Terrier Group

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The Terrier Group is a designation used by most all-breed dog registries (or Kennel clubs) for a group of dog breeds consisting almost entirely of terriers. The list of dogs in this group is largely the same across the major English-speaking Kennel clubs--AKC, ANKC, CKC, KC(UK), KUSA, UKC and NZKC. The group consists of most, but not all, terrier breeds. In the case of the North American clubs, it even contains a nonterrier.

The ANKC designates the Terrier Group as group 2, and the CKC as group 4.

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) also has a Terrier Group, but further subdivides them into sections based on size; see FCI Terrier Group.

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

Airedale Terrier	American Pit Bull Terrier (Breed recognised by only the UKC and NKC)	American Staffordshire Terrier (Breed not recognised by the KC(UK))
Australian Terrier	Bedlington Terrier	Border Terrier
Bull Terrier	Bull Terrier (Miniature) (AKC official breed title is Miniature Bull Terrier)	Cairn Terrier
Cesky Terrier (Breed not recognised by the AKC)	Dandie Dinmont Terrier	Fox Terrier (Smooth) (AKC official breed title is Smooth Fox Terrier)
Fox Terrier (Wire) (AKC official breed title is Wire Fox Terrier)	Glen of Imaal Terrier (Breed not recognised by the AKC or CKC)	Irish Terrier
Jack Russell Terrier (Breed not recognised by the AKC, CKC, or KC(UK))	Kerry Blue Terrier	Lakeland Terrier
Manchester Terrier (AKC official breed title is Manchester Terrier (standard))	Norfolk Terrier	Norwich Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier (NZKC official breed title is Parson Jack Russell Terrier. Breed not recognised by the CKC)	Schnauzer (Miniature) (Only CKC and AKC, where the official breed title is Miniature Schnauzer)	Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier	Skye Terrier	Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier	Tenterfield Terrier (Breed not recognised by the AKC, CKC, or KC(UK))	Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier