The dog walker's breed guide
Know the dog before the lead goes on
Exercise needs, how each breed behaves on a walk, and what to ask the owner first. Written for professional walkers, for 561 breeds and popular crosses.
SizeEnergy
A
44 breedsAffenpinscherGuideToyAfghan HoundGuideLargeAfricanisGuideMediumAidiGuideLargeAiredale TerrierGuideLargeAkbashGuideGiantAkitaGuideLargeAksaray MalaklisiGuideGiantAlano EspañolGuideLargeAlapaha Blue Blood BulldogGuideLargeAlaskan HuskyGuideMediumAlaskan Klee KaiGuideSmallAlaskan MalamuteGuideLargeAlopekisGuideSmallAlpine DachsbrackeGuideSmallAmerican BulldogGuideLargeAmerican BullyGuideMediumAmerican Cocker SpanielGuideSmallAmerican English CoonhoundGuideLargeAmerican Eskimo DogGuideSmallAmerican FoxhoundGuideLargeAmerican Hairless TerrierGuideSmallAmerican Leopard HoundGuideLargeAmerican Pit Bull TerrierGuideMediumAmerican Staffordshire TerrierGuideMediumAmerican Water SpanielGuideMediumAndalusian TerrierGuideSmallAnglo-Français de Petite VénerieGuideMediumAppenzeller SennenhundGuideMediumArgentine PilaGuideMediumAriège PointerGuideLargeAriégeoisGuideMediumArmantGuideMediumArmenian GamprGuideGiantArtois HoundGuideMediumAustralian Cattle DogGuideMediumAustralian KelpieGuideMediumAustralian ShepherdGuideMediumAustralian Silky TerrierGuideToyAustralian Stumpy Tail Cattle DogGuideMediumAustralian TerrierGuideSmallAustrian Black and Tan HoundGuideMediumAustrian PinscherGuideMediumAzawakhGuideLarge
B
68 breedsBắc HàGuideMediumBakharwalGuideLargeBanjara HoundGuideLargeBankhar DogGuideGiantBarak houndGuideMediumBarbado da TerceiraGuideMediumBarbetGuideMediumBasenjiGuideSmallBasque Shepherd DogGuideMediumBasset Artésien NormandGuideSmallBasset Bleu de GascogneGuideMediumBasset Fauve de BretagneGuideSmallBasset HoundGuideMediumBavarian Mountain HoundGuideMediumBeagleGuideMediumBeagle-HarrierGuideMediumBearded CollieGuideMediumBeauceronGuideLargeBedlington TerrierGuideSmallBelgian ShepherdGuideLargeBergamasco ShepherdGuideLargeBerger PicardGuideLargeBernese Mountain DogGuideGiantBichon FriseGuideSmallBiewer TerrierGuideToyBillyGuideLargeBlack and Tan CoonhoundGuideLargeBlack Mouth CurGuideLargeBlack Norwegian ElkhoundGuideMediumBlack Russian TerrierGuideGiantBloodhoundGuideLargeBlue LacyGuideMediumBlue Picardy SpanielGuideLargeBluetick CoonhoundGuideLargeBoerboelGuideGiantBohemian ShepherdGuideMediumBohemian Spotted DogGuideMediumBologneseGuideToyBolonkaGuideToyBorder CollieGuideMediumBorder TerrierGuideSmallBorzoiGuideLargeBoston TerrierGuideSmallBouvier des ArdennesGuideMediumBouvier des FlandresGuideLargeBoxerGuideLargeBoykin SpanielGuideMediumBracco ItalianoGuideLargeBraque d'AuvergneGuideLargeBraque du BourbonnaisGuideMediumBraque FrançaisGuideLargeBraque Saint-GermainGuideLargeBrazilian TerrierGuideSmallBriardGuideLargeBriquet de ProvenceGuideMediumBriquet Griffon VendéenGuideMediumBrittanyGuideMediumBroholmerGuideGiantBruno Jura HoundGuideMediumBucovina Shepherd DogGuideGiantBulgarian HoundGuideMediumBulgarian ScenthoundGuideMediumBull ArabGuideLargeBull TerrierGuideMediumBulldogGuideMediumBullmastiffGuideLargeBully KuttaGuideGiantBurgos PointerGuideLarge
C
55 breedsCa de BouGuideLargeCa Mè MallorquíGuideMediumCa Rater MallorquíGuideSmallCairn TerrierGuideSmallCalupohGuideLargeCampeiro BulldogGuideLargeCan de ChiraGuideMediumCan de PalleiroGuideLargeCanaan DogGuideMediumCanadian Eskimo DogGuideLargeCane CorsoGuideLargeCane di OropaGuideMediumCane ParatoreGuideMediumCantabrian Water DogGuideMediumCão de Gado TransmontanoGuideGiantCardigan Welsh CorgiGuideMediumCarea LeonésGuideMediumCarolina DogGuideMediumCarpathian Shepherd DogGuideLargeCastro Laboreiro DogGuideLargeCatahoula Leopard DogGuideLargeCatalan SheepdogGuideMediumCaucasian Shepherd DogGuideGiantCavachonGuideSmallCavalier King Charles SpanielGuideSmallCavapooGuideSmallCentral Asian Shepherd DogGuideGiantČeský fousekGuideLargeCesky TerrierGuideSmallChesapeake Bay RetrieverGuideLargeChien Français Blanc et NoirGuideLargeChien Français Blanc et OrangeGuideLargeChien Français TricoloreGuideLargeChihuahuaGuideToyChilean TerrierGuideSmallChinese Crested DogGuideToyChinookGuideLargeChippiparaiGuideLargeChongqingGuideMediumChortaiGuideLargeChow ChowGuideMediumChukotka sled dogGuideMediumCimarrón UruguayoGuideLargeCirneco dell'EtnaGuideSmallClumber SpanielGuideLargeCockapooGuideSmallCocker SpanielGuideMediumColombian Fino HoundGuideMediumContinental bulldogGuideMediumCorsican DogGuideMediumCoton de TulearGuideSmallCretan HoundGuideMediumCroatian SheepdogGuideMediumCurly-coated RetrieverGuideLargeCzechoslovakian WolfdogGuideLarge
D
19 breedsDachshundGuideSmallDalmatianGuideLargeDandie Dinmont TerrierGuideSmallDanish SpitzGuideMediumDanish–Swedish FarmdogGuideSmallDenmark FeistGuideSmallDikkulakGuideLargeDingoGuideMediumDobermannGuideLargeDogo ArgentinoGuideLargeDogo SardescoGuideLargeDogue BrasileiroGuideLargeDogue de BordeauxGuideGiantDonggyeongiGuideMediumDrentse PatrijshondGuideMediumDreverGuideSmallDunkerGuideMediumDutch ShepherdGuideLargeDutch SmoushondGuideSmall
E
14 breedsEast European ShepherdGuideLargeEast Siberian LaikaGuideMediumEcuadorian Hairless DogGuideMediumEnglish FoxhoundGuideLargeEnglish MastiffGuideGiantEnglish SetterGuideLargeEnglish ShepherdGuideMediumEnglish Springer SpanielGuideMediumEnglish Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)GuideToyEntlebucher Mountain DogGuideMediumErbi TxakurGuideMediumEstonian HoundGuideMediumEstrela Mountain DogGuideLargeEurasierGuideMedium
F
10 breedsG
