And then there are posts that are less on the educational side, and have more to do with brain teasing.

Some of you who are reading this are waiting around at a dog show, while some of you are getting your tires rotated, killing time before an event, or suffering in bed with a cold. Since you have nothing else to do, and scientists tell us that we keep our minds active and young by making our brains work, this is for you.

One hundred and two (103) AKC breeds (and that includes the FSS and Miscellaneous Class breeds) have double letters in their names. That is to say that these breed names have letters that appear twice and next to each other. Example, the cereal name, “Cheerios.” Bonus points if you can name the three breeds that have three sets of double letters.

And before you ask: Some breeds have the type of dog they are as part of their name. Example: The Afghan Hound is a hound, and hound is part of its name. Those breeds count as part of the 103 breeds.

So, can you name all 104 breeds without looking them up? It’s no fun if you cheat. Tell us how you did! Did you get 90 out of 104? 20/104? We pretty much guarantee that some of you will look at the answers when it’s time and say, “Oh yeah, how could I forget that one?”

One more thing: This is supposed to be fun, but we aren’t infallible. If you spot an error, mea culpa

The answers are below the sunflower art work,  and not necessarily in alphabetical order. As for the images we’re using in this post, they don’t have a thing to do with anything other than to be decorate (and eat up space):

Answers:

• Braque du Bourbonnais
• Basset Fauve de Bretagne
• Norrbottenspets
• Treeing Tennessee Brindle
• Hokkaido
• Miniature Poodle
• Standard Poodle
• Toy Poodle
• Belgian Sheepdog
• Perro de Presa Canario
• Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
• Russian Toy
• Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
• Australian Terrier
• Appenzeller Sennenhunde
• Australian Stumpy-Tail Cattle Dog
• Croatian Sheepdog
• Lapponian Herder
• Portuguese Sheepdog
• Swedish Lapphund
• Bracco Italiano
• Affenpinscher
• American English Coonhound
• American Hairless Terrier
• American Staffordshire Terrier
• Tibetan Mastiff
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Black Russian Terrier
• Bloodhound
• Bluetick Coonhound
• Border Collie
• Border Terrier
• Boston Terrier
• Bracco Italiano
• Brittany
• Brussels Griffon
• Bull Terrier
• Bulldog
• Bullmastiff
• Cairn Terrier
• Canaan Dog
• Cesky Terrier
• Chinook
• Cirneco dell’Etna
• Collie
• Dandie Dinmont Terrier
• English Setter
• Finnish Lapphund
• Finnish Spitz
• French Bulldog
• Glen of Imaal Terrier
• Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen (Bonus! three sets of double letters)
• Great Pyrenees
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
• Harrier
• Icelandic Sheepdog
• Irish Red and White Setter
• Irish Setter
• Irish Terrier
• Keeshond
• Kerry Blue Terrier
• Lagotto Romagnolo
• Lakeland Terrier
• Lancashire Heeler
• Manchester Terrier
• Mastiff
• Miniature Bull Terrier
• Neapolitan Mastiff
• Nederlandse Kooikerhondje
• Norfolk Terrier
• Norwich Terrier
• Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever
• Old English Sheepdog
• Otterhound
• Papillon
• Parson Russell Terrier
• Plott
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog
• Rat Terrier
• Redbone Coonhound
• Rottweiler
• Russell Terrier
• Schipperke
• Scottish Deerhound
• Scottish Terrier
• Sealyham Terrier
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen (Bonus! three sets of double letters)
• Silky Terrier
• Skye Terrier
• Smooth Fox Terrier
• Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier ((Bonus! three sets of double letters))
• Sussex Spaniel
• Jagdterrier
• Swedish Vallhund
• Tibetan Mastiff
• Tibetan Terrier
• Welsh Terrier
• West Highland White Terrier
• Whippet
• Wire Fox Terrier
• Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
• Yorkshire Terrier

You might not be done yet. If this was too easy, here’s one more, and we call this the Impossibly Hard Expert Master Quiz: Name the FSS breeds with double letters that aren’t accepted by the AKC – but in the original breed name!  We came up with thirty of them. The answers are below the picture.

Answers:

• Basset Fawn of Brittany
• Bayerischer Gebirgsschweisshund
• Beagle Harrier
• Schillerstövare
• Deutsch Stichelhaar
• Deutsch Langhaar
• Weisser Schweizer Schäferhund
• Terrier Brasileiro
• Billy
• Wetterhoun
• Smålandsstövare
• Segugio Maremmano
• Gammel Dansk Hønsehund
• Steirische Rauhhaarbracke
• Bouvier des Ardennes
• Österreichischer Pinscher
• Landseer
• Hollandse Smoushond
• Saarlooswolfhond
• Blue Griffon Griffon
• Ca de Bestiar Perro (or Pastor Mallorquín)
• Griffon Nivernais
• Russko-Evropeyskaya Laika
• Nihon Suppitsu
• Yuzhnhorkaaya Ovtcharka
• Hannoverscher Schweisshund
• Cane da Pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese
• Cão da Serra de Aires
• Cao da Serra da Estrela
• Griffon Fawn of Brittany