The Breed Archive

29/08/2025

Meet the Portuguese Water Dog - one of Europe’s ancient water breeds, famed for its role alongside fishermen and its spirited nature.

The Portuguese Water Dog enters the Breed Archive as one of Europe’s ancient water breeds, famed for its role alongside fishermen and its spirited nature.

12/05/2025

Welcome the energetic Parson Russell Terrier, a recent addition to our Breed Archive family!

The popular Parson Russell Terrier has recently become part of our Breed Archive family, adding its energetic charm to our collection.

26/04/2025

We are currently experiencing problems with our Domain Name Service (DNS) which is affecting the accessibility of all The Breed Archive archives.
We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible

12/04/2025

Find current breeders easily - check out our latest improvements on The Breed Archive:

Check out our newest feature – the Breeder List! Easily filter by country or search by breeder or kennel name to discover recent breeders of your favourite breed.

20/09/2024

Texas A&M University is looking for participants for their Borzoi heart study: https://breedarchive.com/blog/view/49/borzoi-heart-study

07/09/2024

The energetic and feisty Rat Terrier is now also part of our Breed Archive community!

The latest addition to the Breed Archive is an all-American breed, the feisty Rat Terrier.

28/08/2024

*** Downtime Notice ***
Dear Breed Archive community,
We would like to inform you that we are planning a major system update for our Breed Archives on Thursday, 29 August 2024, which will result in a downtime of about one to three hours, depending on the archive. We will do our best to keep the outage as short as possible.
Thanks in advance for your understanding.

06/08/2024

Responsible animal breeding is based on many factors, two of which are health and genetics. That's why we put a lot of effort into providing pedigree and health analysis in the Breed Archives.

Today we are happy to contribute another piece to support precise and sustainable breeding choices with our partnership with FERAGEN, a certified laboratory for genetic veterinary diagnostics in Austria.

Find out more:
https://breedarchive.com/blog/view/46/dna-analysis-for-your-dog

24/05/2024

A dog in sheep's clothing, the distinctive Bedlington Terrier has just joined the Breed Archive family!

Our latest addition is a unique breed: it is the Bedlington Terrier with a lamb-like appearance but true terrier grit.

19/04/2024

The affectionate and agile Tibetan Terriers have recently joined our Breed Archive!

Despite its name, our latest addition is more of a herding and watch dog: it is the Tibetan Terrier, the Holy Dog of Tibet.

23/02/2024

Another breed has recently joined the Breed Archive. Check out the sturdy and energetic German Wirehaired Pointer!

Our newest addition belongs to the Gundog group. It is the sturdy, energetic and bright German Wirehaired Pointer.