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Breed Note: Many of these pets are mixes. In these cases, the breed listed is the one that best matches their looks and personality. Also, some of the pets presumed to be mixes may be purebred.

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Breed Pets available More breed information
Affenpinscher 66 Affenpinscher
Afghan Hound 20 Afghan Hound
Airedale Terrier 215 Airedale Terrier
Akbash 36
Akita 876 Akita
Alaskan Malamute 451 Alaskan Malamute
American Bulldog 1,457 American Bulldog
American Eskimo Dog 515 American Eskimo Dog
American Hairless Terrier 4
American Staffordshire Terrier 3,081 American Staffordshire Terrier
American Water Spaniel 11 American Water Spaniel
Anatolian Shepherd 283 Anatolian Shepherd
Appenzell Mountain Dog 4
Australian Cattle Dog/Blue Heeler 3,211 Australian Cattle Dog/Blue Heeler
Australian Kelpie 223
Australian Shepherd 3,419 Australian Shepherd
Australian Terrier 44 Australian Terrier
Basenji 452 Basenji
Basset Hound 2,212 Basset Hound
Beagle 8,147 Beagle
Bearded Collie 67 Bearded Collie
Beauceron 9
Bedlington Terrier 9 Bedlington Terrier
Belgian Shepherd Dog Sheepdog 82 Belgian Shepherd Dog Sheepdog
Belgian Shepherd Laekenois 4
Belgian Shepherd Malinois 210 Belgian Shepherd Malinois
Belgian Shepherd Tervuren 59 Belgian Shepherd Tervuren
Bernese Mountain Dog 118 Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise 647 Bichon Frise
Black and Tan Coonhound 394 Black and Tan Coonhound
Black Labrador Retriever 5,165 Black Labrador Retriever
Black Mouth Cur 159
Black Russian Terrier 7
Bloodhound 264 Bloodhound
Blue Lacy 10
Bluetick Coonhound 389
Boerboel 8
Bolognese 2
Border Collie 4,782 Border Collie
Border Terrier 106 Border Terrier
Borzoi 20 Borzoi
Boston Terrier 1,071 Boston Terrier
Bouvier des Flanders 36 Bouvier des Flanders
Boxer 5,774 Boxer
Boykin Spaniel 19
Briard 13 Briard
Brittany Spaniel 455 Brittany Spaniel
Brussels Griffon 119 Brussels Griffon
Bull Terrier 439 Bull Terrier
Bullmastiff 192 Bullmastiff
Cairn Terrier 401 Cairn Terrier
Canaan Dog 44 Canaan Dog
Cane Corso Mastiff 77 Cane Corso Mastiff
Carolina Dog 100
Catahoula Leopard Dog 1,278
Cattle Dog 1,049
Caucasian Sheepdog (Caucasian Ovtcharka) 0
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 125 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 248 Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Chihuahua 7,785 Chihuahua
Chinese Crested Dog 280 Chinese Crested Dog
Chinese Foo Dog 0
Chinook 1
Chocolate Labrador Retriever 1,113 Chocolate Labrador Retriever
Chow Chow 2,921 Chow Chow
Cirneco dell'Etna 3
Clumber Spaniel 23 Clumber Spaniel
Cockapoo 157 Cockapoo
Cocker Spaniel 2,315 Cocker Spaniel
Collie 2,291 Collie
Coonhound 562
Corgi 1,113 Corgi
Coton de Tulear 15
Curly-Coated Retriever 28 Curly-Coated Retriever
Dachshund 3,906 Dachshund
Dalmatian 955 Dalmatian
Dandi Dinmont Terrier 10 Dandi Dinmont Terrier
Doberman Pinscher 1,402 Doberman Pinscher
Dogo Argentino 42
Dogue de Bordeaux 78
Dutch Shepherd 133
English Bulldog 279 English Bulldog
English Cocker Spaniel 49 English Cocker Spaniel
English Coonhound 78
English Pointer 284
English Setter 341 English Setter
English Shepherd 36
English Springer Spaniel 398 English Springer Spaniel
English Toy Spaniel 9 English Toy Spaniel
Entlebucher 4
Eskimo Dog 38
Feist 221
Field Spaniel 5 Field Spaniel
Fila Brasileiro 7
Finnish Lapphund 2
Finnish Spitz 48 Finnish Spitz
Flat-coated Retriever 337 Flat-coated Retriever
Fox Terrier 369
Foxhound 420 Foxhound
French Bulldog 123 French Bulldog
Galgo Spanish Greyhound 1
German Pinscher 43
German Shepherd Dog 7,776 German Shepherd Dog
German Shorthaired Pointer 713 German Shorthaired Pointer
German Spitz 29
German Wirehaired Pointer 72 German Wirehaired Pointer
Giant Schnauzer 52 Giant Schnauzer
Glen of Imaal Terrier 7
Golden Retriever 2,874 Golden Retriever
Gordon Setter 84 Gordon Setter
Great Dane 1,031 Great Dane
