Dog breeds are added to the list of AKC-registrable breeds when there is evidence presented to justify listing. The AKC considers these factors when making their decisions, including:
- Documentation that the breed has been breeding for many generations
- Accurate record keeping
- Evidence that there is sufficient interest in the breed throughout the United States
- A national club in place that meets AKC requirements to act as the parent club for the breed.
List of AKC Dog Recognized Breeds
- Affenpinscher
- Afghan Hound
- Airedale Terrier
- Akita
- Alaskan Malamute
- American Eskimo Dog
- American Foxhound
- American Staffordshire Terrier
- American Water Spaniel
- Anatolian Shepherd Dog
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Shepherd
- Australian Terrier
- Basenji
- Basset Hound
- Beagle
- Bearded Collie
- Beauceron
- Bedlington Terrier
- Belgian Malinois
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Belgian Tervuren
- Bernese Mountain Dog
- Bichon Frise
- Black and Tan Coonhound
- Black Russian Terrier
- Bloodhound
- Bluetick Coonhound
- Border Collie
- Border Terrier
- Borzoi
- Boston Terrier
- Bouvier des Flandres
- Boxer
- Boykin Spaniel
- Briard
- Brittany Spaniel
- Brussels Griffon
- Bull Terrier
- Bulldog
- Bullmastiff
- Cairn Terrier
- Canaan Dog
- Cane Corso
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever
- Chihuahua
- Chinese Crested
- Chinese Shar-Pei
- Chow Chow
- Clumber Spaniel
- Cocker Spaniel
- Collie
- Curly-Coated Retriever
- Dachshund
- Dalmatian
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier
- Doberman Pinscher
- Dogue de Bordeaux
- English Cocker Spaniel
- English Foxhound
- English Setter
- English Springer Spaniel
- English Toy Spaniel
- Field Spaniel
- Finnish Spitz
- Flat-Coated Retriever
- French Bulldog
- German Pinscher
- German Shepherd Dog
- German Shorthaired Pointer
- German Wirehaired Pointer
- Giant Schnauzer
- Glen of Imaal Terrier
- Golden Retriever
- Gordon Setter
- Great Dane
- Great Pyrenees
- Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
- Greyhound
- Harrier
- Havanese
- Ibizan Hound
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Irish Red and White Setter
- Irish Setter
- Irish Terrier
- Irish Water Spaniel
- Irish Wolfhound
- Italian Greyhound
- Japanese Chin
- Keeshond
- Kerry Blue Terrier
- Komondor
- Kuvasz
- Labrador Retriever
- Lakeland Terrier
- Leonberger
- Lhasa Apso
- Löwchen
- Maltese
- Manchester Terrier
- Mastiff
- Miniature Bull Terrier
- Miniature Pinscher
- Miniature Schnauzer
- Neapolitan Mastiff
- Newfoundland
- Norfolk Terrier
- Norwegian Buhund
- Norwegian Elkhound
- Norwich Terrier
- Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
- Old English Sheepdog
- Otterhound
- Papillon
- Parson Russell Terrier
- Pekingese
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
- Pharaoh Hound
- Plott
- Pointer
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Pomeranian
- Poodle
- Portuguese Water Dog
- Pug
- Puli
- Pyrenean Shepherd
- Redbone Coonhound
- Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Rottweiler
- Saint Bernard
- Saluki
- Samoyed
- Schipperke
- Scottish Deerhound
- Scottish Terrier
- Sealyham Terrier
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Shiba Inu
- Shih Tzu
- Siberian Husky
- Silky Terrier
- Skye Terrier
- Smooth Fox Terrier
- Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
- Spinone Italiano
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Standard Schnauzer
- Sussex Spaniel
- Swedish Vallhund
- Tibetan Mastiff
- Tibetan Spaniel
- Tibetan Terrier
- Toy Fox Terrier
- Vizsla
- Weimaraner
- Welsh Springer Spaniel
- Welsh Terrier
- West Highland White Terrier
- Whippet
- Wire Fox Terrier
- Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
- Yorkshire Terrier
Miscellaneous Class Breeds
The Miscellaneous Class is an interim stage prior to a breed becoming eligible to compete in a variety group at AKC shows.
- American English Coonhound
- Cesky Terrier
- Chinook
- Entlebucher Mountain Dog
- Finnish Lapphund
- Norwegian Lundehund
- Rat Terrier
- Russell Terrier
- Treeing Walker Coonhound
- Xoloitzcuintli
