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Dog breeds from A–Z – with a focus on Switzerland

Character, size, health, price and the responsible Swiss breed club. Starting with the 9 Swiss dog breeds.

Search all 344 breeds in the wiki by name or FCI group.

🐕‍🦺AffenpinscherFCI 2 · Small 🐕Afghan HoundFCI 10 · Large 🐶Airedale TerrierFCI 3 · Large 🐺AkitaFCI 5 · Large 🐺Alaskan MalamuteFCI 5 · Large 🐕Alpine DachsbrackeFCI 6 · Small 🐺American AkitaFCI 5 · Large 🦮American Cocker SpanielFCI 8 · Small 🐕American FoxhoundFCI 6 · Large 🐶American Staffordshire TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🦮American Water SpanielFCI 8 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Anatolian Shepherd Dog (Kangal)FCI 2 · Very large 🐶Appenzeller SennenhundFCI 2 · Medium 🐕AriégeoisFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Atlas Mountain Dog (Aïdi)FCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺Australian Cattle DogFCI 1 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Australian KelpieFCI 1 · Medium 🐕Australian ShepherdFCI 1 · Medium-large 🐶Australian Silky TerrierFCI 3 · Very small 🐕‍🦺Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle DogFCI 1 · Medium 🐶Australian TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕Austrian Black and Tan HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Austrian PinscherFCI 2 · Medium 🐕AzawakhFCI 10 · Large 🦮BarbetFCI 8 · Large 🐺BasenjiFCI 5 · Small to medium 🐕Basset Artésien NormandFCI 6 · Small 🐕Basset Bleu de GascogneFCI 6 · Small 🐕Basset Fauve de BretagneFCI 6 · Small 🐕Basset HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Bavarian Mountain ScenthoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕BeagleFCI 6 · Small 🐕Beagle HarrierFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Bearded CollieFCI 1 · Medium 🐕‍🦺BeauceronFCI 1 · Large 🐶Bedlington TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🐶Belgian GriffonFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺Belgian Shepherd GroenendaelFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Belgian Shepherd LaekenoisFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Belgian Shepherd MalinoisFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Belgian Shepherd TervuerenFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Bergamasco SheepdogFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Berger PicardFCI 1 · Large 🐕Bernese Mountain DogFCI 2 · Large 🐶Bichon FriséFCI 9 · Small 🐕BillyFCI 6 · Large 🐕Black and Tan CoonhoundFCI 6 · Large 🐺Black Norwegian ElkhoundFCI 5 · Medium 🐕BloodhoundFCI 6 · Very large 🦮Blue Picardy SpanielFCI 7 · Large 🐕‍🦺BoerboelFCI 2 · Very large 🐶BologneseFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺Border CollieFCI 1 · Medium 🐶Border TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕BorzoiFCI 10 · Very large 🐕Bosnian Coarse-haired Hound (Barak)FCI 6 · Medium 🐶Boston TerrierFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺Bouvier des ArdennesFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Bouvier des FlandresFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺BoxerFCI 2 · Large 🦮Bracco ItalianoFCI 7 · Large 🦮Braque d'AuvergneFCI 7 · Large 🦮Braque du BourbonnaisFCI 7 · Medium 🦮Braque Français type GascogneFCI 7 · Large 🦮Braque Français type PyrénéesFCI 7 · Medium 🦮Braque Saint-GermainFCI 7 · Large 🐶Brazilian TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕‍🦺BriardFCI 1 · Large 🦮BrittanyFCI 7 · Medium 🐕‍🦺BroholmerFCI 2 · Very large 🐶Bull TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🐕‍🦺BullmastiffFCI 2 · Very large 🐕‍🦺Ca de Bou (Perro Dogo Mallorquín)FCI 2 · Large 🐶Cairn TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐺Canaan DogFCI 5 · Medium 