NGKC Recognized Breeds and Groups

The following breeds and/or varieties of breeds, divided by groups, are all the breeds and/or varieties of breeds for which regular classes of the National General Kennel Club may be provided at any show held under National General Kennel Club rules. The NGKC Board of Directors may add to, transfer from one group to another, or delete from said list of breeds and/or varieties of breeds, whenever the Board deems such action is necessary.

NGKC has adopted the group alignment and standards of the American Kennel Club.

Clicking on the names below will take you to the AKC website’s page for that Group and Breed.

GROUP 1 : SPORTING
American Water Spaniel
Brittany
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Clumber Spaniel
Cocker Spaniel
Curly-Coated Retriever
English Cocker Spaniel
English Setter
English Springer Spaniel
Field Spaniel
Flat-Coated Retriever
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Wirehaired Pointer
Golden Retriever
Gordon Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Water Spaniel
Labrador Retriever
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Pointer
Spinone Italiano
Sussex Spaniel
Vizsla
Weimaraner
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
 
GROUP 2: HOUNDS
Afghan Hound
American Foxhound
Basenji
Basset Hound
Beagle
Black and Tan Coonhound
Bloodhound
Borzoi
Dachshund
English Foxhound
Greyhound
Harrier
Ibizan Hound
Irish Wolfhound
Norwegian Elkhound
Otterhound
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
Pharaoh Hound
Plott
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Saluki
Scottish Deerhound
Whippet