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What dog breeds can Basepaws identify?Updated 14 days ago

The following is a list of breeds, landraces, and free-breeding dogs Basepaws can identify: 

Affenpinscher

Afghan Hound

Airedale Terrier

Akbash:Akbash,Kars Shepherd*

Akita:Japanese Akita Inu,American Akita*

Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog

Alaskan Malamute

Alpine Dachsbracke

American Bulldog

American Cocker Spaniel

American Eskimo (Miniature and Standard)

American Foxhound

American Hairless Terrier (Hairless and Coated)

American Staffordshire Terrier

American Village Dog (Mexico, Central America, and South America)

American Water Spaniel

Anatolian Shepherd

Appenzell Cattle Dog

Ariege Pointing Dog

Artois Hound

Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Kelpie

Australian Shepherd

Australian Silky Terrier

Australian Terrier

Barbet

Basenji

Basset Artesian Normand

Basset Fauve De Bretagne

Basset Hound

Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound

Beagle

Bearded Collie

Beauceron

Bedlington Terrier

Belgian Shepherd:Belgian Malinois,Groenendael,Belgian Tervuren,Belgian Laekenois*

Bergamasco

Berger Picard

Bernese Mountain Dog

Bichon:Bichon Frise,Maltese,Havanese,Coton de Tulear,Bolognese*

Black Norwegian Elkhound

Black Russian Terrier

Bloodhound

Bluetick Coonhound

Boerboel

Bohemian Shepherd

Border Collie

Border Terrier

Borzoi

Boston Terrier

Bouvier Des Flandres 

Boxer

Boykin Spaniel

Bracco Italiano

Braque D’Auvergne

Braque du Bourbonnais

Braque Francais:Braque Francais Pyrenean,Braque Francais Gascogne

Brazilian Terrier

Briard

Brittany Spaniel

Broholmer

Brussels Griffon:Brussels Griffon,Griffon Belge,Petit Brabancon

Bull Terrier:Bull Terrier,Miniature Bull Terrier

Bullmastiff

Cairn Terrier 

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Catahoula Leopard Dog

Catalan Sheepdog

Caucasian Shepherd Dog

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Central Asian Shepherd Dog

Cesky Fousek

Cesky Terrier

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

Chihuahua (Smooth Coat and Long Coat)

Chinese Crested (Hairless and Powderpuff)

Chinook

Chow Chow

Cirneco dell'Etna

Clumber Spaniel

Collie:Rough Collie,Smooth Collie

Continental Toy Spaniel (Papillon and Phalene):Papillon,Phalene*

Cretan Tracer

Croatian Shepherd Dog

Curly Coated Retriever

Czechoslovensky Vlcak

Dachshund (Longhaired, Wirehaired, and Shorthaired; Miniature and Standard)

Dalmatian

Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Danish-Swedish Farmdog

Dingo:Dingo,New Guinea Singing Dog,Highland Wild Dog

Diqing Indigenous Dog

Doberman Pinscher

Dogo Argentino

Dogue De Bordeaux

Donggyeoungi

Drever

Dutch Schapendoes

Dutch Shepherd

East African Village Dog

Elo

English Bulldog:English Bulldog,Continental Bulldog*

English Cocker Spaniel

English Foxhound

English Mastiff

English Pointer

English Setter and Llewellin Setter

English Shepherd

English Springer Spaniel

English Toy Spaniel

English Toy Terrier

Entlebuch Cattle Dog

Estonian Hound

Estrela Mountain Dog

Eurasier

Field Spaniel

Finnish Hound

Finnish Lapphund

Finnish Spitz

Flat Coated Retriever

French Bulldog

French Spaniel

German Hound

German Longhaired Pointer

German Pinscher

German Pointer:German Shorthaired Pointer,German Wirehaired Pointer*

German Shepherd:German Shepherd,White Swiss Shepherd,East-European Shepherd*

German Spaniel

Giant Schnauzer

Golden Retriever

Gordon Setter

Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen

Great Anglo-Francais Hound:Great Anglo-Francais Tricolor Hound,Great Anglo-Francais White and Orange Hound*

Great Dane

Great Pyrenees

Great Swiss Mountain Dog

Greyhound

Griffon Nivernais

Griffon Vendeen:Grand Griffon Vendeen,Briquet Griffon Vendeen*

Hamiltonstovare

Harrier

Hellenic Hound

Highland Wild Dog

Himalayan Sheepdog

Hokkaido

Hovawart

Hungarian Greyhound

Ibizan Hound

Icelandic Sheepdog

Irish Glen Of Imaal Terrier

Irish Red And White Setter

Irish Red Setter

Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Irish Terrier

Irish Water Spaniel

Irish Wolfhound

Italian Cane Corso

Italian Greyhound

Jack Russell Terrier:Jack Russell Terrier,Russell Terrier,Parson Russell Terrier*