🐺Canadian Eskimo DogFCI 5 · Large 🐕‍🦺Cane CorsoFCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺Cardigan Welsh CorgiFCI 1 · Small 🐕‍🦺Castro Laboreiro DogFCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺Catalan SheepdogFCI 1 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Caucasian Shepherd DogFCI 2 · Giant 🐶Cavalier King Charles SpanielFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺Central Asian Shepherd DogFCI 2 · Very large 🦮Cesky FousekFCI 7 · Large 🐶Cesky TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕Chart PolskiFCI 10 · Large 🦮Chesapeake Bay RetrieverFCI 8 · Large 🐕ChihuahuaFCI 9 · Very small 🐶Chinese Crested DogFCI 9 · Small 🐺Chow ChowFCI 5 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Cimarrón UruguayoFCI 2 · Large 🐺Cirneco dell'EtnaFCI 5 · Medium 🦮Clumber SpanielFCI 8 · Large 🐾Continental BulldogFCI 2 · Medium 🐶Continental Toy Spaniel (Phalène)FCI 9 · Small 🐶Coton de TuléarFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺Croatian SheepdogFCI 1 · Medium 🦮Curly Coated RetrieverFCI 8 · Large 🐕‍🦺Czechoslovakian WolfdogFCI 1 · Large 🐶DachshundFCI 4 · Small 🐕DalmatianFCI 6 · Large 🐶Dandie Dinmont TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕DeerhoundFCI 10 · Very large 🐕‍🦺Do-Khyi (Tibetan Mastiff)FCI 2 · Very large 🐕‍🦺DobermannFCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺Dogo ArgentinoFCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺Dogue de BordeauxFCI 2 · Very large 🦮Drentsche PatrijshondFCI 7 · Large 🐕DreverFCI 6 · Small 🐕DunkerFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Dutch ShepherdFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺English BulldogFCI 2 · Medium 🦮English Cocker SpanielFCI 8 · Small 🐕English FoxhoundFCI 6 · Large 🦮English PointerFCI 7 · Large 🦮English SetterFCI 7 · Large 🦮English Springer SpanielFCI 8 · Medium 🐶English Toy TerrierFCI 3 · Very small 🦴Entlebucher Mountain DogFCI 2 · Medium (smallest)🐕Estonian HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Estrela Mountain DogFCI 2 · Very large 🐺EurasierFCI 5 · Medium 🦮Field SpanielFCI 8 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Fila BrasileiroFCI 2 · Very large 🐕‍🦺Fila de São MiguelFCI 2 · Large 🐕Finnish HoundFCI 6 · Large 🐺Finnish LapphundFCI 5 · Medium 🐺Finnish SpitzFCI 5 · Medium 🦮Flat Coated RetrieverFCI 8 · Large 🐕Français Blanc et NoirFCI 6 · Large 🐕Français Blanc et OrangeFCI 6 · Large 🐕Français TricoloreFCI 6 · Large 🐽French BulldogFCI 9 · Small 🦮French SpanielFCI 7 · Large 🐕Galgo EspañolFCI 10 · Large 🐕German HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐶German Hunting TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🦮German Longhaired PointerFCI 7 · Large 🐕‍🦺German PinscherFCI 2 · Medium 🦮German Roughhaired Pointer (Deutsch Stichelhaar)FCI 7 · Large 🐕‍🦺German Shepherd DogFCI 1 · Large 🦮German Shorthaired PointerFCI 7 · Large 🦮German SpanielFCI 8 · Medium 🐺German Spitz (Klein)FCI 5 · Small 🐺German Spitz (Mittel)FCI 5 · Medium 🦮German Wirehaired PointerFCI 7 · Large 🐺Giant German SpitzFCI 5 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Giant SchnauzerFCI 2 · Large 🐶Glen of Imaal TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🦮Golden RetrieverFCI 8 · Large 🐕Gończy PolskiFCI 6 · Medium 🦮Gordon SetterFCI 7 · Large 🐕Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et NoirFCI 6 · Large 🐕Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et OrangeFCI 6 · Large 🐕Grand Anglo-Français TricoloreFCI 6 · Large 🐕Grand Basset Griffon VendéenFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Grand Bleu de GascogneFCI 6 · Large 🐕Grand Gascon SaintongeoisFCI 6 · Large 🐕Grand Griffon VendéenFCI 6 · Large 🐕‍🦺Great DaneFCI 2 · Giant 🐕Greater Swiss Mountain DogFCI 2 · Very large 