Similarity explorer

Similar dog breed pairs

Our directory maps 740 similarity edges across 262 breeds. The pairs below surface the most central connections - breeds that appear across many similarity links. Where two breeds share an FCI group, AKC group, or country of origin, that shared context is noted.

Most-linked breeds

These breeds appear in the most similarity links across the directory.

Top similar pairs 60 of 740

Beagle & Finnish Hound
- Same FCI group
Finnish Hound & Finnish Lapphund
- Same origin
Finnish Lapphund & Karelian Bear Dog
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Beagle & Drever
- Same FCI group
Belgian Laekenois & Australian Shepherd
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Finnish Lapphund & Finnish Spitz
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
German Spitz (Mittelspitz) & Finnish Lapphund
- Same FCI group
Keeshond (Wolfsspitz) & Finnish Lapphund
- Same FCI group
Australian Shepherd & Border Collie
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Finnish Hound & Finnish Spitz
- Same origin
Finnish Spitz & Karelian Bear Dog
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Beagle & Blue Gascony Basset
- Same FCI group
Bichon Frise & Havanese
- Same FCI group
Bullmastiff & Mastiff
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
- Same origin
Drever & Finnish Hound
- Same FCI group
Eurasier & Finnish Lapphund
- Same FCI group
Havanese & Maltese
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Hovawart & Belgian Laekenois
Jämthund (Swedish Elkhound) & Karelian Bear Dog
- Same FCI group
Australian Shepherd & Shetland Sheepdog
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Beagle & Bloodhound
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Belgian Laekenois & Beauceron
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Bichon Frise & Maltese
- Same FCI group
Bohemian Shepherd & Australian Shepherd
- Same FCI group
Boxer & Bullmastiff
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Bullmastiff & Spanish Mastiff
- Same FCI group
Chihuahua & Miniature Pinscher
- Same AKC group
German Spitz (Mittelspitz) & Keeshond (Wolfsspitz)
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Havanese & Shih Tzu
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Pug & Beagle
Afghan Hound & Borzoi
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Afghan Hound & Hungarian Greyhound
- Same FCI group
Australian Shepherd & Pyrenean Shepherd (Long-Haired Pyrenean Sheepdog)
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Basset Hound & Beagle
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
- Same origin
Beauceron & Briard
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
- Same origin
Bernese Mountain Dog & Hovawart
- Same FCI group
Bichon Frise & Shih Tzu
- Same FCI group
Blue Gascony Basset & Finnish Hound
- Same FCI group
Finnish Lapphund & Norwegian Buhund
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
German Spitz (Mittelspitz) & Kleinspitz
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
German Spitz (Mittelspitz) & Pomeranian
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Great Pyrenees & Leonberger
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Keeshond (Wolfsspitz) & Kleinspitz
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Keeshond (Wolfsspitz) & Pomeranian
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Keeshond (Wolfsspitz) & Samoyed
- Same FCI group
Leonberger & Hovawart
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Maltese & Shih Tzu
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Mastiff & Spanish Mastiff
- Same FCI group
Pomeranian & Chihuahua
- Same AKC group
Rottweiler & Hovawart
- Same FCI group
- Same origin
Yorkshire Terrier & Havanese
- Same AKC group
Afghan Hound & Greyhound
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Afghan Hound & Whippet
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
American Akita & Karelian Bear Dog
- Same FCI group
American Foxhound & Beagle
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group
Belgian Laekenois & White Swiss Shepherd Dog
- Same FCI group
Bloodhound & Finnish Hound
- Same FCI group
Bohemian Shepherd & Hovawart
- Same AKC group
Borzoi & Hungarian Greyhound
- Same FCI group
Chihuahua & Russian Toy
- Same FCI group
- Same AKC group

Showing 60 of 740 pairs. Browse individual breed pages to explore the full similarity graph.