Giant Schnauzer
Great Dane
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Komondor
Kuvasz
Mastiff
Neapolitan Mastiff
Newfoundland
Water Dog Portuguese
Rottweiler
Samoyed
Siberian Husky
St Bernard
Standard Schnauzer

LIVESTOCK BREEDS

Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Shepherd
Bearded Collie
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Shepherd
Belgian Tervuren
Border Collie
Bouviers des Flandres
Briard
Canaan Dog
Collie (Rough)
Collie (Smooth)
German Shepherd
Old English Sheepdog
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Puli
Shetland Sheepdog
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)

TERRIER BREEDS

Airedale Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Terrier Australian
Bedlington Terrier
Border Terrier
Bull Terrier (colored)
Bull Terrier (White)
Cairn Terrier
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Fox Terrier (Smooth)
Fox Terrier (Wire)
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Irish Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
Lakeland Terrier
Manchester Terrier (Standard)
Miniature Bull Terrier
Miniature Schnauzer
Norfolk Terrier
Norwich Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Skye Terrier
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier

HOUND BREEDS

Afghan Hound
Basenji
Basset Hound
Beagle 13 A.
Beagle 15 In.
Black and Tan Coonhound
Bloodhound
Borzoi
Dachshund (longhaired)
Dachshund (Smooth)
Dachshund (naked)
Foxhound (American)
Foxhound (English)
Harrier
Ibizan Hound
Greyhound Irish
Norwegian Elkhound
Otterhound
Small Basset Griffon Vendeen
Pharaoh Hound
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Saluki
Scottish Deerhound
Whippet

TOY BREEDS

Affenpinscher
Brussels Griffon
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chihuahua (Long Coat)
Chihuahua (Smooth Coat)
Chinese Crested
English Toy Spaniel (B & PC)
English Toy Spaniel (KC & R)
Havana
Italian Greyhound
Japanese Chin
Maltese
Manchester Terrier (Toy)
Miniature Pinscher
Papillon
Pekingese
Pomeranian
Poodle (Toy)
Pug
Shih Tzu
Silky Terrier
Toy Fox Terrier
Yorkshire Terrie.

Armen T. Ghazarians offers advice, information, and articles regarding many aspects of professional dog training for all those who are not professional dog trainers themselves. For more articles like this one, visit his website at http://www.newdogtrainingsecrets.com

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