Basenji Dog Breed

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Basenji
Basenji Details
Breed Group: Hounds
Origen: Central Africa
Nickname: Congo Dog
Weight: 22-24 lbs
Height: 16-17 inches
Color(s): red, black, black and tan, or brindle, all with white feet, chest and tail tips; white legs, blaze, and collar optional

Basset Hound Dog Breed

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Basset Hound Details
Breed Group: Hounds
Origen: France
Nickname: Basset
Weight: 40-60 lbs
Height: 14 inches
Color(s): Any recognized hound color

Beagle Dog Breed

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Beagle Details
Breed Group: Hounds
Origen: England
Nickname: English Beagle
Weight: 16-38 lbs
Height: 10-16 inches
Color(s): Lemon, tri-color, black and tan, red and white, orange and white, or lemon and white, blue tick and red tick.

Bearded Collie Dog Breed

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Bearded Collie Details
Breed Group: Herding
Origen: Scotland
Nickname: Beardie
Weight: 45-55 lbs
Height: 20-22 inches
Color(s): Any shade of gray or chocolate. White may appear as a blaze, or on tail tip, feet, and chest. Tan points may also occur.

Beauceron Dog Breed

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Beauceron Details
Breed Group: Herding
Origen: France
Nickname: Berger de Beauce
Weight: 65-85 lbs
Height: 24-27 inches
Color(s): Black & Tan with specific tan markings; Harlequin with patches of gray, black, and tan

Bedlington Terrier Dog Breed

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Bedlington Terrier
Bedlington Terrier Details
Breed Group: Terrier
Origen: United Kingdom
Nickname: Rothbury Terrier, Rodbery Terrier
Weight: 17-23 lbs
Height: 15-17 inches
Color(s): Blue, sandy, and liver, each with or without tan points. Bedlington pups are born dark, and lighten to adult color by about one year of age.

Belgian Malinois Dog Breed

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Belgian Malinois Details
Breed Group: Herding
Origen: Belgium
Nickname: Belgian Malinois, Chien de Berger Belge, Mechelaar, Mechelse Herder (Mechelse Scheper), Pastor Belga Malinois
Weight: 60-65 lbs
Height: 22-24 inches
Color(s): Black

Belgian Sheepdog Dog Breed

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Belgian Sheepdog Details
Breed Group: Not Akc Recognized
Origen: Belgium
Nickname: Chien de Berger, Belge
Weight: 22-26 lbs
Height: 22-26 inches
Color(s): Fawn, mahogany; with black overlap. There is black shading on the muzzle and tail.

Belgian Tervuren Dog Breed

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Belgian Tervuren Details
Breed Group: Herding
Origen: Belgium
Nickname: Chien de Berger Belge
Weight: 60-65 lbs
Height: 22-26 inches
Color(s): Rich fawn to russet mahogany with black overlay (becoming darker with maturity), black mask and ears

Bernese Mountain Dog Breed

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Bernese Mountain Details
Breed Group: Working
Origen: Switzerland
Nickname: Bernese
Weight: 70-120 lbs
Height: 23-28 inches
Color(s): Tricolored; black with tan markings and white flashings

Bichon Frise Dog Breed

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Bichon Frise
Bichon Frise Details
Breed Group: Non-Sporting
Origen: Spain / Belgium(was then taken into France)
Nickname: Bichon
Weight: 7-12 lbs
Height: 9-12 inches
Color(s): White, may have cream shadings

Black and Tan Coonhound Dog Breed

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Black and Tan Coonhound Details
Breed Group: Hounds
Origen: United States
Nickname: Coonhound
Weight: 55-75 lbs
Height: 23-27 inches
Color(s): Black and tan

Black Russian Terrier Dog Breed

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Black Russian Terrier
Breed Group: Working
Origen: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Nickname: BRT
Weight: 80-160 lbs
Height: 25-30 inches
Color(s): Black, black with some gray hair

Bloodhound Dog Breed

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Bloodhound
Bloodhound Details
Breed Group: Hounds
Origen: Belgium / France or England/Scotland
Nickname: Chien de Saint-Hubert, St. Hubert Hound, Sleuth hound
Weight: 80-110 lbs
Height: 23-27 inches
Color(s): Black and tan, liver and tan, and red