37 breedsGalgo EspañolGuideLargeGascon SaintongeoisGuideLargeGaucho sheepdogGuideLargeGeorgian ShepherdGuideGiantGerman HoundGuideMediumGerman Longhaired PointerGuideLargeGerman PinscherGuideMediumGerman Roughhaired PointerGuideLargeGerman ShepherdGuideLargeGerman Shorthaired PointerGuideLargeGerman SpanielGuideMediumGerman SpitzGuideSmallGerman Wirehaired PointerGuideLargeGiant SchnauzerGuideLargeGlen of Imaal TerrierGuideMediumGolden RetrieverGuideLargeGoldendoodleGuideLargeGończy PolskiGuideMediumGordon SetterGuideLargeGrand Anglo-Français Blanc et NoirGuideLargeGrand Anglo-Français Blanc et OrangeGuideLargeGrand Anglo-Français TricoloreGuideLargeGrand Basset Griffon VendéenGuideMediumGrand Bleu de GascogneGuideLargeGrand Griffon VendéenGuideLargeGreat DaneGuideGiantGreater Swiss Mountain DogGuideLargeGreek HarehoundGuideMediumGreek ShepherdGuideLargeGreenland DogGuideLargeGreyhoundGuideLargeGriffon Bleu de GascogneGuideMediumGriffon BruxelloisGuideToyGriffon Fauve de BretagneGuideMediumGriffon NivernaisGuideMediumGull DongGuideLargeGull TerrierGuideMedium
H
12 breedsI
12 breedsIbizan HoundGuideLargeIcelandic SheepdogGuideSmallIndian pariah dogGuideMediumIndian SpitzGuideSmallIrish Red and White SetterGuideLargeIrish SetterGuideLargeIrish TerrierGuideMediumIrish Water SpanielGuideLargeIrish WolfhoundGuideGiantIstrian Coarse-haired HoundGuideMediumIstrian Shorthaired HoundGuideMediumItalian GreyhoundGuideToy
J
9 breedsK
30 breedsKai KenGuideMediumKaikadiGuideSmallKamchatka Sled DogGuideLargeKangal Shepherd DogGuideGiantKanniGuideMediumKarakachanGuideLargeKarelian Bear DogGuideMediumKarelo-Finnish LaikaGuideSmallKarsGuideLargeKarst ShepherdGuideLargeKazakh TazyGuideLargeKeeshondGuideMediumKerry BeagleGuideLargeKerry Blue TerrierGuideMediumKhalaGuideMediumKing Charles SpanielGuideToyKing ShepherdGuideLargeKintamaniGuideMediumKishuGuideMediumKokoniGuideSmallKombaiGuideMediumKomondorGuideGiantKooikerhondjeGuideSmallKoolieGuideMediumKromfohrländerGuideSmallKuchiGuideGiantKunmaGuideMediumKunmingGuideLargeKurdish MastiffGuideGiantKuvaszGuideLarge
L
21 breedsLabradoodleGuideLargeLabrador RetrieverGuideLargeLagotto RomagnoloGuideMediumLàiGuideMediumLaizhou HongGuideLargeLakeland TerrierGuideSmallLancashire HeelerGuideSmallLandseerGuideGiantLangqingGuideMediumLapponian HerderGuideMediumLarge MünsterländerGuideLargeLeonbergerGuideGiantLevriero SardoGuideLargeLhasa ApsoGuideSmallLiangshan DogGuideMediumLithuanian HoundGuideLargeLobito HerreñoGuideMediumLöwchenGuideSmallLucas TerrierGuideSmallLupo ItalianoGuideLargeLurcherGuideLarge
M
24 breedsMackenzie River HuskyGuideLargeMagyar AgárGuideLargeMahratta HoundGuideMediumMajorca Shepherd DogGuideLargeMalteseGuideToyManchester TerrierGuideSmallManetoGuideSmallMaremmano-Abruzzese SheepdogGuideLargeMarkiesjeGuideSmallMcNabGuideMediumMiniature American ShepherdGuideSmallMiniature Bull TerrierGuideSmallMiniature Fox TerrierGuideToyMiniature PinscherGuideToyMiniature SchnauzerGuideSmallMojeeGuideMediumMolossus of EpirusGuideGiantMongrelGuideMediumMontenegrin Mountain HoundGuideMediumMoscow WatchdogGuideGiantMountain CurGuideMediumMountain FeistGuideSmallMudhol HoundGuideLargeMudiGuideMedium
