The official information you need to know about registering your pure bred dog with the American Kennel Club
The American Kennel Club
Incorporated Rules and Regulations
and Extracts from By-Laws

REGISTRABLE BREEDS BY GROUPS
The following breeds divided by groups shall be all the breeds now recognized by The American Kennel Club as being distinct breeds of pure-bred dogs eligible for registration in the Stud Book of The American Kennel Club.

Group 1 —Sporting Dogs
Pointers
Pointers (German Shorthaired)
Pointers (German Wirehaired)
Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay)
Retrievers (Curly-Coated)
Retrievers (Flat-Coated)
Retrievers (Golden)
Retrievers (Labrador)
Setters (English)
Setters (Gordon)
Setters (Irish)
Spaniels (American Water)
Spaniels (Brittany)
Spaniels (Clumber)
Spaniels (Cocker)
Spaniels (English Cocker)
Spaniels (English Springer)
Spaniels (Field)
Spaniels (Irish Water)
Spaniels (Sussex)
Spaniels (Welsh Springer)
Vizslas
Weimaraners
Wirehaired Pointing Griffons

Group 2 —Hounds
Afghan Hounds
Basenjis
Basset Hounds
Beagles
Black And Tan Coonhounds
Bloodhounds
Borzois
Dachshunds
Foxhounds (American)
Foxhounds (English)
Greyhounds
Harriers
Irish Wolfhounds
Norwegian Elkhounds
Otter Hounds
Rhodesian Ridgebacks
Salukis
Scottish Deerhounds
Whippets

Group 3 —Working Dogs
Akitas
Alaskan Malamutes
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Sheepdogs
Belgian Tervuren
Bernese Mountain Dogs
Bouviers Des Flandres
Boxers
Briards
Bullmastiffs
Collies
Doberman Pinschers
German Shepherd Dogs
Giant Schnauzers
Great Danes
Great Pyrenees
Komondorok
Kuvaszok
Mastiffs
Newfoundlands
Old English Sheepdogs
Pulik
Rottweilers
St. Bernards
Samoyeds
Shetland Sheepdogs
Siberian Huskies
Standard Schnauzers
Welsh Corgis (Cardigan)
Welsh Corgis (Pembroke)

Group 4 —Terriers
Airedale Terriers
American Staffordshire Terriers
Australian Terriers
Bedlington Terriers
Border Terriers
Bull Terriers
Cairn Terriers
Dandie Dinmont Terriers
Fox Terriers
Irish Terriers
Kerry Blue Terriers
Lakeland Terriers
Manchester Terriers
Miniature Schnauzers
Norwich Terriers
Scottish Terriers
Sealyham Terriers
Skye Terriers
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers
Welsh Terriers
West Highland White Terriers

Group 5 —Toys
Affenpinschers
Brussels Griffons
Chihuahuas
English Toy Spaniels
Italian Greyhounds
Japanese Spaniels
Maltese
Miniature Pinschers
Papillons
Pekingese
Pomeranians
Pugs
Shih Tzu
Silky Terriers
Yorkshire Terriers

Group 6 — Non-Sporting Dogs
Bichons Prises
Boston Terriers
Bulldogs
Chow Chows
Dalmatians
French Bulldogs
Keeshonden
Lhasa Apsos
Poodles
Schipperkes
Tibetan Terriers


The Board of Directors of The American Kennel Club may add other breeds to the foregoing list whenever in its opinion sufficient evidence is presented to said Board to justify its belief that such other breeds have been in existence as distinct breeds for such length of time as to justify being designated pure breeds. The Board of Directors also may remove any breed from the foregoing list or may transfer any breed from one group to another group whenever in its opinion sufficient evidence is presented to the Board to justify such removal or transfer.

REGISTRATION
• The breeder of a dog is the person who owned the dam of
that dog when the dam was bred; except that if the dam was
leased at the time of breeding, the breeder is the lessee.
• An American-bred dog is a dog whelped in the United
States of America by reason of a mating which took place in
the United States of America.
• Any person in good standing with The American Kennel
Club may apply for the registration of any pure-bred dog or
litter of pure-bred dogs owned by him, by supplying The
American Kennel Club with such information and complying
with such conditions as it shall require.
• No individual dog from a litter whelped in the United
States of America of which both parents are registered with
The American Kennel Club shall be eligible for registration
unless the litter has first been registered by the person who
owned the dam at time of whelping; except that if the dam
was leased at time of whelping, the litter may be registered
only by the lessee.
• No dog or litter out of a dam under eight (8) months or
over twelve (12) years of age at time of mating, or by a sire
under seven (7) months or over twelve (12) years of age at
time of mating, will be registered unless the application for
registration shall be accompanied by an affidavit or evidence
which shall prove the fact to the satisfaction of The American
Kennel Club.
Reprinted by permission of The American Kennel Club.