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Want to learn more about a specific dog breed? We have over 300 individual dog breeds available to help you make the right decision.

NON-SPORTING BREED GROUP
American Eskimo Dog

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 6-40 lbs

HEIGHT: 9-19 inches

COLOR(S): white, or white with biscuit cream

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Bichon Frise

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 10-18 lbs

HEIGHT: 9.5-11.5 inches

COLOR(S): white, may have cream shadings

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Boston Terrier

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 10-25 lbs

HEIGHT: 15-17 inches

COLOR(S): brindle, seal, or black with white markings on muzzle, between eyes, and forechest, and possibly white collar and lower legs

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Bulldog

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: Male: 50; Female: 40 lbs

HEIGHT: 12-15 inches

COLOR(S): brindle, solid white, red, or fawn, or any of these on a white background

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Chinese Shar-Pei

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 45-60 lbs

HEIGHT: 18-20 inches

COLOR(S): any solid color including sable

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Chow Chow

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 45-70 lbs

HEIGHT: 17-20 inches

COLOR(S): solid red, black, blue, cinnamon, and cream

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Dalmatian

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 40-60 lbs

HEIGHT: 19-23 inches

COLOR(S): black or liver spots on white background; spots should be round, well defined, and preferably separated. Dalmatians are born white and develop spots

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English Bulldog

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 50 - 55 lbs

HEIGHT: 12 - 14 inches

COLOR(S): Uniform color or with a black mask or muzzle; reds, red brindle, piebald; black undesirable.

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Eskimo Dog

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: Toy: 6-10; Miniature: 10-20; Standard: 18-35 lbs

HEIGHT: Toy: 9-12; Miniature: 12-15; Standard: 15-19 inches

COLOR(S): White; white with biscuit cream

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Finnish Spitz

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 25 lbs

HEIGHT: 18 inches

COLOR(S): Shades of red-gold from pale honey to dark auburn; may have a white patch on chest.

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French Bulldog

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 28 lbs

HEIGHT: 11-13 inches

COLOR(S): brindle, fawn, white, brindle and white

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Keeshond

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: Male: 45; Female: 35 lbs

HEIGHT: Male: 17-19; Female 16-18 inches

COLOR(S): mixture of gray, black, and cream. Undercoat is pale, and tips of the outercoat are black. Black muzzle, ears, tail tip

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Lhasa Apso

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 13-15 lbs

HEIGHT: 10-11 inches

COLOR(S): black, white, brown, gray, cream or particolor

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Lowchen

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 8-18 lbs

HEIGHT: 12-14 inches

COLOR(S): any colors or combinations

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Poodle, Standard

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 45-65 lbs

HEIGHT: 15-21 inches

COLOR(S): any solid color

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Schipperke

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 12-16 lbs

HEIGHT: Male: 11-13; Female: 10-12 inches

COLOR(S): Solid Black

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Shiba Inu

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 20-30 lbs

HEIGHT: Male: 14.5-16.5; Female: 13.5-15.5 inches

COLOR(S): Any

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Tibetan Spaniel

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 9-15 lbs

HEIGHT: 10 inches

COLOR(S): All colors and mixtures, white allowed on feet

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Tibetan Terrier

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: 18-30 lbs

HEIGHT: 15-16 inches

COLOR(S): Any

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Xoloitzcuintli

BREED GROUP: Non-Sporting

WEIGHT: Toy: 5-15; Miniature: 15-30; Standard: 25-40 lbs

HEIGHT: Toy: 9-14; Miniature: 15-20; Standard: 20-30 inches

COLOR(S): Black, slate, gray, brindle, fawn, red, bronze; spotted or solid

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