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==Kennel club classification== [[File:Dogcart3.jpg|thumb|left|Historically, [[drafting dog]]s were common. A [[photochrom]] from the late 19th century showing two peddlers selling milk from a [[Dogcart (dog-drawn)|dogcart]] near [[Brussels, Belgium]].]] When competing in [[conformation show]]s, a number of [[kennel club]]s classify various pedigree dog breeds into a "working group" or "working dogs group", although it varies between kennel club what breeds are so classified. [[The Kennel Club]] classifies [[mastiff]], [[pinscher]], [[sled dog]], select [[livestock guardian dog]] and some other breeds in their working group.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/Default.aspx?group=WKG |title=Working Group|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=The Kennel Club |publisher=The Kennel Club Ltd |access-date=21 January 2020 }}</ref> The [[American Kennel Club]]'s working group and the [[Canadian Kennel Club]]'s working dogs group are very similar to The Kennel Club's except they include all [[livestock guardian dog]] breeds and all full sized [[spitz]] breeds (not just sled dogs) recognised by the clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/working/ |title=Working Group|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=American Kennel Club |publisher=American Kennel Club, Inc |access-date=21 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ckc.ca/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Working-Dogs |title=Working Dogs|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=Canadian Kennel Club |access-date=22 January 2020 }}</ref> Both the [[Australian National Kennel Council]]'s and [[New Zealand Kennel Club]]'s working dogs groups comprise herding dog breeds and select livestock guardian dog breeds recognised by those clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ankc.org.au/Breed/Index/5 |title=Group 5 (Working Dogs) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2015 |website=Australian National Kennel Council |publisher=Australian National Kennel Council Ltd |access-date=22 January 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224035120/http://ankc.org.au/Breed/Index/5 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dogsnz.org.nz/pdfs/bs-working.pdf |title=Standards of the breeds: Group 5 – Working Dogs|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=New Zealand Kennel Club |publisher=Dogs New Zealand |access-date=22 January 2020 }}</ref> The [[Fédération cynologique internationale]] has no working group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fci.be/en/Nomenclature/ |title=FCI breeds nomenclature|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=Fédération Cynologique Internationale |access-date=22 January 2020 }}</ref>
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