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If your site is about your breeding operation, your purebred pet, a purebred breed-specific rescue service or a single-breed club, please find your breed in the appropriate group.

Submit your site to the Breeders, Pets, Rescue or Clubs subcategory of that breed's category. [some more unusual breeds do not yet have such subcategories; submit your site to that breed's main category]. Please include a location with your submission details.

If you are selling a product, do not submit your site to Recreation/Pets/Dogs. It will not be listed here. All such sites are listed in Shopping/Pets/Cats_and_Dogs/Dogs/.

Sites of businesses providing K9 dogs and supplies should be submitted to Business: K9 Dogs and Supplies.

Boarding kennels, grooming, training or pet sitting services, should be submitted to the proper locality in Regional. Your site will not be listed in Recreation/Pets/Dogs.

Please send sites that only offer puppies or dogs for sale to the appropriate location in Regional.

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public.

Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

Thank you.

more information (editors only)

Dog breeds, organized by alphabet bar, and by groups.

Breeders and Kennels

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

Please submit your website to the appropriate breed's Breeder category. A list of Breed categories can be found here: Recreation: Pets: Dogs: Breeds.

This category holds links to the Breeders categories of specific breeds and breed groups.

Clubs

This category holds links to categories of breed specific clubs.

Experimental Breeds and Hybrids

Please do not submit sites about accidental breedings to this category.

Sites about AKC- and FCI-recognized breeds should be submitted to the specific breed category under Recreation: Pets: Dogs: Breeds.

Submit sites from only hobbyist interested in breeding.

Do not submit sites concerning services or sales. Please send sites that only offer puppies or dogs for sale to the appropriate location in Regional.

Websites of developing breeds, breeds of recent origin, and established single-generation crosses between purebred dogs or between dogs and wolves.

Herding Group

Please submit websites about herding dogs here only if they do not fit into one of the specific breed categories.

Websites about breeds classified as Working should be submitted to the appropriate category under the Working Group.

Websites about Livestock Guardian breeds should be submitted to the appropriate category under Livestock Guardian Dogs.

Websites about herding as an activity should be submitted to Activities/Herding.

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

The breeds in this group all have a strong instinct to herd. Used to herd livestock in various localities and climates, over the centuries natural and human selection have produced active and intelligent dogs with protective coats.

Most of the breeds listed in this category are recognized by the FCI as Group I Herders and/or by the AKC as belonging to the Herding Group. There are also some without official recognition save that of the humans they serve.

Hound Group

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

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Livestock Guardian Dogs

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

Here you can submit:

- sites which have general content about LGDs

- sites featuring a special breed which is used to guard livestock, like sheep, goats, cattle, llamas, poultry and others, against predators.

The different breeds considered as LGDs are listed within this category as separate subcategory for each breed.

Molosser Group

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

Ancient Epirus was known for its wardogs and guardian dogs, descendants of ancient mastiffs. The dogs were named Molossers after a country in Epirus, Molossia.

"Molosser" now refers to the breeds that descended from the ancient mastiff. While the varied breeds still share some physical characteristics, all retain the courageous and protective nature of their ancestors.

NonSporting-Utility Group

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

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Primitive Group

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

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Rescues and Shelters

If the website you are submitting is about a breed specific rescue organization, please submit to the Rescue category of that breed.

If the rescue is limited to multiple breeds within a group, please submit to that group's category.

Other rescues should be submitted to Recreation: Pets: Dogs: Rescue.

This category holds links to breed specific rescue categories.

Spitz Group

Please send sites that only offer puppies or dogs for sale to the appropriate location in Regional. Recreation categories are intended for hobbyist interested in their breeds. It is not intended for sales.

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Sporting-Gundog Group

Please send sites that only offer puppies or dogs for sale to the appropriate location in Regional. Recreation categories are intended for hobbyist interested in their breeds. It is not intended for sales.

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Terrier Group

Please send sites that only offer puppies or dogs for sale to the appropriate location in Regional. Recreation categories are intended for hobbyist interested in their breeds. It is not intended for sales.

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Toy Group

Submissions are for dog information sites within the toy group, not products and supplies which goes to Shopping/Pets/Dogs.

Recreational categories are intended for the hobbyist with a focus on the breed and showing the animals; on limited occasions litters or puppies may become available and offered to the public. Websites whose primary focus is to sell puppies or dogs will be considered a business. Currently all businesses selling puppies or dogs as companions, pets, or show animals should be listed in Regional under the businesses physical location.

The Toy Group is a collection of the smallest breeds of dogs.

Working Group

Please send sites that only offer puppies or dogs for sale to the appropriate location in Regional. Recreation categories are intended for hobbyist interested in their breeds. It is not intended for sales.

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