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 Breeds and Abbreviations

Group 1 - Sporting Dogs

Barbet - BRE
Braque Francais - BAF
Griffon (Wire Haired Pointing) - GWP
Pointer - PIT
Pointer (German Long-Haired) - PGL
Pointer (German Short-Haired) - PGS
Pointer (German Wire-Haired) - PGW
Pudelpointer - PDL

Retriever (Chesapeake Bay) - RCB
Retriever (Curly-Coated) - RTC
Retriever (Flat-Coated) - RTF
Retriever (Golden) - RTG
Retriever (Labrador) - RTL
Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) - RNS
Setter (English) - STE
Setter (Gordon) - STG
Setter (Irish) - STI
Setter (Irish Red and White) - IRW
Spaniel (American Cocker) - SAC
Spaniel (American Water) - SAW
Spaniel (Blue Picardy) - SBP
Spaniel (Brittany) - SAB
Spaniel (Clumber) - SPC
Spaniel (English Cocker) - SEC
Spaniel (English Springer) - SPE
Spaniel (Field) - SAF
Spaniel (French) - SPF
Spaniel (Irish Water) - SIW
Spaniel (Sussex) - SAS
Spaniel (Welsh Springer) - SWS
Spanish Water Dog - SWD
Spinone Italiano - SPI
Vizsla (Smooth-Haired) - VSH
Vizsla (Wire-Haired) - VWH
Weimaraner - WIA


Group 2 - Hounds

Afghan Hound - AGH
Basenji - BSN
Basset Hound - BSH
Beagle - BAL
Bloodhound - BOD
Borzoi - BRO
Coonhound (Black & Tan) - COB
Dachshund (Miniature Long-Haired) - DML
Dachshund (Miniature Smooth-Haired) - DMS
Dachshund (Miniature Wire-Haired) - DMW
Dachshund (Standard Long-Haired) - DSL
Dachshund (Standard Smooth-Haired) - DSS
Dachshund (Standard Wire-Haired) - DSW
Deerhound (Scottish) - DES Drever - DEE
Finnish Spitz - FNS
Foxhound (American) - FXA
Foxhound (English) - FXE
Greyhound - GEH
Harrier - HRI
Ibizan Hound - IIH
Irish Wolfhound - IIW
Norrbottenspets - NRO
Norwegian Elkhound - NRE
Norwegian Lundehund - NRL
Otterhound - OTR
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen - PBG
Pharaoh Hound - PAH
Rhodesian Ridgeback - ROR
Saluki - SLK
Whippet - WIP

 

Group 3 - Working Dogs

Akita - AIA
Alaskan Malamute - AAM
Bernese Mountain Dog - BMD
Boxer - BXR
Bullmastiff - BLM
Canaan Dog - CNA
Canadian Eskimo Dog - CED
Doberman Pinscher - DBP
Entlebucher Mountain Dog - EMD
Eurasier - ERS
Great Dane - GED
Great Pyrenees - GEP
Greenland Dog - GEN
Hovawart - HVW
Karelian Bear Dog - KBD
Komondor - KMN
Kuvasz - KVS
Leonberger - LOB
Mastiff - MSI
Neapolitan Mastiff – NEO
Newfoundland - NWO
Portuguese Water Dog - PRW
Rottweiler - RTW
Samoyed - SMY
Schnauzer (Giant) - SHG
Schnauzer (Standard) - SHS
Siberian Husky - SBH
St. Bernard - SBR


Group 4 - Terriers

Airedale Terrier - ART
American Staffordshire Terrier - AFT
Australian Terrier - AST
Bedlington Terrier - BDT
Border Terrier - BRT
Bull Terrier - BLT
Bull Terrier (Miniature) - BTM
Cairn Terrier - CIT
Cesky Terrier - CST
Dandie Dinmont Terrier - DDT
Fox Terrier (Smooth) - FTS
Fox Terrier (Wire) - FTW
Irish Terrier - IIT
Kerry Blue Terrier - KBT
Lakeland Terrier - LKT
Manchester Terrier - MNT
Norfolk Terrier - NOT
Norwich Terrier - NRT
Schnauzer (Miniature) - SHM
Scottish Terrier - SOT
Sealyham Terrier - SAT
Skye Terrier - SYT
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier - SCW
Staffordshire Bull Terrier - SSB
Welsh Terrier - WLT
West Highland White Terrier - WHW

