Editing Dog (section)

==Classification of Breeding Dog Breeds==

The following types of dogs are distinguished primarily according to their intended use:

Herding dogs (e.g. German Shepherd Dog, Collie, Border Collie), cattle dogs (e.g. Rottweiler) and shepherd dogs (e.g. Kuvasz).
Domestic dogs in the narrower sense (e.g. Landseer, Newfoundland, Leonberger, Bernese Mountain Dog) and farm dogs (e.g. Hovawart, Entlebucher Sennenhund, Appenzeller Sennenhund)
Stable dogs (e.g. Pinschers and Schnauzers) and guard dogs (e.g. German Spitz),
Society dogs (e.g. Havanese) and companion dogs,
Hunting dogs for different types of hunting and prey including sweat dogs, rummaging dogs, pointing dogs and retrievers and earth dogs and bracken as well as hounds (for example greyhounds like the Azawakh).
In addition, other unsystematic terms such as working dogs or working dogs, attack dogs, protection dogs, guard dogs, primitive or original dogs and even lap dogs are common.

A cynological system of dog breeds is maintained by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI), which currently recognizes 347 breeds (status: 11/2004). Then all recognized dog breeds are divided into 10 groups, which in turn are divided into different sections:

Group 01 : Herding dogs and cattle dogs (except Swiss mountain dogs ) [1] ;
Group 02 : Pinschers and Schnauzers - Molossoids - Swiss Mountain Dogs and other breeds [2] ;
Group 03 : Terriers [3] ;
Group 04 : Dachshunds [4] ;
Group 05 : Spitz and primitive dogs [5] ;
Group 06 : hounds, sweat dogs and related breeds [6] ;
Group 07 : Pointing dogs [7] ;
Group 08 : Retriever dogs - rook dogs - water dogs [8] ;
Group 09 : Society and companion dogs [9] ;
Group 10 : Greyhounds [10].
There are also a number of so-called provisionally accepted breeds in the FCI system [11] .

Outside of this system, there are over a hundred other breeds that are not recognized by the FCI , as well as a number of breeds that are considered to be extinct, such as Basset d'Artois, Braque Belge and Harlequin Pinscher, which have been deleted from the FCI system.

In addition to the actual dog breeds, there are also bastards or mixed breeds, [[feral]] domestic dogs (for example dingo ( Canis lupus f. Dingo )).