🐺Greenland DogFCI 5 · Large 🐕GreyhoundFCI 10 · Large 🐶Griffon BruxelloisFCI 9 · Small 🐕Griffon Fauve de BretagneFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Griffon NivernaisFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Halden HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕HamiltonstövareFCI 6 · Large 🐕Hanoverian ScenthoundFCI 6 · Large 🐕HarrierFCI 6 · Medium 🐶HavaneseFCI 9 · Small 🐕Hellenikos IchnilatisFCI 6 · Medium 🐺HokkaidoFCI 5 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Hollandse SmoushondFCI 2 · Small 🐕‍🦺HovawartFCI 2 · Large 🐕Hungarian GreyhoundFCI 10 · Large 🦮Hungarian Shorthaired VizslaFCI 7 · Large 🦮Hungarian Wirehaired VizslaFCI 7 · Large 🐕Hygen HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐺Ibizan HoundFCI 5 · Large 🐺Icelandic SheepdogFCI 5 · Small to medium 🦮Irish Red and White SetterFCI 7 · Large 🦮Irish SetterFCI 7 · Large 🐶Irish TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🦮Irish Water SpanielFCI 8 · Large 🐕Irish WolfhoundFCI 10 · Giant 🐕Istrian Shorthaired HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Istrian Wire-haired HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Italian GreyhoundFCI 10 · Small 🐶Jack Russell TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐺JämthundFCI 5 · Large 🐶Japanese ChinFCI 9 · Small 🐺Japanese SpitzFCI 5 · Small 🐶Japanese TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐺Kai KenFCI 5 · Medium 🐺Karelian Bear DogFCI 5 · Medium to large 🐕‍🦺Karst Shepherd Dog (Kraški Ovčar)FCI 2 · Large 🐺Keeshond (Wolfsspitz)FCI 5 · Medium to large 🐶Kerry Blue TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🐶King Charles SpanielFCI 9 · Small 🐺KishuFCI 5 · Medium 🐕‍🦺KomondorFCI 1 · Very large 🐺Korea Jindo DogFCI 5 · Medium 🦮Korthals GriffonFCI 7 · Large 🐶KromfohrländerFCI 9 · Medium 🐕‍🦺KuvaszFCI 1 · Large 🦮Labrador RetrieverFCI 8 · Large 🦮Lagotto RomagnoloFCI 8 · Medium 🐶Lakeland TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕‍🦺Lancashire HeelerFCI 1 · Small 🐕‍🦺LandseerFCI 2 · Giant 🐺Lapponian HerderFCI 5 · Medium 🦮Large MünsterländerFCI 7 · Large 🐕‍🦺LeonbergerFCI 2 · Giant 🐶Lhasa ApsoFCI 9 · Small 🐶LöwchenFCI 9 · Small 🐩MalteseFCI 9 · Very small 🐶Manchester TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕‍🦺Maremma SheepdogFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺MastiffFCI 2 · Giant 🐶Medium PoodleFCI 9 · Medium 🐶Miniature Bull TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕‍🦺Miniature PinscherFCI 2 · Small 🐶Miniature PoodleFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺Miniature SchnauzerFCI 2 · Small 🐕Montenegrin Mountain HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺MudiFCI 1 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Neapolitan MastiffFCI 2 · Very large 🦮Nederlandse KooikerhondjeFCI 8 · Small 🐕‍🦺NewfoundlandFCI 2 · Giant 🐶Norfolk TerrierFCI 3 · Very small 🐺NorrbottenspitzFCI 5 · Small to medium 🐺Norwegian BuhundFCI 5 · Medium 🐺Norwegian Elkhound (Grey)FCI 5 · Medium 🐺Norwegian LundehundFCI 5 · Small 🐶Norwich TerrierFCI 3 · Very small 🦮Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverFCI 8 · Medium 🦮Old Danish PointerFCI 7 · Large 🐕‍🦺Old English SheepdogFCI 1 · Large 🐕OtterhoundFCI 6 · Large 🐶Papillon (Continental Toy Spaniel)FCI 9 · Small 🐶Parson Russell TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐶PekingeseFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺Pembroke Welsh CorgiFCI 1 · Small 🦮Perdiguero de BurgosFCI 7 · Large 🐺Peruvian Hairless DogFCI 5 · Small to large 🐕Petit Basset Griffon VendéenFCI 6 · Small 🐶Petit BrabançonFCI 9 · Small 🐺Pharaoh HoundFCI 5 · Medium to large 🦮Picardy SpanielFCI 7 · Large 🐺Podenco CanarioFCI 5 · Medium to large 🐕PoitevinFCI 6 · Large 🐕Polish