Toy Group

The Toy Group is a designation used by most all-breed dog registries (or Kennel clubs) for a group of dog breeds consisting of the smallest of breeds. The list of dogs in this group is largely the same across the major English-speaking Kennel clubs—AKC, ANKC, CKC, KC(UK), NKC, UKC, and NZKC.

The FCI designates the Companion and Toy Group as group 9, ANKC designates as group 1, and the CKC as group n; the UKC calls it the Companion Group instead of the Toy Group.

The group is made up of the following breeds (differences among clubs are noted in parentheses).

• Affenpinscher

(FCI in Group 2, Pinschers)

• Australian Silky Terrier (Silky Terrier in AKC, FCI, and UKC)

(UKC and FCI in Terrier Group)

• Belgian Griffon

(recog. only by FCI)

• Bichon Frise

(AKC puts this in Nonsporting Group )

• Bolognese

(part of AKC's Foundation Stock Service as a Toy dog) (not in ANKC)

• Boston Terrier

(AKC, NZKC, and ANKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group )

• Brussels Griffon (Griffon Bruxellois in ANKC, NZKC, and KC)
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Chihuahua (KC, NZKC, and ANKC separate into Long Coat and Smooth Coat breeds)
• Chinese Crested
• Coton de Tulear

(part of AKC's Foundation Stock Service in Nonsporting Group ) (not in ANKC, NZKC)

• English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)

(not in AKC, FCI, UKC)

• French Bulldog

(AKC, NZKC, and ANKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group )

• Havanese
• Italian Greyhound

(In FCI, in Group 10, Sighthound Group )

• Japanese Chin
• King Charles Spaniel (English Toy Spaniel in AKC and UKC)
• Kromfohrlander

(FCI only)

• Lhasa Apso

(AKC, NZKC, and ANKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group )

• Löwchen

(AKC in Nonsporting Group )

• Maltese
• Manchester Terrier

(KC, FCI, UKC, NZKC, and ANKC in Terrier Group; FCI also has a separate Toy Manchester Terrier in Terrier Group Section 4, Toy Terriers)

• Miniature Pinscher

(In FCI, in Group 2, Pinscher Group )

• Papillon (FCI groups with the Phalene as the Continental Toy Spaniel )
• Pekingese
• Peruvian Inca Orchid

(recog. only by AKC and UKC; part of AKC's Foundation Stock Service in Hound Group )

• Petit Brabancon

(FCI only; a variety of Belgian Griffon)

• Pomeranian

(FCI Group 5, Spitz Group )

• Poodle (Miniature and Toy)

(ANKC, NZKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group )

• Pug
• Schipperke

(AKC, NZKC, and ANKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group ; FCI in Group 1, Sheepdog and Cattledog Group )

• Shih Tzu

(ANKC, NZKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group )

• Tibetan Spaniel

(AKC, NZKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group )

• Tibetan Terrier

(AKC, NZKC, and ANKC in Nonsporting Group ; KC in Utility Group )

• Toy Fox Terrier

(UKC in Terrier Group; not recog. in ANKC, KC, FCI, NZKC)

• Yorkshire Terrier

(FCI in Terrier Group Section 4, Toy Terriers)

Unrecognized dogs

Other dogs that might be considered to be toy dogs but that are not yet recognized by any of these kennel clubs include:

• Peruvian Hairless Dog

See also

• Toy dog