N
14 breedsNeapolitan MastiffGuideGiantNenets Herding LaikaGuideMediumNew Guinea singing dogGuideSmallNew Zealand Heading DogGuideMediumNewfoundlandGuideGiantNorfolk TerrierGuideSmallNorrbottenspetsGuideSmallNorthern Inuit DogGuideLargeNorwegian BuhundGuideMediumNorwegian ElkhoundGuideMediumNorwegian LundehundGuideSmallNorwich TerrierGuideSmallNova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverGuideMediumNureongiGuideMedium
O
4 breedsP
49 breedsPachón NavarroGuideLargePampas DeerhoundGuideMediumPapillonGuideToyParson Russell TerrierGuideSmallPastor GarafianoGuideLargePastore della Lessinia e del LagoraiGuideMediumPatagonian SheepdogGuideMediumPatterdale TerrierGuideSmallPekingeseGuideToyPembroke Welsh CorgiGuideSmallPerdigueiro GalegoGuideMediumPerro MajoreroGuideLargePeruvian Hairless DogGuideMediumPetit Basset Griffon VendéenGuideMediumPetit Bleu de GascogneGuideMediumPhalèneGuideToyPharaoh HoundGuideMediumPhilippine forest dogGuideMediumPhu Quoc RidgebackGuideMediumPicardy SpanielGuideMediumPlott HoundGuideLargePlummer TerrierGuideSmallPodenco AndaluzGuideMediumPodenco CanarioGuideMediumPodenco ValencianoGuideMediumPointerGuideLargePoitevinGuideLargePolish GreyhoundGuideLargePolish HoundGuideLargePolish Lowland SheepdogGuideMediumPomeranianGuideToyPont-Audemer SpanielGuideMediumPoodleGuideMediumPorcelaineGuideLargePortuguese PodengoGuideMediumPortuguese PointerGuideMediumPortuguese SheepdogGuideMediumPortuguese Water DogGuideMediumPosavac HoundGuideMediumPražský KrysaříkGuideToyPresa CanarioGuideLargePudelpointerGuideLargePugGuideSmallPuliGuideMediumPumiGuideMediumPungsanGuideLargePyrenean MastiffGuideGiantPyrenean Mountain DogGuideGiantPyrenean SheepdogGuideSmall
R
17 breedsRafeiro do AlentejoGuideGiantRajapalayamGuideLargeRampur GreyhoundGuideLargeRastreador BrasileiroGuideLargeRat TerrierGuideSmallRatonero MurcianoGuideSmallRedbone CoonhoundGuideLargeRhodesian RidgebackGuideLargeRize KoyunGuideLargeRomanian Mioritic Shepherd DogGuideGiantRomanian Raven Shepherd DogGuideGiantRottweilerGuideLargeRough CollieGuideMediumRussian SpanielGuideMediumRusskiy ToyGuideToyRusso-European LaikaGuideMediumRyukyuGuideMedium
S
65 breedsSaarloos WolfdogGuideLargeSabueso EspañolGuideMediumSaint Miguel Cattle DogGuideLargeSaint-Usuge SpanielGuideMediumSakhalin HuskyGuideLargeSalukiGuideLargeSamoyedGuideMediumSapsaliGuideMediumSarabiGuideGiantSarail HoundGuideMediumSardinian Shepherd DogGuideLargeŠarplaninacGuideLargeSchapendoesGuideMediumSchillerstövareGuideMediumSchipperkeGuideSmallSchnauzerGuideMediumSchweizer LaufhundGuideMediumSchweizerischer NiederlaufhundGuideSmallScottish DeerhoundGuideGiantScottish TerrierGuideSmallSealyham TerrierGuideSmallSegugio dell'AppenninoGuideMediumSegugio ItalianoGuideMediumSegugio MaremmanoGuideMediumSerbian HoundGuideMediumSerbian Tricolour