List of Italian dog breeds

Seventeen Italian dog breeds are recognised by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana,^[1] of which fifteen are recognised also by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale. A further six are in the process of recognition by the ENCI. There are a number of local breeds or types without national recognition.^[2]

Name	English name if used	Recognition	Notes	Image
Bolognese		ENCI FCI
Bracco Italiano		ENCI FCI
Cane Corso	Italian Mastiff	ENCI FCI
Cane da Pastore Bergamasco	Bergamasco Shepherd Dog[3]	ENCI FCI
Cane da Pastore della Sila Pastore Silano		ENCI (partial)[4]
Cane da Pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese Maremmano	Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog Maremma	ENCI FCI
Cane delle Alpi Apuane Pastore Apuano		ENCI (partial)[5]
Cane di Mannara		ENCI (partial)[6]
Cane d'Oropa Pastore d'Oropa Pastore Biellese		ENCI (partial)[7]	Herding dog from the area of Biella, in Piedmont[2][8]: 1922
Cane Fonnese Pastore Fonnese Cane di Fonni	Sardinian Shepherd Dog	ENCI (partial)[9]
Cane Lupino del Gigante Luvin		none	Shepherd dog from the Apennines of the Province of Reggio Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna[2][8]: 1922
Cane Paratore		none
Cirneco dell'Etna		ENCI FCI
Dogo Sardesco Dogo Sardo		none	Sardinia; used in the past as a guard dog and as a catch dog in hunting large game[10]
Lagotto Romagnolo		ENCI FCI
Levriero Sardo		none
Lupo Italiano		none	Used exclusively by police and search and rescue organisations, with no private ownership
Maltese		ENCI FCI
Mastino Abruzzese		regional	variant of the Maremmano
Mastino Napoletano	Neapolitan Mastiff	ENCI FCI
Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai		ENCI (partial)[11]
Piccolo Levriero Italiano	Italian Sighthound Italian Greyhound	ENCI FCI
Segugio dell'Appennino		ENCI
Segugio Italiano a Pelo Forte		ENCI FCI	sometimes treated outside Italy as a single breed
Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso		ENCI FCI
Segugio Maremmano		ENCI FCI
Spino degli Iblei[12]		ENCI
Spinone Italiano	Italian Spinone	ENCI FCI
Volpino Italiano		ENCI FCI

See also

• List of dog breeds