Pekingese

• AKC Group breed- Toy breed• Origination- The Pekingese received its name from the

ancient city of Peking, which is now called Beijing• Size- Height: 6 - 9 inches (30.4 - 45 cm), Weight: 8 - 10

pounds (3.6 - 4.5 kg)• Coat- long hair• Temperament- Pekingese is a very brave dog,

sensitive, independent and extremely affectionate with its owner

• General info- Vary high energy so they need to be walked every day

Brittany

• Akc Group type: sporting• Origination of breed: France in 1532• Weight:30-40 lbs• Height:17.5-20.5• Coat: Medium length• Color: orange and white• They are excellent family dogs who love to go on

hunting and outdoors trips with dad as much as they enjoy playing with children in the back yard.

Italian Greyhound

• The Italian Greyhound is very similar to the Greyhound, but much smaller and more slender in all proportions and of ideal elegance and grace.

• Toy Group• 13 inches to 15 inches.• Skin fine and supple, hair short, glossy like satin

and soft to the touch.• a peaceful, gentle friend to adults and children• Country of Origin: Italy and england.

German Shepherd• Herding Group• Country of Origin: Germany• Size: Females - Height- 22-24”, Weight-64 lbs. Males-

Height- 22-26” Weight-76 lbs.• The outer coat is dense, with medium-length, straight

hair. Hair on the neck is somewhat longer. Undercoat is thick. Shedding is seasonally heavy. The most common colorations are black and tan, sable and solid black.

• Can be aggressive• Needs proper training • It’s a very smart dog • Very devoted to people • It is attached to its owner

English Foxhound

• Hound group• Great Britain in 1800’s• 24 in tall • 55 to 70 lbs. • coat is short, hard, dense and glossy• High energy, obedient lots of exercise

Mastiff

• WORKING GROUP• fine, smooth coat/ coat color a pricot-fawn –

silver fawn, fawn or dark fawn brindle.- Male 150 to 250 pounds height 30 inches, the

female 120 to 200 pounds 27.5inches - It has a gentle temperament - Around the early 19th century the modern

type was stabilized in the 1880s

Poodle

•AKC group type : Non-sporting•Origination breed: Germany France •Coat: thick , medium •Hair color : white ,black ,brown •Temperament: friendly •General info: alert faithful, intelligent , good hunting dog for silas Robertson

Golden Retriever

• Sporting group• originated from England, brought to America in 1912• Height: 20-24 in; Weighs 55-75 lbs• Broad, rounded skull, short ears, round feet and thick, flat

tails. They have black noses and kind, brown eyes.• Has a double coat ,various colors or cream or gold(should

not be red), wavy or smooth.• Get along well with friends and companions. They are good

with children.• Live around 10-12 years

Shih-Tzu

• Toy Group• Originated from China in the 1600’s• Height: 10 in Weight: 9-16 lbs• Coat: long, thick 2 layered coat, can be red, black,

white, and beige.• Temperament: Gets along well with other household

pets• Shih Tzu's cannot regulate their body temperature

easily, makes them prone to heat• Doesn’t require a lot of exercise

Great Dane• Working group• Drawings of dogs that resemble the Great Dane on

Egyptian monuments from roughly 3000 B.C.; earliest written description of a dog resembling the breed can be found in Chinese literature of 1121 B.C.

• Originally developed by Germans to hunt boar. Now a companion and estate guard dog.

• Short coat, Brindle, Fawn, Black• 32 inches tall • Spirited, courageous, always friendly and dependable, and

never timid or aggressive.

Bloodhound

• Hound group• One of the oldest breeds, discovered about 1000 AD

as a hunting dog• Originated: Belgium, France, England, and Scotland.• black and brown coat, requires regular grooming• 70-110 lbs • noble and gentle temperament, repsects master• ability to pick up scent is legendary

American Staffordshire Terrier

• Terrier Group- AKA Pitbull • bred first to bait bulls and bears• Origination- Bulldogs and game terrier

cross (England) late 1800s; American type developed in 1936

• Weight-61.7–88.2 lbs; Height- 17-19 inches• Colors- Blue, Brindle, Black, Sable, Brown,

Fawn. Short and thick coat.• Attentive, Tenacious, Loyal, Courageous,

Friendly, Devoted