Working Group Breeds
In general, kennel clubs assign larger breeds that are engaged in some sort of physically active work to their Working Group. In areas of the world where livestock production is economically important, pastoral dogs are placed in the Working Group. In the rest of the world, such dogs are placed in a Herding Group or Pastoral Group, and dogs that were traditionally bred for guarding, rescue, police or messenger work, as well as large Spitz type dogs, are placed in the Working Group. These breeds may also be placed in a kennel club's Utility Group.
| The Kennel Club (UK) Working Group | Canadian Kennel Club Working Dogs Group | American Kennel Club Working Group | Australian National Kennel Council Working Dogs Group | New Zealand Kennel Club Working Group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaskan Malamute | Akita | Akita | Australian Cattle Dog | Australian Cattle Dog | |
| Beauceron | Alaskan Malamute | Alaskan Malamute | Australian Kelpie | Australian Kelpie | |
| Bernese Mountain Dog | Bernese Mountain Dog | Anatolian Shepherd Dog | Australian Shepherd | Australian Shepherd | |
| Bouvier Des Flandres | Boxer | Boxer | Bearded Collie | Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog | |
| Boxer | Bullmastiff | Bernese Mountain Dog | Belgian Shepherd (Groenendael) | Bearded Collie | |
| Bullmastiff | Canaan Dog | Black Russian Terrier | Belgian Shepherd (Laekinois) | Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael, Tervuren, Laekenois, Malinois) | |
| Canadian Eskimo Dog | Canadian Eskimo Dog | Boxer | Belgian Shepherd (Malinois) | Bergamasco Shepherd Dog | |
| Dobermann | Cane Corso | Bullmastiff | Belgian Shepherd (Tervueren) | Border Collie | |
| Dogue De Bordeaux | Doberman Pinscher | Doberman Pinscher | Bergamasco Shepherd Dog | Bouvier Des Flandres | |
| Entlebucher Mountain Dog | Entlebucher Mountain Dog | Dogue de Bordeaux | Border Collie | Briard | |
| German Pinscher | Eurasier | German Pinscher | Bouvier Des Flandres | Collie (Rough) | |
| Giant Schnauzer | Great Dane | Giant Schnauzer | Briard | Collie (Smooth) | |
| Golden Retriever | Great Dane | Great Pyrenees | Great Dane | Collie (Rough) | Finnish Lapphund |
| Greenland Dog | Greenland Dog | Great Pyrenees | Collie (Smooth) | German Shepherd Dog | |
| Hovawart | Karelian Bear Dog | Greater Swiss Mountain Dog | Finnish Lapphund | Komondor | |
| Leonberger | Komondor | Komondor | German Shepherd Dog | Kuvasz | |
| Mastiff | Kuvasz | Kuvasz | Hungarian Puli | Maremma Sheepdog | |
| Neapolitan Mastiff | Leonberger | Leonberger | Komondor | Norwegian Buhund | |
| Newfoundland | Mastiff | Mastiff | Kuvasz | Old English Sheepdog
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| Portuguese Water Dog | Newfoundland | Neapolitan Mastiff | Maremma Sheepdog | Polish Lowland Sheepdog | |
| Pyrenean Mastiff | Portuguese Water Dog | Newfoundland | Norwegian Buhund | Puli | |
| Rottweiler | Rottweiler | Portuguese Water Dog | Old English Sheepdog | Pumi | |
| Russian Black Terrier | Samoyed | Rottweiler | Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Shetland Sheepdog | |
| St. Bernard | Schnauzer (Giant) | Russian Black Terrier | Pumi | ||
| Siberian Husky | Schnauzer (Standard) | Saint Bernard | Shetland Sheepdog | Swedish Lapphund | |
| Tibetan Mastiff | Siberian Husky | Samoyed | Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog | Swedish Vallhund | |
| Great Dane | St. Bernard | Siberian Husky | Swedish Lapphund | Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) | |
| Standard Schnauzer | Swedish Vallhund | Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) | |||
| Tibetan Mastiff | Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) | ||||
| Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) | |||||
| White Swiss Shepherd Dog |
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