The Sporting Group (also called the Gundog group) is a designation used by some all-breed dog registries (or kennel clubs) for a group of purebred dogs. Because they were developed as bird dogs with energetic hunting abilities in water and field settings, most sporting dogs require regular exercise. Their naturally active and alert demeanor also makes them likeable and well-rounded companions.

The dogs in this group include:

 American Water Spaniel (not recognised by the KC (UK), ANKC, or NZKC)
 American Cocker Spaniel  Barbet (Recognised only by the CKC and UKC)
 Bracco Italiano (only recognised by the KC (UK) and the UKC, currently in the AKC FSS)
 Braque du Bourbonnais (recognised only by the UKC) 
 Brittany
 Cesky Fousek (recognised only by the NZKC and UKC) 
 Chesapeake Bay Retriever 
 Clumber Spaniel
 Curly Coated Retriever (not recognised by the ANKC or NZKC) 
 Drentse Patrijshond (recognised only by the UKC) 
 English Cocker Spaniel
 English Setter 
 English Springer Spaniel 
 Field Spaniel
 Flat-Coated Retriever 
 French Spaniel (recognised only by the CKC and UKC) 
 German Longhaired Pointer (not recognized by the AKC, ANKC, or NZKC)
 German Shorthaired Pointer 
 German Wirehaired Pointer 
 Golden Retriever
 Gordon Setter 
 Irish Red and White Setter (AKC FSS) 
 Irish Setter
 Irish Water Spaniel 
 Kooikerhondje (Recognised only by the KC (UK) and UKC. AKC FSS) 
 Labrador Retriever
 Lagotto Romagnolo (not recognised by the CKC. AKC FSS) 
 Large Münsterländer (not recognised by the AKC)  
 Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever
 Pointer 
 Portuguese Pointer (only recognised by the UKC. AKC FSS) 
 Small Münsterländer (recognised only by the UKC and CKC. AKC FSS)
 Spanish Water Dog (not recognised by the CKC or NZKC. AKC FSS) 
 Spinone Italiano 
 Sussex Spaniel
 Vizsla  Weimaraner 
 Welsh Springer Spaniel
 Wirehaired Pointing Griffon (not recognised by the ANKC, NZKC, or KC (UK)

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