An illustrated field guide

Dogs

From the Great Dane to the Chihuahua — find the breed that fits your life.

224 entries

Dogs are the most varied animal you can bring home — a single species that runs from toy companions you can carry to working breeds bred for stamina and guarding. That range is the whole point: the right dog for an apartment-dwelling first-timer looks nothing like the right dog for an active rural household. Choosing well means matching a breed’s built-in drives — energy, trainability, sociability, grooming load — to your actual day, not to how a dog looks.

Every dog is also a 10-to-15-year commitment of daily exercise, training, company and cost. The profiles below read each breed against those realities so you can see past the looks to what living with one really asks.

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Browse all dogs (224)

Companion Dogs (42)

AffenpinscherTiny · 12 to 14 years Alaskan Klee KaiSmall · 12 to 16 years American Eskimo DogSmall · 12 to 15 years Bichon FriseSmall · 12 to 15 years BologneseTiny · 12 to 14 years Boston TerrierSmall · 13 to 15 years BroholmerGiant · 8 to 12 years.Brussels GriffonTiny · 12 to 15 years BulldogSmall · 8 to 12 years Cavalier King Charles SpanielSmall · 9 to 15 years ChihuahuaTiny · 10 to 18 years Chinese CrestedSmall · 10 to 14 years Cirneco dell’EtnaMedium · 12 to 14 years Coton de TulearTiny · Starts at 14 years DalmatianMedium · 13 to 16 years English Toy SpanielSmall · 10 to 12 years EurasierLarge · 12 to 14 years French BulldogSmall · 11 to 14 years German SpitzTiny · 13 to 15 years HavaneseSmall · 12 to 15 years Italian GreyhoundSmall · 14 to 15 years Japanese ChinTiny · 10 to 14 years Japanese SpitzSmall · 10 to 16 years KeeshondMedium · 12 to 15 years Lhasa ApsoTiny · 12 to 15 years LowchenTiny · 13 to 15 years MalteseTiny · 12 to 15 years Miniature PinscherTiny · 10 to 14 years PapillonTiny · 12 to 16 years PekingeseTiny · 12 to 15 years PomeranianTiny · 12 to 16 years PoodleLarge · 12 to 15 years PugSmall · 12 to 15 years SchipperkeTiny · 13 to 15 years Shiba InuSmall · 12 to 16 years Shih TzuTiny · 10 to 16 years Silky TerrierTiny · 12 to 15 years Tibetan SpanielTiny · 12 to 15 years Tibetan TerrierSmall · 12 to 15 years Toy Fox TerrierTiny · 13 to 14 years XoloitzcuintliMedium · 14 to 20 years Yorkshire TerrierTiny · 12 to 15 years

Herding Dogs (32)

Hound Dogs (38)

Afghan HoundLarge · 10 to 12 years American English CoonhoundMedium · 10 to 12 years American FoxhoundMedium · 12 to 13 years American Leopard HoundLarge · 12 to 15 years.AzawakhMedium · 12 to 15 years BasenjiSmall · 10 to 12 years Basset Fauve de BretagneSmall · 12 to 15 years.Basset HoundSmall · 10 to 12 years Bavarian Mountain Scent HoundMedium · 10 to 14 years.BeagleSmall · 10 to 15 years Black and Tan CoonhoundMedium · 10 to 12 years BloodhoundLarge · 11 to 15 years Bluetick CoonhoundMedium · 10 to 12 years BorzoiGiant · 10 to 12 years DachshundTiny · 12 to 15 years DreverMedium · 12 to 15 years English FoxhoundMedium · 10 to 13 years GreyhoundLarge · 12 to 15 years HamiltonstovareMedium · 14 to 17 years HarrierMedium · 10 to 12 years Ibizan HoundMedium · 10 to 14 years Irish WolfhoundGiant · 6 to 8 years Norwegian ElkhoundMedium · 12 to 15 years OtterhoundLarge · 10 to 12 years Petit Basset Griffon VendeenSmall · Starts at 14 years Pharaoh HoundMedium · 11 to 14 years PlottMedium · 12 to 14 years Pocket BeagleSmall · Starts at 10 years Portuguese Podengo PequenoTiny · 12 to 15 years Redbone CoonhoundMedium · 10 to 12 years Rhodesian RidgebackLarge · 10 to 12 years SalukiLarge · 12 to 14 years Scottish DeerhoundGiant · 8 to 11 years Silken WindhoundMedium · 14 to 20 years SloughiLarge · 12 to 16 years Treeing Tennessee BrindleMedium · 10 to 12 years Treeing Walker CoonhoundLarge · 12 to 13 years WhippetMedium · 12 to 15 years

Sporting Dogs (39)

American Water SpanielMedium · 12 to 15 years BarbetMedium · 13 to 15 years Boykin SpanielMedium · 10 to 12 years Bracco ItalianoLarge · 10 to 14 years BrittanyMedium · 10 to 13 years Chesapeake Bay RetrieverMedium · 10 to 12 years Clumber SpanielMedium · 12 to 12 years Cocker SpanielSmall · 12 to 15 years Curly-Coated RetrieverMedium · 9 to 12 years Deutscher WachtelhundLarge · 12 to 14 years Dogo ArgentinoLarge · 9 to 15 years English Cocker SpanielSmall · 12 to 14 years English SetterMedium · 11 to 15 years English Springer SpanielMedium · 9 to 15 years Field SpanielSmall · 10 to 12 years Finnish SpitzMedium · 12 to 15 years Flat-Coated RetrieverMedium · 10 to 12 years French SpanielMedium · 10 to 12 years.German Shorthaired PointerMedium · 12 to 15 years German Wirehaired PointerLarge · 12 to 14 years Golden RetrieverMedium · 10 to 12 years Gordon SetterMedium · 10 to 12 years Irish Red and White SetterMedium · 10 to 14 years Irish SetterLarge · 11 to 15 years Irish Water SpanielMedium · 10 to 12 years KooikerhondjeMedium · 12 to 14 years Korean Jindo DogMedium · 12 - 15 years Labrador RetrieverLarge · 10 to 12 years Lagotto RomagnoloSmall · 14 to 17 years Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverMedium · 10 to 14 years PointerMedium · 12 to 15 years Small Munsterlander PointerMedium · 12 to 14 years Spinone ItalianoLarge · 10 to 14 years StabyhounMedium · 13 to 14 years Sussex SpanielSmall · 11 to 14 years VizslaMedium · 10 to 14 years WeimaranerLarge · 11 to 13 years Welsh Springer SpanielMedium · 10 to 15 years Wirehaired Pointing GriffonMedium · 10 to 14 years

Terrier Dogs (29)

Working Dogs (44)

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