lesson 6 – dog & cat breeds

Lesson 6 – Dog & Cat

BreedsUnit: Veterinary Foundations

Veterinary ScienceMr. Dieckhoff

Dog Breed Vocab• Purebred

• Kerr

• AKC

• Pedigree

Dog Breed Categories• Toy• Terriers• Hounds• Sporting• Working• Herding• Non-Sporting

Toy Breeds

Chihuahua

Maltese

Pug

Pekingese

Yorkshire Terrier

Pomeranian

Silky Terrier

Poodle

Miniature Pinscher

Shih Tzu

Terriers

Airedale Terrier

Miniature Schnauzer

West Highland Terrier

Boston Terrier

Bull Terrier

Scottish Terrier

Jack Russell Terrier

Staffordshire Terrier (Pit Bull)

Hounds

Afghan

Basenji

Basset

Dachshund

Beagle

Bloodhound

Greyhound

Sporting

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

German Short Haired Pointer

Golden Retriever

Cocker Spaniel

Irish Setter

Labrador Retriever

Brittany Spaniel

Working

Boxer

Alaskan Malamute

Doberman Pinscher

Great Dane

Great Pyrenees

Rottweiler

Saint Bernard

Herding

Australian Shepherd

Shetland Sheepdog

Border Collie

Collie

Old English Sheepdog

Welsh Corgi

German Shepherd

Non-Sporting

Bulldog

Dalmatian

Chow Chow

American Eskimo

Lhasa Apso

Chinese Shar-pei

Bichon Frise

Top Ten Dog Breeds in US (2009) http://

www.akc.org/reg/dogreg_stats.cfm • 10 - Shih Tzu• 9 – Poodles• 8 – Dachshunds• 7 – Bulldogs• 6 – Boxers• 5 – Beagles• 4 - Golden Retrievers• 3 - Yorkshire Terriers• 2 - German Shepherd Dogs• 1 - Labrador Retrievers

Cat Breeds

Cat Breed Characteristics

• Coat Lengtho Short Hairo Long Hair

• Coat Color Patterno Tiger Stripeo Tabbyo Tortoise Shello Calicoo Smokeo Pointed

• The Head

Shorthaired

Domestic Shorthair (DSH)

Abyssinian

Manx

Russian Blue

Oriental

Burmese

Korat

British Shorthair

Rex

Sphynx

Siamese

Scottish Fold

Long Hair

Persian

Himalayan

Maine Coon

Rag Doll

Birman

Somali

Domestic Long Hair

Cat Gender Determination

Determine Cat Gender