HoundFCI 6 · Large 🐕‍🦺Polish Tatra SheepdogFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Polski Owczarek Nizinny (PON)FCI 1 · Medium 🐺PomeranianFCI 5 · Very small 🦮Pont-Audemer SpanielFCI 7 · Medium 🐕PorcelaineFCI 6 · Medium 🐺Portuguese PodengoFCI 5 · Small to large 🦮Portuguese PointerFCI 7 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Portuguese SheepdogFCI 1 · Medium 🦮Portuguese Water DogFCI 8 · Medium 🐕Posavac HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Presa CanarioFCI 2 · Very large 🦮PudelpointerFCI 7 · Large 🐶PugFCI 9 · Small 🐕‍🦺PuliFCI 1 · Medium 🐕‍🦺PumiFCI 1 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Pyrenean Mastiff (Mastín del Pirineo)FCI 2 · Giant 🐕‍🦺Pyrenean Mountain DogFCI 2 · Very large 🐕‍🦺Pyrenean SheepdogFCI 1 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Rafeiro do AlentejoFCI 2 · Very large 🐕Rhodesian RidgebackFCI 6 · Large 🐕‍🦺Romanian Bucovina Shepherd DogFCI 2 · Giant 🐕‍🦺RottweilerFCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺Rough CollieFCI 1 · Large 🐶Russian ToyFCI 9 · Very small 🐕‍🦺Saarloos WolfdogFCI 1 · Large 🐕SalukiFCI 10 · Large 🐺SamoyedFCI 5 · Medium 🐕‍🦺ŠarplaninacFCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺SchapendoesFCI 1 · Medium 🐕SchillerstövareFCI 6 · Large 🐕‍🦺SchipperkeFCI 1 · Small 🐶Scottish TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐶Sealyham TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕Segugio Italiano (Short-haired)FCI 6 · Medium 🐕Segugio Italiano (Wirehaired)FCI 6 · Medium 🐕Segugio MaremmanoFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Serbian HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕Serbian Tricolour HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Shar PeiFCI 2 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Shetland SheepdogFCI 1 · Small 🐺Shiba InuFCI 5 · Small 🐶Shih TzuFCI 9 · Small 🐺ShikokuFCI 5 · Medium 🐺Siberian HuskyFCI 5 · Medium 🐶Skye TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕SloughiFCI 10 · Large 🐕‍🦺Slovakian ChuvachFCI 1 · Large 🐕Slovakian HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🦮Slovakian Wirehaired PointerFCI 7 · Large 🐕SmålandsstövareFCI 6 · Medium 🦮Small MünsterländerFCI 7 · Medium 🐕‍🦺Smooth CollieFCI 1 · Large 🐶Smooth Fox TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕‍🦺Smooth-Faced Pyrenean SheepdogFCI 1 · Medium 🐶Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🐕‍🦺South Russian OvcharkaFCI 1 · Large 🐕‍🦺Spanish Mastiff (Mastín Español)FCI 2 · Giant 🦮Spanish Water DogFCI 8 · Medium 🦮Spinone ItalianoFCI 7 · Large 🐕‍🦺St. BernardFCI 2 · Giant 🦮StabyhounFCI 7 · Medium 🐶Staffordshire Bull TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🐶Standard PoodleFCI 9 · Large 🐕‍🦺Standard SchnauzerFCI 2 · Medium 🐕Styrian Coarse-haired HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🦮Sussex SpanielFCI 8 · Medium 🐺Swedish LapphundFCI 5 · Medium 🐺Swedish VallhundFCI 5 · Small 🐕Swiss HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐶Swiss Small HoundFCI 6 · Small–medium 🐺Thai Bangkaew DogFCI 5 · Medium 🐺Thai RidgebackFCI 5 · Medium to large 🐶Tibetan SpanielFCI 9 · Small 🐶Tibetan TerrierFCI 9 · Medium 🐕‍🦺TornjakFCI 2 · Large 🐕‍🦺TosaFCI 2 · Very large 🐶Toy PoodleFCI 9 · Very small 🐕Transylvanian HoundFCI 6 · Large 🐕Tyrolean HoundFCI 6 · Medium 🐺Volpino ItalianoFCI 5 · Small 🦮WeimaranerFCI 7 · Large 🦮Welsh Springer SpanielFCI 8 · Medium 🐶Welsh TerrierFCI 3 · Medium 🐶West Highland White TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐕Westphalian DachsbrackeFCI 6 · Small 🦮WetterhounFCI 8 · Large 🐕WhippetFCI 10 · Medium 🤍White Swiss Shepherd DogFCI 1 · Medium-large 🐶Wire Fox TerrierFCI 3 · Small 🐺XoloitzcuintleFCI 5 · Small to large 🐩Yorkshire TerrierFCI 3 · Very small

