| HOUNDS | Beagles, bassets, ridgebacks, salukis ... types of dogs originally bred for hunting (6) |
| AKITAS | Dogs originally bred to hunt bears |
| LION | Rhodesian Ridgeback's target |
| SILKYTERRIERS | Small dogs originally bred in Australia |
| BASSET | ____ hound, short-legged dog that was originally bred for hunting hare (6) |
| RHODESIAN | Ridgeback, a large, short-haired breed of dog, originally bred for hunting in southern Africa (9) |
| BEAGLE | Hound originally bred for hunting hares (6) |
| SALUKI | A tall, slender, silky-haired breed of dog originally bred in the Fertile Crescent (6) |
| POODLE | Breed of dog originally bred to hunt waterfowl (6) |
| BREEDS | Boxer, initially, by water grasses with types of dogs (6) |
| FERRET | A domesticated form of the polecat, bred for hunting (6) |
| EAGLES | Dogs originally ignored birds (6) |
| PAWNEE | Part of dog originally named after American people (6) |
| BORZOI | Russian dog bred for hunting wolves (6) |
| ELKHOUND | Powerful dog originally bred for hunting large deer |
| MIRROR | What reflects origins of mongrel in Rhodesian ridgeback or Rottweiler |
| DRAGON | Chinese Fireball or Norwegian Ridgeback, in Harry Potter |
| PITBULLTERRIER | Dog originally bred for fighting, ownership of which is prohibited in the UK by the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991 |
| STBERNARD | Breed of large working dog originally bred for rescue work (2,7) |
| JACKRUSSELL | One of a breed of small, aggressive dogs originally intended for hunting rats (4,7) |