HoundGuideMediumSerrano BulldogGuideLargeShar PeiGuideMediumShetland SheepdogGuideSmallShiba InuGuideSmallShih TzuGuideSmallShikokuGuideMediumShiloh ShepherdGuideLargeSiberian HuskyGuideMediumSilken WindhoundGuideMediumSinhala HoundGuideMediumSkye TerrierGuideSmallSloughiGuideLargeSlovak CuvacGuideLargeSlovak Rough-haired PointerGuideLargeSlovenský kopovGuideMediumSmaland HoundGuideMediumSmall Međimurje DogGuideSmallSmall MünsterländerGuideMediumSmithfieldGuideLargeSmooth CollieGuideLargeSmooth Fox TerrierGuideSmallSoft-coated Wheaten TerrierGuideMediumSouth Russian OvcharkaGuideLargeSpanish MastiffGuideGiantSpanish Water DogGuideMediumSpino degli IbleiGuideLargeSpinone ItalianoGuideLargeSporting Lucas TerrierGuideSmallSprocker SpanielGuideMediumSt. BernardGuideGiantSt. Hubert Jura HoundGuideMediumStabyhounGuideMediumStaffordshire Bull TerrierGuideMediumStandard SchnauzerGuideMediumStephens StockGuideMediumStyrian Coarse-haired HoundGuideMediumSussex SpanielGuideMediumSwedish LapphundGuideMediumSwedish VallhundGuideSmall
T
27 breedsTaiganGuideLargeTaiwan DogGuideMediumTamaskan DogGuideLargeTang DogGuideMediumTarsus çatalburunGuideMediumTatra Shepherd DogGuideGiantTeddy Roosevelt TerrierGuideSmallTelomianGuideSmallTenterfield TerrierGuideSmallThai Bangkaew DogGuideMediumThai RidgebackGuideMediumTibetan Kyi ApsoGuideLargeTibetan MastiffGuideGiantTibetan spanielGuideSmallTibetan TerrierGuideMediumTonya FinosuGuideSmallTornjakGuideLargeTosaGuideGiantToy Fox TerrierGuideToyToy Manchester TerrierGuideToyTransylvanian HoundGuideLargeTreeing CurGuideMediumTreeing FeistGuideSmallTreeing Tennessee BrindleGuideMediumTreeing Walker CoonhoundGuideLargeTrigg HoundGuideLargeTyrolean HoundGuideMedium
V
8 breedsW
16 breedsWeimaranerGuideLargeWelsh HoundGuideLargeWelsh SheepdogGuideMediumWelsh Springer SpanielGuideMediumWelsh TerrierGuideSmallWest Country HarrierGuideMediumWest Highland White TerrierGuideSmallWest Siberian LaikaGuideMediumWestphalian DachsbrackeGuideSmallWetterhounGuideLargeWhippetGuideMediumWhite ShepherdGuideLargeWhite Swiss Shepherd DogGuideLargeWire Fox TerrierGuideSmallWirehaired Pointing GriffonGuideMediumWirehaired VizslaGuideMedium
Z
1 breedQuestions
About the breed guide
Who writes the breed guides?
Wagglebase writes them for professional dog walkers, from breed standards and what walkers see on the lead. Every guide is checked before it is published, and the owner of each dog is always the final word.
Where do the photos come from?
From walkers using Wagglebase who chose to share a photo from a real walk, credited to their business, and from our own library. No photo is published without the walker's say-so and a check by our team.
Walk these dogs for a living?
Wagglebase keeps every dog's breed, handling notes, vet details and walk reports in one place, and sends the owner photos when you finish. Free for up to 25 dogs.