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Bernese Mountain Dog

FCI 2 · Nr. 45

A friendly, tricolour farm and family dog from the Emmental.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedLarge~7–9 years

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

FCI 2 · Nr. 58

The largest of the four Sennenhund breeds — calm, powerful, good-natured.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedVery large~8–11 years

Appenzeller Sennenhund

FCI 2 · Nr. 46

Agile, highly intelligent and watchful — with a curled «post-horn» tail.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedMedium~12–15 years

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

FCI 2 · Nr. 47

The smallest of the four Sennenhund breeds — lively, agile, eager to learn.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedMedium (smallest)~12–14 years

St. Bernard

FCI 2 · Nr. 61

Switzerland's national dog — a rescue-dog legacy from the Great St. Bernard Pass.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedGiant~8–10 years

White Swiss Shepherd Dog

FCI 1 · Nr. 347

Always white, intelligent and sensitive — a family and sport dog.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedMedium–large~12–14 years

Continental Bulldog

FCI 2 · prov. 2022

The youngest Swiss breed — a healthier bulldog that breathes better.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedMedium~10–12 years

Swiss Hound

FCI 6 · Nr. 59

A passionate tracking hound in four regional varieties.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedMedium~12–14 years

Swiss Small Hound

FCI 6 · Nr. 60

The short-legged brother of the Laufhund — for smaller hunting grounds.

🇨🇭 Swiss breedSmall–medium~12–14 years

Switzerland's most popular breeds

Registered dogs by breed · AMICUS / Identitas (end of 2025). Mixed-breeds are the largest group overall.

Labrador Retriever

FCI 8 · Nr. 122

Switzerland's most popular breed — friendly, playful and easy-going.

29'000 registeredLarge~10–12 years

Chihuahua

FCI 9 · Nr. 218

The smallest dog in the world — courageous, lively and very affectionate.

23'000 registeredVery small~12–18 years

Yorkshire Terrier

FCI 3 · Nr. 86

A small terrier with great self-confidence and a silky coat.

16'500 registeredVery small~13–16 years

Jack Russell Terrier

FCI 3 · Nr. 345

A bundle of energy in miniature — clever, courageous, tireless.

16'000 registeredSmall~13–16 years

French Bulldog

FCI 9 · Nr. 101

A charming city dog with bat ears — affectionate and calm.

16'000 registeredSmall~9–12 years

Border Collie

FCI 1 · Nr. 297

The most intelligent dog in the world — and the most work-obsessed.

13'000 registeredMedium~12–15 years

Golden Retriever

FCI 8 · Nr. 111

A gentle, golden family dog — patient and good-natured.

11'000 registeredLarge~10–12 years

Maltese

FCI 9 · Nr. 65

A white companion dog with a gentle, cheerful nature.

10'500 registeredVery small~12–15 years

German Shepherd Dog

FCI 1 · Nr. 166

The classic working dog — loyal, watchful, versatile. (Permit required in Ticino.)

9'600 registeredLarge~9–13 years

Australian Shepherd

FCI 1 · Nr. 342

A stunningly beautiful, highly active herding dog — very much in fashion, but demanding.

Medium–large~12–15 years

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

FCI 9 · Nr. 136

A gentle, friendly lapdog — ideal as a family and seniors' dog.

Small~9–14 years

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