Thought you all might be interested in the new Group Alignment. We are still in the Herding Group,but we are Group #9 now. When I started judging,the GSD was in the Working Group. I didn't know whether they'd put us back there or leave us. Helen Miller Fisher AKC Group Realignment Committee â?? Proposed Breeds & Groups (7/31/08) From a presentation to the Delegates on September 8, 2008 by the AKC Group Realignment Committee Group 1: Sporting â?? Pointers and Setters (11) (12) Brittany Pointer Pointer (German Shorthaired) Pointer (German Wirehaired) Setter (English) Setter (Gordon) Setter (Irish Setter (Irish Red & White) Miscellaneous 6/27/07; Full Recognition 1/1/09 Spinone Italiano Vizsla Weimaraner Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Group 2: Sporting - Retrievers and Spaniels (17) (18) Retriever (Chesapeake Bay) Retriever (Curly-Coated) Retriever (Flat-Coated) Retriever (Golden) Retriever (Labrador) Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) Spaniel (American Water) Spaniel (Boykin) â?? Miscellaneous 1/1/08 Spaniel (Clumber) Spaniel (Cocker) ASCOB Spaniel (Cocker) Black Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-color Spaniel (English Cocker) Spaniel (English Springer) Spaniel (Field) Spaniel (Irish Water) Spaniel (Sussex) Spaniel (Welsh Springer) Group 3: Scent Hounds (14) (16) Basset Hound Beagle (13â??) Beagle (15â??) Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Bluetick Coonhound - Miscellaneous 7/1/08 Dachshund (Longhaired) Dachshund (Smooth) Dachshund (Wirehaired) English Foxhound Foxhound (American) Harrier Otterhound Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Plott Redbone Coonhound â?? Miscellaneous 9/1/08 Group 4: Sight Hounds (11) Afghan Hound Basenji Borzoi Greyhound Ibizan Hound Irish Wolfhound Italian Greyhound Pharaoh Hound Saluki Scottish Deerhound Whippet Group 5: Working (23) (25) Anatolian Shepherd Bernese Mountain Dog Black Russian Terrier Boxer Bullmastiff Cane Corso â?? Miscellaneous 7/1/08 Dalmatian Doberman Pinscher Dogue de Bordeaux German Pinscher Giant Schnauzer Great Dane Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Komondor Kuvasz Leonberger â?? Miscellaneous 7/1/08 Mastiff Neapolitan Mastiff Newfoundland Portuguese Water Dog Rottweiler Saint Bernard Standard Schnauzer Tibetan Mastiff Group 6: Terriers (28) (29) Airedale Terrier Australian Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Bull Terrier (Colored) Bull Terrier (White) Cairn Terrier Cesky Terrier â?? Miscellaneous 7/1/08 Dandie Dinmont Terrier Fox Terrier (Smooth) Fox Terrier (Wire) Glen of Imaal Terrier Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Manchester Terrier (Standard) Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Person Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Group 7: Toys (21) Affenpinscher Brussells Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Chihuahua (Long Coat) Chihuahua (Smooth Coat) English Toy Spaniel (Blenheim & Prince Charles) English Toy Spaniel (King Charles & Ruby) Havanese Japanese Chin Maltese Manchester Terrier (Toy) Miniature Pinscher Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Poodle (Toy) Pug Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Toy Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier Group 8: Companion (11) Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Crested French Bulldog Lhasa Apso Lowchen Poodle (Miniature) Poodle (Standard) Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier Group 9: Herding (20) (21) Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Malinois Belgian Tervuren Belgian Sheepdog Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard Canaan Dog Cardigan Welsh Corgi Collie (Rough) Collie (Smooth) German Shepherd Old English Sheepdog Pembroke Welsh Corgi Polish Lowland Sheepdog Puli Pyrenean Shepherd â?? 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