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13 rare dog breeds you never knew existed

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)
by: Ashley Fowler
BELGIAN LAEKENOIS | The Belgian Laekenois is the rarest of four of the closely related Belgian herders: the Sheepdog, Malinois, Tervuren, and Lakenois. Strong, agile, and full of life, it is protective of family and friendly and loving with those they know well. (Photo by BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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  • 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)
  • : Adult Canaan dog at Sha'ar Hagai Kennels is pictured here on March 11, 2012. Sha'ar Hagai Kennels is located in Sha'ar Hagai, Israel between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Canaan dogs have long lived at the edges of civilization in the land that is now Israel, but starting in the 1930s they were employed in a number of capacities by the Jewish immigrants, from work in landmine detection units for the nascent Jewish forces to guard dogs for the new settlers. (Photo by Nicolas Brulliard for the Washington Post.)

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