Definitions of Utility Group
There are two different kennel club definitions of Utility Group. In one, dogs which do not fit elsewhere are placed in the Utility Group, and in the other, certain breeds of working dogs are designated as part of the Utility Group.
The Kennel Club (UK) places in the Utility Group dog breeds that do not quite fit in other groups, such as the Shih Tzu, which other kennel clubs place in the Toy Group, but the Kennel Club does not, as it considers them to be too large. Other dogs are placed in the Kennel Club's Utility Group group because the working purpose for which they were originally bred "has now become redundant", such as the function of the Dalmatian to run alongside horse-drawn coaches. The Kennel Club defines "Utility" as meaning fitness for a purpose, taken to mean fitness for a purpose not covered by other Groups. Therefore, there is little relationship between the breeds in this Group.
The New Zealand Kennel Club and the Australian National Kennel Council each recognize a Utility Group, with a different emphasis. In Australia and New Zealand, the Utility Group includes large breeds of livestock guardian type dogs, large Spitz types, as well as guard, rescue, and messenger dogs.
Other major kennel clubs in the English-speaking world that do not use the Utility Group category include the American Kennel Club and the Canadian Kennel Club. How the Utility Group breeds are placed by those kennel clubs and by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale are detailed in the section on Utility Group breeds.
In the Canadian Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club, the Working Group includes all breeds that do work other than hunting or herding. In the New Zealand Kennel Club, the Working Group includes all the dogs found in the Pastoral Group or Herding Group of other kennel clubs, and the breeds found in the Working Group of those kennel clubs are found in the Utility Group of the New Zealand Kennel Club. The Australian National Kennel Council Utility Group is defined in a similar manner to that of the New Zealand Kennel Club.
A second organisation in the United States, the United Kennel Club, is also often considered among the major registries. The United Kennel Club does not recognise a Utility Group.
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