When Did Your Breed Show Up at Westminster?

Getting a complete list of when the American Kennel Club or the U.K. Kennel Club admitted a breed to their registry is harder to find that it should be.

That said, I did find several lists on the Westminster Kennel Club site (i.e. when a breed first appeared at the Westminster Kennel Club show in New York City), and I have merged them and sorted them by date, below. Obviously the dates for some breeds might be "late" by a year or two.

As noted in a previous post, American Kennel Club registrations have declined 55 percent over the course of the last 15 years, even as the population of the U.S. has increased by 45 million (17 percent), and the AKC has added 22 new breeds (a 15% increase in dog breeds shown) in an attempt to pad out its sagging membership numbers.

The AKC is in full economic FAIL mode because they continue to hold on to the failed eugenics theories of the 19th Century while giving performance and health the hind leg.

1. Bull Terrier (Colored) 1877
2. Bull Terrier (White) 1877
3. Dandie Dinmont Terrier 1877
4. Fox Terrier (Smooth) 1877
5. Manchester Terrier (Standard) 1877
6. Scottish Terrier 1877
7. Skye Terrier 1877
8. Pointer 1877
9. Retriever (Chesapeake Bay) 1877
10. Setter (English) 1877
11. Setter (Gordon) 1877
12. Setter (Irish) 1877
13. Spaniel (Cocker) Black 1877
14. Spaniel (Field) 1877
15. Spaniel (Irish Water) 1877
16. Beagle 12 In. 1877
17. Beagle 15 In. 1877
18. Dachshund (Smooth) 1877
19. Foxhound (American) 1877
20. Greyhound 1877
21. Harrier 1877
22. Scottish Deerhound 1877
23. Great Dane 1877
24. Mastiff 1877
25. Newfoundland 1877
26. Saint Bernard 1877
27. English Toy Spaniel (B&PC) 1877
28. English Toy Spaniel (KC&R) 1877
29. Italian Greyhound 1877
30. Japanese Chin 1877
31. Pug 1877
32. Bulldog 1877
33. Dalmatian 1877
34. Poodle (Standard) 1877
35. Collie (Rough) 1877
36. Spaniel (Clumber) 1878
37. Bloodhound 1878
38. Yorkshire Terrier 1878
39. Irish Wolfhound 1879
40. Chihuahua (Smooth) 1879
41. Maltese 1879
42. Airedale Terrier 1881
43. Irish Terrier 1881
44. Fox Terrier (Wire) 1883
45. Chow Chow 1883
46. Bedlington Terrier 1884
47. Basset Hound 1884
48. Pomeranian 1886
49. Welsh Terrier 1888
50. Collie (Smooth) 1888
51. Old English Sheepdog 1888
52. Borzoi 1891
53. Foxhound (English) 1891
54. Schipperke 1891
55. Whippet 1893
56. Spaniel (Sussex) 1895
57. Boston Terrier 1895
58. French Bulldog 1897
59. Spaniel (Cocker) A.S.C.O.B. 1899
60. Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-Color 1899
61. Poodle (Toy) 1900
62. Brussels Griffon 1902
63. West Highland White Terrier 1906
64. Papillon 1906
65. Samoyed 1907
66. Pekingese 1907
67. Belgian Sheepdog 1907
68. German Shepherd Dog 1908
69. Otterhound 1909
70. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 1911
71. Doberman Pinscher 1911
72. Sealyham Terrier 1912
73. Cairn Terrier 1914
74. Boxer 1914
75. Spaniel (English Springer) 1916
76. Kerry Blue Terrier 1922
77. Retriever (Labrador) 1923
78. Norwegian Elkhound 1925
79. Standard Schnauzer 1925
80. Manchester Terrier (Toy) 1925
81. Retriever (Curly-Coated) 1926
82. Retriever (Flat-Coated) 1926
83. Miniature Schnauzer 1927
84. Afghan Hound 1927
85. Shetland Sheepdog 1927
86. Retriever (Golden) 1928
87. Saluki 1928
88. Briard 1929
89. Border Terrier 1930
90. Dachshund (Wirehaired) 1930
91. Giant Schnauzer 1930
92. Miniature Pinscher 1930
93. Dachshund (Longhaired) 1931
94. Keeshond 1931
95. Bouvier des Flandres 1931
96. Poodle (Miniature) 1932
97. Siberian Husky 1933
98. Bullmastiff 1934
99. Great Pyrenees 1934
100. Lakeland Terrier 1935
101. Brittany Spaniel
102. Pointer (German Shorthaired) 1935
103. Kuvasz 1935
104. Rottweiler 1935
105. Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) 1935
106. Alaskan Malamute 1936
107. Lhasa Apso 1936
108. Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) 1936
109. American Staffordshire Terrier 1937
110. Norwich Terrier 1937
111. Spaniel (English Cocker) 1937
112. Puli 1937
113. Affenpinscher 1938
114. Komondor 1940
115. Weimaraner 1943
116. Bernese Mountain Dog 1943
117. Spaniel (American Water) 1945
118. Basenji 1946
119. Black and Tan Coonhound 1947
120. Chihuahua (Long) 1951
121. Spaniel (Welsh Springer) 1953
122. Rhodesian Ridgeback 1957
123. Pointer (German Wirehaired) 1960
124. Silky Terrier 1960
125. Australian Terrier 1961
126. Belgian Tervuren 1961
127. Vizsla 1962
128. Belgian Malinois 1967
129. Shih Tzu 1970
130. Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 1974
131. Akita 1974
132. Bichon Frise 1974
133. Tibetan Terrier 1974
134. Staffordshire Bull Terrier 1976
135. Bearded Collie 1978
136. Norfolk Terrier 1979
137. Ibizan Hound 1980
138. Australian Cattle Dog 1981
139. Pharaoh Hound 1985
140. Portuguese Water Dog 1985
141. Tibetan Spaniel 1985
142. Finnish Spitz 1989
143. Petit Basset Griffons Vendeen 1992
144. Chinese Crested 1992
145. Miniature Bull Terrier 1993
146. Chinese Shar-pei 1993
147. Shiba Inu 1994
148. Australian Shepherd 1994
149. Greater Swiss Mountain Dog 1996
150. American Eskimo Dog 1996
151. Border Collie 1996
152. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 1997
153. Canaan Dog 1998
154. Anatolian Shepherd Dog 2000
155. Havanese 2000
156. Lowchen 2000
157. Parson Russell Terrier 2001
158. Spinone Italiano 2001
159. Polish Lowland Sheepdog 2002
160. Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 2004
161. German Pinscher 2004
162. Toy Fox Terrier 2004
163. Glen of Imaal Terrier 2005
164. Black Russian Terrier 2005
165. Neapolitan Mastiff 2005
166. Plott 2008
167. Tibetan Mastiff 2008
168. Beauceron 2008
169. Swedish Vallhund 2008
170. Dogue de Bordeaux 2009

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