Bluetick Coonhound Dog Breed

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Bluetick Coonhound Details
Breed Group: Not AKC Recognized
Origen: United States
Nickname:
Weight: 45-80 lbs
Height: 20-27 inches
Color(s): Tri-colored, heavily black speckled on white which gives the coat a blueish tint

Border Collie Dog Breed

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Border Collie Details
Breed Group: Herding
Origen: UK - Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
Nickname:
Weight: 30-45 lbs
Height: 18-23 inches
Color(s): Black, blue merle, and sable, marked with varying amounts of white and/or tan

Border Terrier Dog Breed

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Border Terrier Details
Breed Group: Terrier
Origen: UK - Scotland / England
Nickname:
Weight: 11-16 lbs
Height: 10-11 inches
Color(s): Red, grizzle and tan, blue and tan, or wheaten

Borzoi Dog Breed

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Borzoi Details
Breed Group: Hounds
Origen: Russia
Nickname: Barzoi, Russian Wolfhound, Russkaya Psovaya Borzaya, Psovoi
Weight: 60-105 lbs
Height: 26-28 inches
Color(s): Any

Boston Terrier Dog Breed

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Boston Terrier Details
Breed Group: Non-Sporting
Origen: United States
Nickname: Boston Bull, Boston Bull Terrier, Boxwood, American Gentlemen
Weight: 10-25 lbs
Height: 15-17 inches
Color(s): Brindle, seal, or black with white markings on muzzle, between eyes, and forechest, and possibly white collar and lower legs

Bouvier des Flandres Dog Breed

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Bouvier des Flandres
Breed Group: Herding
Origen: Belgium
Nickname: Flanders Cattle Dog, Vlaamse Koehond
Weight: 69-90 lbs
Height: 24-28 inches
Color(s): From fawn to black, including salt and pepper, gray, and brindle

Boxer Dog Breed

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Boxer Details
Breed Group: Working
Origen: Germany
Nickname: German Boxer
Weight: 50-85 lbs
Height: 21-26 inches
Color(s): Fawn, brindle, tan, mahogany, black often with white markings.

Boykin Spaniel Dog Breed

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Boykin Spaniel
Breed Group: Sporting
Origen: United States
Nickname: Boykin, Swamp Poodle, LBD (Little Brown Dog)
Weight: 25-40 lbs
Height: 14-18 inches
Color(s): Brown or Liver

Briard Dog Breed

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Briard Details
Breed Group: Herding
Origen: France
Nickname: Berger de Brie, Berger Briard
Weight: 75-100 lbs
Height: 23-27 inches
Color(s): All uniform colors except white (includes black, tawny, and gray shades)

Brittany Dog Breed

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Brittany Details
Breed Group: Sporting
Origen: France
Nickname: American Brittany, Brittany Pointer, Brittany Spaniel, Brittany Wiegref, Epagneul Breton
Weight: 30-40 lbs
Height: 17-21 inches
Color(s): Orange and white, liver and white, or tricolored

Brussels Griffon Dog Breed

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Brussels Griffon Details
Breed Group: Toy
Origen: Belgium
Nickname: Griffon, Griff, Bruss
Weight: 8-10 lbs
Height: 7-8 inches
Color(s): Red, belge (mixed reddish brown and black), black and tan, or black

Bull Terrier Dog Breed

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Bull Terrier Details
Breed Group: Terrier
Origen: England
Nickname: English Bull Terrier, Pig dog (obsolete)
Weight: 45-65 lbs
Height: 21-22 inches
Color(s): White variety: white, with markings on head permissible; colored variety: any color other than white, or any color with white markings; brindle prefer

Bulldog Dog Breed

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Bulldog
Bulldog Details
Breed Group: Non-Sporting
Origen: Great Britain
Nickname: English bulldog
Weight: 40-60 lbs
Height: 14 to 15 inches
Color(s): Red brindle; solid white; solid red, fawn or fallow; piebald

Bullmastiff Dog Breed

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Bullmastiff Details
Breed Group: Working
Origen: England
Nickname:
Weight: 100-130 lbs
Height: 22-26 inches
Color(s): Red, fawn, or brindle