Jagdterrier

Jamthund:Swedish Elkhound,Swedish White Elkhound*

Japanese Chin

Japanese Spitz

Jindo

Kai Ken

Kerry Blue Terrier 

Kishu Ken

Kromfohrlander

Kunming Dog

Kuvasz

Labrador Retriever

Lagotto Romagnolo

Lakeland Terrier

Lancashire Heeler

Large Munsterlander

Leonberger

Lhasa Apso

Lijiang Indigenous Dog

Lowchen

Majorca Mastiff

Manchester Terrier:Standard Manchester Terrier;Toy Manchester Terrier

Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog

Melanesian Village Dog

Miniature and Toy Poodle;Miniature Poodle,Toy Poodle*

Miniature Pinscher

Miniature Schnauzer

Mongolian Bankhar Dog

Mudi

Neapolitan Mastiff

New Guinea Singing Dog

Newfoundland:Newfoundland,Landseer*

Norfolk Terrier 

Norrbottenspets

North American Arctic Village Dog

Norwegian Buhund

Norwegian Elkhound

Norwegian Lundehund

Norwich Terrier

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

Old English Sheepdog

Old German Shepherd

Olde English Bulldogge

Otterhound

Patterdale Terrier

Pekingese

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen

Pharaoh Hound

Phu Quoc Ridgeback

Picardy Spaniel:Picardy Spaniel,Blue Picardy Spaniel

Polish Greyhound

Polish Lowland Sheepdog

Polish Tatra Sheepdog

Polynesian Village Dog

Pomeranian, Keeshond, and German Spitz Varieties:Pomeranian,Keeshond,Grossspitz,Mittelspitz,Kleinspitz*

Pont-Audemer Spaniel

Portuguese Podengo:Portuguese Podengo Pequeno,Portuguese Podengo Medio,Portuguese Podengo Grande

Portuguese Sheepdog

Portuguese Water Dog

Prague Ratter

Presa Canario

Pudelpointer

Pug

Puli

Pumi

Pyrenean Mastiff

Pyrenean Shepherd:Smooth-Faced Pyrenean Shepherd,Long-Haired Pyrenean Shepherd*

Redbone Coonhound

Rhodesian Ridgeback

Rottweiler

Russian Hound

Russian Toy

Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka

Saarloos Wolfdog

Saint Bernard

Saint Miguel Cattle Dog

Saluki and Tazi:Saluki,Tazi*

Samoyed

Sapsaree

Sarplaninac

Schipperke

Scottish Deerhound

Scottish Terrier

Sealyham Terrier 

Segugio Italiano:Segugio Italiano Pelo Raso,Segugio Italiano Pelo Forte

Shar Pei

Shetland Sheepdog

Shiba Inu

Shih Tzu

Siberian Husky

Silken Windhound

Skye Terrier

Sloughi 

Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer

Slovensky Cuvac

Slovensky Kopov

Small Blue Gascony

Small Munsterlander

Small Swiss Hound

Smooth Fox Terrier

South Russian Shepherd Dog

Southeast Asian Village Dog

Spanish Greyhound

Spanish Mastiff

Spanish Water Dog

Spinone Italiano

Stabyhoun

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Standard Poodle

Standard Schnauzer

Sussex Spaniel

Swedish Lapphund

Swedish Vallhund

Swiss Hound:Bernese Hound,Jura Hound,Lucerne Hound,Schwyz Hound*

Taiwan Dog

Thai Ridgeback

Tibetan Mastiff

Tibetan Spaniel

Tibetan Terrier

Tosa

Toy Fox Terrier

Turkish Mastiff

Turkish Pointer

Turkish Zerdava

Vizsla:Shorthaired Vizsla,Wirehaired Vizsla

Volpino Italiano

Weimaraner

Welsh Springer Spaniel

Welsh Terrier

West African Village Dog

West Highland White Terrier

Whippet

Wire Fox Terrier

Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Xoloitzcuintle (Toy, Miniature and Standard)

Yaan Village Dog

Yingjiang Village Dog

Yorkshire Terrier:Yorkshire Terrier,Biewer Terrier*

Zagar


Along with this group of breeds, landraces and free-breeding dogs, Basepaws can identify 9 genetic lineages. These lineages include: 

Pointer-Spaniel Lineage

Scent Hound Lineage

Spitz and Sled Dog Lineage

Terrier Lineage

Mastiff and Bull-Type Lineage

Herding Dog Lineage

Toy Dog Lineage

Retriever Lineage

Sighthound Lineage


A description of what a lineage is as well as example breeds with ancestry in each lineage can be found here.

*These breeds are grouped together. Despite being distinct in characteristics and origin, some pairs or groups of breeds lack the number of genetic differences required to distinguish these populations from one another, particularly when only a subset of these differences are inherited by a mixed breed dog. As we continue to expand our breed database, we aim to increase the resolution of our ancestry algorithm such that differentiating between increasingly specific ancestral sources becomes possible.

If you have any questions about the breeds or lineages we can identify please reach out to our team at [email protected].

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