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Utility Group is the name of a breed group of dogs, used by kennel clubs to classify a defined collection of dog breeds. How ''Utility Group'' is defined varies among kennel clubs, and different kennel clubs may not include the same breeds in their ''Utility Group''. Some kennel clubs do not use the ''Utility Group'' classification. ''Utility Group'' is not a term used by the international kennel club association, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, which more finely divides its breed groupings by dog type and breed history. == Definitions of Utility Group== There are two different kennel club definitions of ''Utility Group''. In one, dogs which do not fit elsewhere are placed in the ''Utility Group'', and in the other, certain breeds of working dogs are designated as part of the ''Utility Group''. The Kennel Club (UK) places in the ''Utility Group'' dog breeds that do not quite fit in other groups, such as the Shih Tzu, which other kennel clubs place in the Toy Group, but the Kennel Club does not, as it considers them to be too large. Other dogs are placed in the Kennel Club's ''Utility Group'' because the working purpose for which they were originally bred "has now become redundant",〔(Utility Group on Our Pets )〕 such as the function of the Dalmatian to run alongside horse-drawn coaches. The Kennel Club defines "Utility" as meaning'' fitness for a purpose'',〔(Kennel Club Utility Group )〕 taken to mean fitness for a purpose ''not covered by other Groups''. Therefore, there is little relationship between the breeds in this Group. The New Zealand Kennel Club and the Australian National Kennel Council each recognize a ''Utility Group'', with a different emphasis. In Australia and New Zealand, the ''Utility Group'' includes large breeds of livestock guardian type dogs, large Spitz types, as well as guard, rescue, and messenger dogs.〔(New Zealand Kennel Club Utility Group defined )〕 Other major kennel clubs in the English-speaking world that do not use the ''Utility Group'' category include the American Kennel Club and the Canadian Kennel Club. How the ''Utility Group'' breeds are placed by those kennel clubs and by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale are detailed in the section on Utility Group breeds. In the Canadian Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club, the Working Group includes all breeds that do work other than hunting or herding. In the New Zealand Kennel Club, the ''Working Group'' includes all the dogs found in the ''Pastoral Group'' or ''Herding Group'' of other kennel clubs, and the breeds found in the ''Working Group'' of those kennel clubs are found in the ''Utility Group'' of the New Zealand Kennel Club.〔(New Zealand Kennel Club breed groups )〕 The Australian National Kennel Council ''Utility Group'' is defined in a similar manner to that of the New Zealand Kennel Club.〔(Australian National Kennel Council Utility Group )〕 A second organisation in the United States, the United Kennel Club, is also often considered among the major registries. The United Kennel Club does not recognise a ''Utility Group''.〔(United Kennel Club (US) breed information )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Utility Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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