• Eowyn, a Norwegian Lundehund attends American Kennel Club Announces Most Popular Dogs for 2010 at American Kennel Club Offices on January 26, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for American Kennel Club)
  • Lisen, a Azawakh breed, runs through Green Park in London where Crufts presented the national launch for the Kennel Club's upcoming Greatest Dog Show in the World 24 February 2004. In the hound group the breed originates from Africa and was developed for speed and staying power in an intensley hot climate and looks similar to a Saluki. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
  • The Belgian Laekenois is ranked No. 195 out of the AKC's 200 most popular dog breeds of 2023. The Laekenois is the rarest of four of the closely related Belgian herders -- the Belgian Sheepdog, Malinois, Tervuren, and Lakenois. Although observant with strangers, the breed is friendly and loving with those they know well. (Photo by BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)