12 Rare Dog Breeds You Never Will Get the Experience of Meeting

You won't get to meet these extinct dog breeds. Learn all about them.

Either through breeding these dogs into an entirely new breed altogether, or through lack of interest in maintaining them, here are 25 dogs that no longer grace the globe.

Cordoba Fighting Dog

The Cordoba Fighting Dog originated in Córdoba, Argentina. It was noted for its willingness to fight to the death, and its high pain tolerance.

Hare Indian Dog

The Hare Indian dog is an extinct domesticated canid; possibly a breed of domestic dog, coydog, or domesticated coyote; formerly found and originally bred in northern Canada by the Hare Indians for coursing.

Toy Trawler Spaniel

On the verge of extinction by 1920, the Toy Trawler Spaniel is a direct descendent of the original King Charles Spaniel. Originally created for hunting, they were more often used as pets or as toy dogs.

Paisley Terrier

The breed was primarily a pet, and it was also a popular showdog. The Paisley Terrier was the progenitor of today’s Yorkshire Terrier.

Blue Paul Terrier

No one seems to have full knowledge as to how the Blue Pauls were bred or from where they originally came.

The first dogs to arrive in the United States with the English immigrants in the mid-19th century were the Blue Paul Terrier and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

Russian Tracker

The Tracker was a large dog, sometimes weighing 100 pounds or more. Despite his massive size, he was fast and flexible enough to chase off wolves and other predators that threatened his sheep. He was so wise and capable (legend says) that he could keep himself and his flock alive and well for months on end with no human help.

The English white terrier

(also known as the White English terrier or Old English terrier) is an extinct breed of dog. The English White terrier is the failed show ring name of a pricked-ear version of the white fox-working terriers that have not existed in the U.K. since the late 18th Century.

Toy Bulldog

They were created when breeders attempted to develop a new breed of miniature bulldogs, but they were never very healthy or fertile and the Toy Bulldog was never fully developed into a recognized breed.

The Bullenbeisser

The Bullenbeisser became extinct by crossbreeding rather than by a decadence of the breed. In the late 1870s, German breeders Roberth, Konig, and Hopner used the dog to create a new breed, today called the Boxer.

Old English Bulldog

Originally bred for the English blood sport of bull-baiting, the Old English Bulldog’s lower jaw stood significantly further out that the top jaw, resulting in a strong, vice-like gripping bite.

St. John’s Water Dog

The St. John’s water dog was the ancestor of the modern retrievers, including the Flat Coated Retriever, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever, the Golden Retriever, and the Labrador Retriever.

Norfolk Spaniel

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Norfolk Spaniels, also known as Shropshire Spaniels, ceased to exist after 1903 when The Kennel Club lumped them in with the newly created English Springer Spaniel breed.