Great Pyrenees 1,166 Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog 41 Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Greyhound 2,230 Greyhound
Harrier 61 Harrier
Havanese 72 Havanese
Hound 5,269
Hovawart 7
Husky 2,223
Ibizan Hound 15 Ibizan Hound
Illyrian Sheepdog 1
Irish Setter 165 Irish Setter
Irish Terrier 29 Irish Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel 0 Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Wolfhound 71 Irish Wolfhound
Italian Greyhound 376 Italian Greyhound
Italian Spinone 5 Italian Spinone
Jack Russell Terrier 2,378 Jack Russell Terrier
Jack Russell Terrier (Parson Russell Terrier) 532 Jack Russell Terrier (Parson Russell Terrier)
Japanese Chin 190 Japanese Chin
Jindo 113
Kai Dog 14
Karelian Bear Dog 12
Keeshond 194 Keeshond
Kerry Blue Terrier 6 Kerry Blue Terrier
Kishu 1
Klee Kai 3
Komondor 3 Komondor
Kuvasz 15 Kuvasz
Kyi Leo 2
Labrador Retriever 20,222 Labrador Retriever
Lakeland Terrier 4 Lakeland Terrier
Lancashire Heeler 26
Leonberger 22
Lhasa Apso 728 Lhasa Apso
Löwchen 3 Lowchen
Maltese 637 Maltese
Manchester Terrier 213 Manchester Terrier
Maremma Sheepdog 7
Mastiff 637 Mastiff
McNab 21
Miniature Pinscher 1,749 Miniature Pinscher
Mountain Cur 157
Mountain Dog 29
Münsterländer 3
Neapolitan Mastiff 55 Neapolitan Mastiff
New Guinea Singing Dog 2
Newfoundland Dog 216 Newfoundland Dog
Norfolk Terrier 20 Norfolk Terrier
Norwegian Buhund 2
Norwegian Elkhound 128 Norwegian Elkhound
Norwegian Lundehund 2
Norwich Terrier 19 Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever 17
Old English Sheepdog 59 Old English Sheepdog
Otterhound 12 Otterhound
Papillon 407 Papillon
Patterdale Terrier (Fell Terrier) 21
Pekingese 838 Pekingese
Peruvian Inca Orchid 2
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen 21 Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
Pharaoh Hound 63 Pharaoh Hound
Pit Bull Terrier 10,077 Pit Bull Terrier
Plott Hound 291
Podengo Portugueso 13
Pointer 1,548 Pointer
Polish Lowland Sheepdog 0
Pomeranian 1,325 Pomeranian
Poodle 2,553 Poodle
Portuguese Water Dog 4 Portuguese Water Dog
Presa Canario 22
Pug 1,630 Pug
Puli 2 Puli
Pumi 0
Rat Terrier 1,911
Redbone Coonhound 289
Retriever 1,617
Rhodesian Ridgeback 392 Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rottweiler 3,579 Rottweiler
Saint Bernard St. Bernard 659 Saint Bernard St. Bernard
Saluki 34 Saluki
Samoyed 137 Samoyed
Sarplaninac 3
Schipperke 207 Schipperke
Schnauzer 1,374 Schnauzer
Scottish Deerhound 11 Scottish Deerhound
Scottish Terrier Scottie 152 Scottish Terrier Scottie
Sealyham Terrier 5 Sealyham Terrier
Setter 162
Shar Pei 1,575 Shar Pei
Sheep Dog 44
Shepherd 8,861 Shepherd
Shetland Sheepdog Sheltie 1,086 Shetland Sheepdog Sheltie
Shiba Inu 333 Shiba Inu
Shih Tzu 1,870 Shih Tzu
Siberian Husky 1,464 Siberian Husky
Silky Terrier 111 Silky Terrier
Skye Terrier 18 Skye Terrier
Sloughi 1
Smooth Fox Terrier 65 Smooth Fox Terrier
South Russian Ovtcharka 1
Spaniel 1,216
Spitz 332
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 924 Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Standard Poodle 157 Standard Poodle
Sussex Spaniel 1 Sussex Spaniel
Swedish Vallhund 8
Terrier 7,688
Thai Ridgeback 17
Tibetan Mastiff 15 Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Spaniel 43 Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier 65 Tibetan Terrier
Tosa Inu 1 Tosa Inu
Toy Fox Terrier 173
Treeing Walker Coonhound 697
Vizsla 177 Vizsla
Weimaraner 822 Weimaraner
Welsh Corgi 248
Welsh Springer Spaniel 11 Welsh Springer Spaniel
Welsh Terrier 15 Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier Westie 266 West Highland White Terrier Westie
Wheaten Terrier 129 Wheaten Terrier
Whippet 307 Whippet
White German Shepherd 237 White German Shepherd
Wire Fox Terrier 69 Wire Fox Terrier
Wire-haired Pointing Griffon 18 Wire-haired Pointing Griffon
Wirehaired Terrier 477
Xoloitzcuintle/Mexican Hairless 39
Yellow Labrador Retriever 2,161 Yellow Labrador Retriever
Yorkshire Terrier Yorkie 946 Yorkshire Terrier Yorkie

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