 

Group 5 - Toys

Affenpinscher - AFN
American Eskimo Dog (Toy) - AET
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - CKC
Chihuahua (Long Coat) - CIL
Chihuahua (Short Coat) - CIS
Chinese Crested - CIC
English Toy Spaniel - ETS
Griffon (Brussels) - GIB
Havanese - HVN
Italian Greyhound - IAG
Japanese Spaniel - JPS
Maltese - MLE
Miniature Pinscher - MNP
Papillon - PPL
Pekingese - PKN
Pomeranian - PMR
Poodle (Toy) - POT
Pug - PUG
Silky Terrier - STT
Toy Manchester Terrier - TMT
Yorkshire Terrier - YRT
Xoloitzcuintli (Toy) - XLT


Group 6 - Non-Sporting

American Eskimo Dog (Miniature) – AEM
American Eskimo Dog (Standard) - AES
Bichon Frise - BCF
Boston Terrier - BST
Bulldog - BLD
Chinese Shar-Pei - CSP
Chow Chow - COC
Dalmatian - DLA
French Bulldog - FEB
German Pinscher - GRP
Japanese Spitz - JPN
Keeshond - KEH
Lhasa Apso - LAA
Lowchen - LWH
Poodle (Miniature) - POM
Poodle (Standard) - POS
Schipperke - SHP
Shiba Inu - SII
Shih Tzu - SIT
Tibetan Spaniel - TBS
Tibetan Terrier - TBT
Xoloitzcuintli (Miniature) - XLM
Xoloitzcuintli (Standard) - XLS


Group 7 - Herding

Australian Cattle Dog - ACD
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog - ASC
Australian Shepherd - ASS
Bearded Collie - BAC
Belgian Shepherd Dog - BLS
Berger des Pyrenees - BDP
Berger Picard - BRP
Bouviers des Flandres - BDF
Briard - BIR
Collie (Rough) - CLR
Collie (Smooth) - CLS
Dutch Sheepdog - DTS
German Shepherd Dog - GSD
Iceland Sheepdog - IES
Lancashire Heeler - LNH
Norwegian Buhund - NRB
Old English Sheepdog - OES
Polish Lowland Sheepdog - PLS
Puli - PUL
Shetland Sheepdog - SES
Swedish Vallhund - SEV
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) - WCC
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) - WCP
 


Listed Breeds

Breed

Abbreviation

Group

Effective Date

Anatolian Shepherd Dog (Turkey)

AAS

3

July 1, 2007

Australian Kelpie (Australia)

ASK

7

July 1, 2007

Black Russian Terrier (Russia)

BUT

3

July 1, 2007

Border Collie (England)

BRC

7

September 1, 2007

Cane Corso (Italy)

CNC

3

September 1, 2006

Coton de Tulear (France)

CDT

5

September 1, 2006

Dogue de Bordeaux (France)

DDB

3

July 1, 2011

Finnish Lapphund (Finland)

FNL

7

July 1, 2007

Glen of Imaal Terrier (Ireland)

GIT

4

January 1, 2009

Kleiner Munsterlander Vorstehund (Germany)

KEM

1

July 1, 2007

Mudi (Hungary)

MDI

7

July 1, 2007

Parson Russell Terrier (England)

PRT

3

September 1, 2006

Portuguese Sheepdog (Portugal)

PRS

7

January 1, 2009

Shikoku (Japan)

SIO

2

July 1, 2007

Spanish Water Dog (Spain)

SWD

1


September 1, 2008

Tatra Sheepdog (Poland)

TTS

7

July 1, 2007

Tibetan Mastiff (Tibet)

TBM

3

July 1, 2007

 


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