Vulnerable Breeds Competition Final | Crufts 2024 

I'm 72 years old and all of these breeds were common when I was a child. So sad to see them on the brink of extinction. 😢

Smooth Collies would not have to be on the vulnerable list have they not separated them from the Rough Collie in the UK. In the US the breed is one, with two coat varieties, which allows for a larger gene pool to breed from. Separating a breed based off colors or coats only reduces the gene pool...

How sad that there are these great breeds, but people choose doodles

I'm sorry to see the Deerhound is vulnerable, I think they're lovely dogs. Thanks for promoting them, and these other breeds.

Omg an english setter on the list?! Wow! They're such magnificent dogs..

Shocked to see so many Irish breeds in this category.

Years ago we had neighbors that had an Otterhound named Hawkeye and he was the sweetest dog ever.

That wolf hound moves like very few I've see in the last few years, BEAUTIFUL!!! Well done 👏 👏

Well if you ever can't find a greyhound in the UK, come to New Zealand. The Canterbury dog rescues are 95% made up of three groups of dogs - collies and huntaways, staffies and other bull terriers, and greyhounds. *Constant* greyhounds. Basically the closest you can get to a low energy breed in our shelter system, but only if you have a large enough fenced space for their once or twice a day zoomies since their off-leash recall can be dubious.

That Deerhound was phenomenal to watch. The stride made me say “Bip Bip Bip Bip” cuz it was so bouncy and delightful

I love all the ornery little Terriers!

i'm not into terriers but that norwich terrier is super charismatic and photogenic

I hate seeing my favorite breed on this list, Bloodhounds, such a gentle floppy breed so lovable and sweet with great tracking abilites. Had one as a child who was good at 2 things, tracking and raising her only litter of 11 pups, never lost any of them, she didn't really need any training to track me, she was born with the drive to track, born from police tracking dog bloodlines, the only difference she had to learn was when her focus required her to track, the difference she learned was the leash and her harness. She knew on just a collar and leash, she didn't need to track and she was to follow, but when her harness was put on she knew it was time for her to lead and track. Me and dad would play hide and seek with her, he was her handler I was the hider. She could find me even if I was transported in a car a short distance away and got out and hid. She was an excellent childhood dog, if I had ever gone missing from our yard as a kid, MY bloodhound would have been the one to find me, not the cops. Which is why my dad got her, I was a wild running all over sort of kid, high energy, he didn't trust cops to try and find me if I went missing, we lived in a bad run down neighborhood at the time so we got a bloodhound and she was a great one, Best dog ever and for me best Breed ever.

Absolutely stunned to see these breeds as "vulnerable"! Most of them so familiar and beloved. I was curious to watch this to perhaps see some breeds I was not familiar with; this just floored me to instead be confronted with so many that I know and love so very well!

I have two Glens. Great dogs. But you know what. All dogs are great.

The vulnerable breeds lists is a bit misunderstood. It's that those breeds are going extinct; it's just breeds with the lowest amount of registered dogs to the Kennel Club. The Kennel Club considers any dog that is not of registered bloodline as a crossbreed dog as the line is not recorded. It took them a number of years before you could registered a working line dog as it's breed and not a crossbreed for dog sports. 2 examples are Greyhounds and Bull Terriers. Greyhounds (purebred Greyhounds, not crosses/lurchers) are always coming off the track and are thousands looking for homes in rescues across the UK...The Kennel Club also always teams up with Greyhound Rescues for Crufts. They are not a rare breed at all, the Show Line is rare because the main people breeding Greyhounds are doing so for the Race Lines to make money. Bull Terriers (mini) are also not a rare breed. They are actually a very desired breed of dog for people due to their looks. But most people who breed them are not breeding for show, and are just breeding for pets/money/puppies etc. There are ofc lesser common breeds on this list that not as many people own, which do have a right to be classed as "Vulnerable". Not many people own Wolfhounds or Bloodhounds these days.

I’m surprised to see several of these breeds on this list

Smooth collies (together with rough collies) are one of the "fab four/five" service dog breeds, up there with poodles, goldens, labs, and german shepherds, I'm surprised they aren't bred more as working dogs

The Hunting dogs seem to have taken a hit

All are so gorgeous, am glad I did t have to pick a winner. My granddad had an Irish wolf hound. 💖 Curly coated Retriever 💚

Thanks so much for helping these breeds.

The Curly was fabulous......

This is wild. I live in the US, and see a bunch of the sporting dogs here. Especially the soft coated wheatens ate popular. We love out Gordon Setters in the US.

Smooth Fox Terrier? Such a delightful breed!

Most of the setters, all the cool terriers, collies and spaniels, the best hounds! “He is the shape of candle flames” Gotta love the reporting!

Good to see a side by side of the Deerhound & Irish Wolfhound. Surprised a lot of these breeds are venerable now.

Gutted that there are so many terriers in this group! The soft coated wheaten is quite popular in the Netherlands btw. As is the Scottish and Irish wolfhound.

I do not understand why. Anyone would want a doodle when the Setters have everything a person could want

One thing I just realized is a lot of the owners matched their suits to their dogs! Very cute

The beauty of purebred dogs is every form follows function. You know what you're getting.

Many of these breeds are fairly popular in the US

Both varieties of collie should be more popular, truly wonderful dogs

World’s hardest job. It would have took me hours to decide they’re all so perfect😂

Why am I crying?!

It's odd to me that the Irish Wolfhound is here, when they've become so popular in rural and regional Australia. One of the most common breeds seen at rescues.

I'm surprised the Bouvier isn't there! I remember looking at it and in America the Bouvier was rarer than my boys Irish Wolfhound buddy.😢

There were so many that I was surprised to see. It’s really quite sad, some of these breeds need more recognition, but some just need people to know that they are vulnerable.

wow 3 type of Setters,vulnerable?Love the Cardigan and Curly Coated.

