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FSS and Miscellaneous Breeds Broken Out By Group

FSS and Miscellaneous Breeds Broken Out By Group

The following are the group designations that the current FSS breeds have been assigned. There are currently 86 breeds in the FSS program.  (Revised 6/6/24)

Sporting Group – 16 breeds

  • Blue Picard Spaniel
  • Braque du Bourbonnais
  • Braque Francais Pyrenean
  • Braque St. Germain
  • Deutscher Wachtelhund
  • Drentsche Patrijshond
  • French Spaniel
  • German Longhaired Pointer
  • Large Munsterlander
  • Pont-Audemer Spaniel
  • Portuguese Pointer
  • Pudelpointer
  • Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer
  • Small Munsterlander
  • Stabyhoun
  • Wetterhoun

Hound Group – 19 breeds

  • American Leopard Hound
  • Basset Fauve de Bretagne
  • Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
  • Carolina Dog
  • Drever
  • Hamiltonstovare
  • Hanoverian Scenthound
  • Kishu Ken
  • Mountain Cur
  • Norrbottenspets
  • Peruvian Inca Orchid
  • Porcelaine
  • Portuguese Podengo
  • Segugio Italiano
  • Slovensky Kopov
  • Taiwan Dog
  • Thai Ridgeback
  • Transylvania Hound
  • Treeing Tennessee Brindle

Working Group – 21 breeds

  • American Bulldog
  • Broholmer
  • Caucasian Shepherd Dog
  • Central Asian Shepherd Dog
  • Czechoslovakian Vlciak
  • Danish-Swedish Farmdog
  • Estrela Mountain Dog
  • Hokkaido
  • Hovawart
  • Kai Ken
  • Karelian Bear Dog
  • Presa Canario
  • Pyrenean Mastiff
  • Rafeiro do Alentjos
  • Romanian Carpathian Shepherd
  • Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
  • Shikoku
  • Spanish Mastiff
  • Tornjak
  • Tosa
  • Yakutian Laika

Terrier Group – 4 breeds

  • Brazilian Terrier
  • Jagdterrier
  • Japanese Terrier
  • Teddy Roosevelt Terrier

Toy Group – 3 breeds

  • Bolognese
  • Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
  • Volpino Italiano

Non-Sporting Group – 8 breeds

  • Alaskan Klee Kai
  • Eurasier
  • German Spitz
  • Japanese Akitainu
  • Japanese Spitz
  • Korean Jindo Dog
  • Kromfohrlander
  • Thai Bangkaew

Herding Group – 15 breeds

  • Appenzeller Sennenhunde
  • Australian Kelpie
  • Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
  • Barbado da Terceira
  • Bohemian Shepherd
  • Bouvier des Ardennes
  • Catahoula Leopard Dog
  • Croatian Sheepdog
  • Dutch Shepherd
  • Lapponian Herder
  • Portuguese Sheepdog
  • Schapendoes
  • Slovensky Cuvac
  • Swedish Lapphund
  • Working Kelpie