Northern Breed Group

Northern Breed Group is the name of a breed Group of dogs, used by kennel clubs to classify a defined collection of dog breeds. Dogs listed in the Northern Breed Group may not all be of the same type of dog.

Northern dogs

Spitz-type dogs are the primary dog type of the Arctic and northern parts of the world, and the Shiba Inu, Chow Chow, Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky and Samoyed are being shown by genetic research to be descendents of the oldest dog types known.^[1] The Spitz or Northern-type dogs of today developed from antiquity along with humans, and in modern times have been selectively bred and documented as a wide variety of purebred modern breeds, including those listed here.

Northern Breed Group

Major registries

The Northern Breed Group is the Group category used by the United Kennel Club (US).^[2]

United Kennel Club Northern Breed Group compared to Group placement of breeds by other major kennel clubs in the English-speaking world ^[3]

Breed	Fédération Cynologique Internationale	The Kennel Club (UK)	Canadian Kennel Club	American Kennel Club	Australian National Kennel Council	New Zealand Kennel Club
Akita	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds (two breeds, Akita and American Akita)			Group 3 Working Dogs
Alaskan Klee Kai	not recognised
Alaskan Malamute	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 1 : Nordic Sledge Dogs		Group 3 Working Dogs	Working Group
American Eskimo	May be registered as a German Spitz		not recognised	Non-Sporting Group
Canadian Eskimo Dog	not recognised	Working Group	Group 3 Working Dogs	not recognised	Group 6 Utility	Utility Group
Shar Pei			Group 6 Non-Sporting
Chinook	not recognised	not recognised	not recognised	Foundation Stock Service[4]	not recognised	not recognised
Chow Chow	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds		Group 6 Non-Sporting	Non-Sporting Group
East Siberian Laika	(Vostotchno-Sibirskaïa Laïka) Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs
Eurasian	(Eurasier) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds		Group 3 Working Dogs	Foundation Stock Service
Finnish Lapphund	(Suomenlapinkoira) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 3: Nordic Watchdogs and Herders	Pastoral Group	(listed breed) Group 7 Herding	Foundation Stock Service	Group 5 Working	Working Group
Finnish Spitz	(Suomenpystykorva) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs	Hound Group	Group 2 Hounds	Non-Sporting Group	Group 4 Hounds	Hound Group
German Spitz	(Deutscher Spitz) (one breed, five variants) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/European Spitz	Utility Group	not recognized	Foundation Stock Service	(Mittelspitz and Kleinspitz only; two sizes of one breed) Group 7 Non Sporting	(Mittelspitz and Kleinspitz, two breeds) Non-Sporting Group
Greenland Dog	(Grønlandshund) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 1 : Nordic Sledge Dogs		Group 3 Working Dogs
Hokkaido	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds
Japanese Spitz	(Nihon Supittsu) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds		Group 6 Non-Sporting	not recognized
Jindo	( Korea Jindo Dog) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds			Foundation Stock Service
Kai Ken	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds			Foundation Stock Service
Karelian Bear Dog	(Karjalankarhukoira) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs		Group 3 Working Dogs	Foundation Stock Service
Keeshond	(Wolfsspitz/German Spitz variant; not recognised as a separate breed) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/European Spitz		Group 6 Non-Sporting	Non-Sporting Group
Kishu	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds			Foundation Stock Service
Lundehund	(Norsk Lundehund, Norwegian Lundehund) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs		(Norwegian Lundehund) Group 2 Hound	Miscellaneous Class
Norrbottenspets	(Norrbottenspitz) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs			Foundation Stock Service
Norwegian Buhund	(Norsk Buhund) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 3: Nordic Watchdogs and Herders		Group 2 Hound	Herding Group
Norwegian Elkhound	(Norsk Elghund) (two breeds) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs			Hound Group
Russo-European Laika	(Russko-Evropeïskaïa Laïka) Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs
Samoyed	(Samoiedskaïa Sabaka) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/ Section 1: Nordic Sledge Dogs		Group 3 Working Dogs	Working Group
Shiba	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds		(Shiba Inu) Group 6 Non-Sporting	Non-Sporting Group
Shikoku	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/Section 5 : Asian Spitz and related breeds
Siberian Husky	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/ Section 1: Nordic Sledge Dogs		Group 3 Working Dogs	Working Group
Swedish Elkhound	(Jämthund) Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs
Swedish Lapphund	(Svensk Lapphund) Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/ Section 3 : Nordic Watchdogs and Herders			Foundation Stock Service
Volpino Italiano	Group 5 Spitz and Primitive types/European Spitz			Not admitted as it is too similar to the American Eskimo Dog
West Siberian Laika	Spitz and Primitive types/Section 2: Nordic Hunting Dogs

Minor registries

Many of the regional breeds recognised by the United Kennel Club are very few in number in the United States. As a US based club they have specialized in the registry of North American breeds, especially hunting and working/utility dogs. Since many of these breeds are few in number (so called rare breeds), they also may be listed with a variety of small breed clubs, dog sport clubs, minor kennel clubs and internet-based dog businesses. In this Group, the Alaskan Klee Kai (a new breed developed from a mixed breed dog in the 1970s in Alaska, USA) can be still be registered with the American Rare Breed Association as well as with the United Kennel Club.

Not recognised

A breed that is not recognised by a kennel club means that it has not been sufficiently vetted according to that particular kennel club's rules. It does not mean that the breed is not a breed. To be considered a breed,

See also

• Breed Groups (dog)
• Dog type
• Sled dog
• Husky
• Spitz

References

1. ^ "Genetics and the Shape of Dogs (chart)". American Scientist. http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetailNoFrame;jsessionid=aaa8n7B72M9HRB?assetId=55895. Retrieved 04/17 2008. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ United Kennel Club (US) breed information
3. ^ Fédération Cynologique Internationale breed nomenclature
   • The Kennel Club Dog Groups
   • Australian National Kennel Council breeds by group
   • New Zealand Kennel Club Groups
   • Canadian Kennel Club breeds and Groups
   • American Kennel Club complete breed list
4. ^ American Kennel Club F Foundation Stock Service breeds