So many wonderful breeds, there is literally a pure breed out there for everyone’s needs, yet people pay stupid prices for doodles and mix breeds. Only supporting the crappy backyard breeders 🙄

i am genuinely shocked to see setters on this list. i genuinely would have guessed them to be more popular since they are absolutely stunning dogs with great temperaments that would fit in many peoples lifestyles.

Such fabulous breeds, I can't believe they are endangered. I wish I could support all these wonderful breeds.

some of the issue may be the dogs are too expensive, which is understandable, but it causes many to pass them up

I was shocked to see some of these are vulnerable!

Love how they are making an effort 👌

Love the English Toy Terrier ❤

I had an English Mastiff sweetest dog I’ve had

Its so sad to see some of my childhood favorites here. ❤❤😢❤

Hard to believe all these breeds are vulnerable!

Irish wolfhound! Hooray! I had one! Best dog in the world!

I had a friend who had a bearded collie and he was such a gentle quiet dog

So many of these don’t seem uncommon in the us.

I've been a collie owner for a very long time. The smoothies are just as wonderful as the roughies, and I don't understand why the collie isn't more popular in general. I don't understand why calm, quiet, and easily trainable isn't an ideal choice, especially for families.

Get rid of the doodles and bring back these beautiful breeds

I'm surprised the Dandie Dinmont Terrier isn't amongst the Vulnerable Breeds.

😮Gordon Setter too? A Gordon was part of our family for 12 happy years. Loved that animal so much❤

Some of these breeds I would have never thought would be nearing extinction. Fun fact, Spunky form the old cartoon Rocko's Modern Life is a miniture bull terrier

I have had two Wheaton's Shenanigans' and Roo both were wonderful dogs.

I like a purebred sometimes. You know what you are getting. There are so many crossbreeds and they have issues or no logic/function besides looks and hypoallergenic. I mean who needs Malinois Shepherd mix? No One besides the military maybe!

That Retrieve was my favorite ❤

Surprised to see so many once popular breeds in the Vulnerable Group. Less than 300 registered in UK Kennel Club is a serious decline

I am surprised at the breeds that are on this list. Quite sad.

Why don’t people love the cardigan corgi nearly as much to the Pembroke

Michigan loves her gundogs, and we do have lovely Gordon and Curly clubs here. When we have field trials one or two of these great British breeds are represented.!

E glish setters are gorgeous

I have a thing for the IW's gorgeous big dogs, that are sweet most of the time! I have seen them chase a stranger back over a board fence though. You had to watch him and his rope toy though. He would bring it to you to toss, and leave a welt across your knees swinging it!

YOU SHOULD WORRY MORE ABOUT BREED HEALTH!

A great shame the bearded Collie is on the list,they are beautiful ❤️❤️❤️😊😊

Having vulnerable breeds at crufts is a joke. The breeding standards of modern kennel clubs is destroying the health and wellbeing of dogs everywhere.

Irish wolf hound = fantastic

So many I’ve never heard of before.

I like the little orange dog

Так прекрасно! Каждый год удовольствие!❤❤❤

In the US dog racing is no longer done. Tracks have closed down. Anyone wanting to get a rescue greyhound must import one from overseas. There used to be so many greyhound rescues in the US not that many years ago. People said they made lovely pets.

How are greyhounds vulnerable? There's thousands of them being bred for racing. Or is this a distinction between racing and show greyhounds?

Agreed !

The wheaten was delightful but as usual, ignored.

The Norich is really cute!

the cardigan corgi is very popular here in the southeastern US. How is it endangered?

In US English are still large grp , in shows

They are wonderful dogs.

Goddamn they're all amazing!

The Irish white setter is a winner! What a beautiful dog❤

I cannot believe they are vulnerable !

this is so tragic! these are mostly all breeds I’ve met one time or another (Irish wolfhounds more than once) and that Setter!!

Cuties all around! ❤

Welsh springer actually the most healthy of the springer breeds

Setters of amazement, unfortunately to hunt, birds.

So sad to see so many terriers at risk. My first dog was a Wheatie and now I have a 13 week old Lakeland(1 of only 200+ born in our country this year). I will never not have a terrier. I can’t imagine walking in my door and not being greeted by that energy and joy, not training and playing with their intelligence. Not to mention they age so gracefully.

some of the handlers made wanna cry

The mastiff is an endangered breed?

My dear Annie was a Gordon Setter German Shepherd cross. The best dog in the world. I’m shocked that the Gordon didn’t make the cut. And yet, Doodles…

Ngl was kinda shocked to see the bearded collie, smooth collie, Irish wolfhound and English setter on here. And I don’t think the greyhound is endangered?? Galgos and Greyhounds get adopted A LOT in Central Europe.

Oh i melt seeing the bloodhound, deerhound,

Maybe they are rare for Crufts but not in other dog registrations

I don’t understand this list. How are Irish red and white setters on the list? The Cardigan corgi? The Irish wolfhound? This is terrible news 🥺

I thought this would be German Shepherds, pugs, bulldogs, boxers, King Charles Cavaliers and the rest of the breeds destroyed by the AKC and breeders. By vulnerable they mean uncommon, I guess.

Surprised to see the otterhound wasn't selected, there's hardly any left 😢

The foxhound and the bloodhound on the list? I would've never guessed it.

It doesn't make any sense to me why Harriers aren't more popular. People love beagles, people love big dogs, so what's there not to love about a dog that is essentially a big beagle? I think if more people knew about them that they'd probably really like them.

the english toy terrier caught my eye