French

Get In Touch

Entrer en contact

General

Général

mailinformation@ckc.ca Telephone 416-675-5511 TelephoneToll-Free 1-855-364-7252 location 5397 Eglinton Avenue W.
Suite 101
Etobicoke, ON
M9C 5K6
hoursMonday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST We're open right now! Nous sommes ouverts!

Membership Plus Toll Free

Adhésion Plus – sans frais

telephone 1-855-880-6237

Order Desk

Bureau des commandes

mailorderdesk@ckc.ca telephone 1-800-250-8040

Your Club is Here to Help!

Besoin d’aide? Le Club est à votre disposition.

If you’ve lost registration paperwork or certificates due to circumstances out of your control (fires, floods, etc.), please reach out to us using one of the above methods and we can help replace your important documents.

Working Dogs

Breeds

These breeds have a job to do. Some pull sleds or carts while others guard livestock, homes, businesses or military installations. Diverse duties may also include water-rescue work, alpine rescue or stints at sea as the fisherman’s helper.

Activity level

The energy level of most Working breeds depends on the task at hand. Guardian dogs may patrol or simply observe until called upon to defend. Then they surge into action. Sled dogs keep their enthusiasm in check until they’re in harness and then they’re keen to hit the trail. Working breeds might be termed energy efficient.

Size

The Working breeds vary from medium-sized, such as the Standard Schnauzer, up to giant, typified by the Great Dane, Mastiff or lesser-known Leonberger.

Trainability

Prized for their long association with humans, their loyalty and willingness to work, these breeds usually take well to training, though some may take longer than others for lessons to sink in.

Characteristics

They don’t wear grey pinstriped suits on the job but they are serious about their work.

Akita

Honoured in its native land as a national treasure, the Akita is the largest of the Japanese breeds belonging to the Spitz family of dogs.

Alaskan Malamute

This breed had its beginnings with an Inuit tribe known as the Mahlemuts. A powerful freighting dog, the Mal was the choice of many polar explorers.

Anatolian Shepherd Dog

The Anatolian Shepherd Dog may have come from the Himalayas when the Turks migrated from central Asia to what is now Turkey.

Bernese Mountain Dog

The Bernese is the only one of the four breeds of Swiss Mountain Dogs with a long coat.

Black Russian Terrier

The Black Russian Terrier (BRT) was created in the former Soviet Union’s State Military Kennel “Red Star” through selective cross-breeding.

Boxer

Developed in Germany as a medium-sized security dog, the Boxer combines the blood of a mastiff-type breed, which was used for hunting, herding and protection, with the British Bulldog.

Bullmastiff

Developed in England as the gamekeeper’s night dog, the Bullmastiff represents a cross between the Mastiff and the Bulldog – the percentage of each breed specified as 60 and 40, respectively.

Canaan Dog

The Canaan Dog, an indigenous breed of Israel, is thought to have descended from the ownerless, freeroaming pariah dogs often found in the Mediterranean regions.

Canadian Eskimo Dog

A strong hunting, sled and pack dog of the Canadian Arctic, the Canadian Eskimo Dog has a history dating back about 2,000 years.

Cane Corso

The Cane Corso is a medium-sized mastiff whose ancestry dates back to AD 600.

Doberman Pinscher

This medium-sized German working breed is named for Louis Dobermann, its creator.

Dogue de Bordeaux

North Americans were alerted to the rather massive charms of the Dogue de Bordeaux when he appeared in the hit movie Turner and Hooch.

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

Also known as the Entlebucher Sennenhund, this breed is believed to have descended from cattle dogs brought by the Romans to Helvetia over 2000 years ago.

Eurasier

Originally created as a sled dog, the Eurasier is robust enough to live outdoors but much prefers to be an indoor companion.

Giant Schnauzer

Believed to have originated in the area around Munich, Germany, the Giant, tallest of the three breeds of Schnauzer, was once called the Munich Schnauzer.

Great Dane

The name implies Danish origin, but this giant breed was developed in Germany, where it has been known since the Middle Ages.

Great Pyrenees

The Pyr is a beautiful descendant of the Molossian hounds that were brought to Spain by the Romans and became established in the Pyrenean Mountains on the Franco-Spanish border.

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Recently admitted into the American Kennel Club’s Working Group, this is the largest – and perhaps the oldest – of the Swiss mountain breeds descended from mastiffs that accompanied Caesar’s invading legions.

Greenland Dog

Since the Inuit people of Canada’s Arctic were known to have emigrated from Greenland many centuries ago, bringing their sled dogs with them, it’s possible this breed is the forerunner of our native Canadian Eskimo Dog.

Hovawart

The Hovawart takes its name from a German word that has been variously translated as guardian of the farm, the estate or the court.

Karelian Bear Dog

The Karelian Bear Dog is the big-game hunting canine of the Finnish people, although often it is mistakenly portrayed as a dog of Russian heritage.

Komondor

A native of Hungary, where the breed is known as the ‘King of the Working Dogs,’ the Komondor is the largest of the Hungarian breeds.

Kuvasz

A breed of Hungarian development, fanciers claim it probably descends from the Tibetan Mastiff and has a history dating back 7,000 years.

Leonberger

Herr Essig of Leonberg, Germany, set out in 1855 to create a large and powerful breed to use as a draught dog and as a guardian of livestock.

Mastiff

Sometimes known as the Old English Mastiff, this breed is thought to descend from large mastiff-type dogs brought to Britain by the Phoenician traders in the 6th century BC.

Neapolitan Mastiff

This massive and fearsome-looking canine is an ancient breed believed to be descendants of the mighty Mastiffs that went to war with the Romans, fought in their circuses and protected their homes.

Newfoundland

Folklore claims that the Newfoundland descends from Tibetan Mastiffs that had migrated to and become established in the island province.

Portuguese Water Dog

A strong swimmer and diver, the Portuguese Water Dog, known as Cão de Água in its homeland, is said to be able to shinny up a rope in traditional seaman fashion.

Rottweiler

Some of the descendants of the powerful dogs that drove and guarded the cattle that accompanied the Roman army in its march across Europe were left behind to guard outposts along the route.

Saint Bernard

Credited with saving more than 2,500 travellers lost in the snow, this breed was named for the Hospice du Grand St. Bernard in Switzerland, where the monks ave bred these large dogs since the 17th century.

Samoyed

The breed ‘with Christmas in its face’ is a member of the Spitz family.

Siberian Husky

Descended from the great coastal Chukchi of North Eastern Siberia, the Siberian Husky is a medium-sized working dog, quick and light on his feet and able to carry a light load at a moderate speed over great distances.

Standard Schnauzer

This is the oldest member of the Schnauzer family from which the other two sizes, the Giant and the Miniature, were developed.

Tibetan Mastiff

As early as the 13th century, Marco Polo told of seeing these Mastiffs in his Far East wanderings.

Yakutian Laika

The Yakutian Laika is an ancient native dog breed from the Yakutia region of Russian Siberia.