Organization:American Rare Breed Association

American Rare Breed Association

Abbreviation	ARBA
Motto	"To serve and protect the "Rare Breed Dog" here in the United States"
Formation	1991
Type	Non-profit organization
Purpose	Humanitarian
Headquarters	9921 Frank Tippett Road Cheltenham MD 20623
Website	www.arba.org

The American Rare Breed Association or ARBA is a national dog association of the United States , based in Cheltenham, Prince George's County, Maryland. The club was formed to register, show, educate and promote the breeding of uncommon dog breeds. ARBA handles breeds recognized by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale or by its own board of directors that are not yet recognized by the American Kennel Club.

Services

Some of the ARBA's services include

• Registering Rare Dog Breeds
• Conforming Rare Dog Breed Shows
• Seminars For Judges
• Conforming Dog Shows
• Public Awareness & Education
• Giving Obedience and Championship Titles
• Canine Citizenship Program

Breeds in the ARBA

Companion

• American Hairless Terrier
• Bolognese
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Coton de Tulear
• Danish–Swedish Farmdog
• English Toy Terrier
• Havanese
• Löwchen
• Moscow Toy Terrier
• Mini-Pei
• Toy Fox Terrier
• Russian Tsventnaya Bolonka

Herding

• Akbash Dog
• Appenzeller Sennenhund
• Australian Kelpie
• Beauceron
• Bergamasco
• Cão da Serra de Aires
• Cao de Castro Laboreiro
• Cão Fila de São Miguel
• Catalan Sheepdog
• Dutch Shepherd Dog
• English Shepherd
• Entlebucher Sennenhund
• King Shepherd
• Catahoula Leopard Dog
• Belgian Laekenois
• Maremma Sheepdog
• Mudi
• Miniature Australian Shepherd
• Picardy Shepherd
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog
• Pyrenean Shepherd
• Pumi (dog)
• Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog
• Shiloh Shepherd
• Slovensky Cuvac
• South Russian Ovtcharka
• White German Shepherd Dog

Non-sporting

• Spitz
• Alaskan Klee Kai
• Canaan Dog
• Canadian Eskimo Dog
• Carolina Dog
• Chinook
• Eurasier
• Finnish Lapphund
• German Spitz
• Greenland Dog
• Hokkaido
• Icelandic Sheepdog
• Japanese Spitz
• Jamthund
• Jindo Dog
• Kai Ken
• Karelian Bear Dog
• Kishu Ken
• New Guinea singing dog
• Norrbottenspets
• Norwegian Buhund
• Norwegian Lundehund
• Russo-European Laika
• Peruvian Inca Orchid
• Portuguese Podengo
• Swedish Vallhund
• Swedish Lapphund
• Tamaskan Dog
• Thai Ridgeback
• Xoloitzcuintli

Hound

• Anglo Francais Tricolor
• Azawakh
• Basset Artésien Normand
• Basset Bleu de Gascogne
• Basset Fauve de Bretagne
• Basset Griffon Vendéen (Grand)
• Basset Griffon Vendéen (Petit)
• Batard
• Black Forest Hound
• Briquet Griffon Vendeen
• Bruno de Jura
• Chart Polski
• Cirneco dell'Etna
• Drever
• Fauve de Bretagne
• Grand Anglo-Francais
• Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
• Grand Bleu de Gascogne
• Griffon Nivernais
• Hamilton Hound
• Hanoverian Schweisshund
• Hellenic Hound
• Istarski Oštrodlaki Gonič
• Kirhiz
• Magyar Agar
• Montenegrin Mountain Hound
• Mountain Cur
• Ogar Polski
• Petit Bleu de Gascogne
• Plott Hound
• Podenco Canario
• Poitevin (dog)
• Porcelaine
• Posavski Gonič
• Rastreador Brasileiro
• Redbone Coonhound
• Redtick Coonhound
• Sabueso Hound
• Schiller Hound
• Sloughi
• Slovakian Hound
• South Russian Steppe
• Styrian Roughhaired Mountain Hound
• Telomian
• Tennessee Treeing Brindle
• Transylvanian Hound
• Treeing Walker
• Trigg Hound
• Tyrolean Hound
• Gascon Saintongeois
• Petit Griffon De Gascogne

Terrier

• American Pit Bull Terrier
• Cesky Terrier
• JagdTerrier
• Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier
• Parson Jack Russell Terrier
• Patterdale Terrier
• Russell Terrier

Sporting

• Barbet
• Boykin Spaniel
• Bracco Italiano
• Braque du Bourbonnais
• Braque Dupy
• Braque d'Auvergne
• Braque Francais
• Braque Saint-Germain
• German Spaniel
• Irish Red & White Setter
• Kooikerhondje
• Large Munsterlander
• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
• Old Danish Pointer
• Perdigueiro Portugues
• Picardy Spaniel
• Small Munsterlander
• Spinone Italiano
• Stabyhoun
• Spanish Water Dog
• Wirehaired Hungarian Vizsla

Working

• Aidi
• Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog
• American Bulldog
• Anatolian Shepherd
• Argentine Dogo
• Austrian Pinscher
• Black Russian Terrier
• Cane Corso
• Caucasian Ovtcharka
• Central Asian Ovtcharka
• Dogue De Bordeaux
• Estrela Mountain Dog
• Fila Brasileiro
• German Pinscher
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
• Hovawart
• Leonberger
• Olde English Bulldoge
• Dogo Canario
• Presa Mallorquin
• Pyrenean Mastiff
• Spanish Mastiff
• South African Boerboel
• Tibetan Mastiff

References

• www.Arba.org
• www.Arba.org/CompanionGroup1.htm
• www.Arba.org/HerdingGroup.htm
• www.Arba.org/HoundGroup.htm
• Group 5 breeds
• www.Arba.org/SportingGroup.htm
• www.Arba.org/TerrierGroup.htm
• www.Arba.org/WorkingGroup2.htm
• Susan McCullough. Your New Dog: An Expert Answers Your Every Question. Capital Books. 2003 (ISBN:1-931868-18-2)
• Mordecai Siegal et al. The Good Life: Your Dog's First Year. Simon & Schuster. 2002 (ISBN:0-684-86474-6)
• Carlo Devito, Amy Ammen. Everything Dog Book. Adams Media Corporation. 1999 (ISBN:1-58062-144-9)
• Richard G. Beauchamp. The Simple Guide to Showing Your Dog. TFH Publications. 2003 (ISBN:0-7938-2114-2)
• Cheryl S. Smith. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Showing Your Dog. Random House. 2001 (ISBN:0-7615-3359-1)
• Robert Slack

External links

• American Rare Breed Association website
• ARBA Information