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					<option value="small-munsterlander-pointer">Small Munsterlander Pointer</option>
				
					<option value="smooth-fox-terrier">Smooth Fox Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="soft-coated-wheaten-terrier">Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="spanish-mastiff">Spanish Mastiff</option>
				
					<option value="spanish-water-dog">Spanish Water Dog</option>
				
					<option value="spinone-italiano">Spinone Italiano</option>
				
					<option value="st-bernard">St. Bernard</option>
				
					<option value="stabyhoun">Stabyhoun</option>
				
					<option value="staffordshire-bull-terrier">Staffordshire Bull Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="standard-schnauzer">Standard Schnauzer</option>
				
					<option value="sussex-spaniel">Sussex Spaniel</option>
				
					<option value="swedish-lapphund">Swedish Lapphund</option>
				
					<option value="swedish-vallhund">Swedish Vallhund</option>
				
					<option value="taiwan-dog">Taiwan Dog</option>
				
					<option value="teddy-roosevelt-terrier">Teddy Roosevelt Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="thai-ridgeback">Thai Ridgeback</option>
				
					<option value="tibetan-mastiff">Tibetan Mastiff</option>
				
					<option value="tibetan-spaniel">Tibetan Spaniel</option>
				
					<option value="tibetan-terrier">Tibetan Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="tornjak">Tornjak</option>
				
					<option value="tosa">Tosa</option>
				
					<option value="toy-fox-terrier">Toy Fox Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="transylvanian-hound">Transylvanian Hound</option>
				
					<option value="treeing-tennessee-brindle">Treeing Tennessee Brindle</option>
				
					<option value="treeing-walker-coonhound">Treeing Walker Coonhound</option>
				
					<option value="vizsla">Vizsla</option>
				
					<option value="weimaraner">Weimaraner</option>
				
					<option value="welsh-springer-spaniel">Welsh Springer Spaniel</option>
				
					<option value="welsh-terrier">Welsh Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="west-highland-white-terrier">West Highland White Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="whippet">Whippet</option>
				
					<option value="wire-fox-terrier">Wire Fox Terrier</option>
				
					<option value="wirehaired-pointing-griffon">Wirehaired Pointing Griffon</option>
				
					<option value="wirehaired-vizsla">Wirehaired Vizsla</option>
				
					<option value="working-kelpie">Working Kelpie</option>
				
					<option value="xoloitzcuintli">Xoloitzcuintli</option>
				
					<option value="yakutian-laika">Yakutian Laika</option>
				
					<option value="yorkshire-terrier">Yorkshire Terrier</option>
		</select>
		<!--googleon: index-->
	</li>

								
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    <!--googleoff: index-->
    <select class="chosen-select full" name="allbreedsbygroup">
        <option disabled selected>By Dog Group</option>
        
        <option value="herding" data-name="Herding Group">Herding Group</option>
        
        <option value="hound" data-name="Hound Group">Hound Group</option>
        
        <option value="non-sporting" data-name="Non Sporting Group">Non Sporting Group</option>
        
        <option value="sporting" data-name="Sporting Group">Sporting Group</option>
        
        <option value="terrier" data-name="Terrier Group">Terrier Group</option>
        
        <option value="toy" data-name="Toy Group">Toy Group</option>
        
        <option value="working" data-name="Working Group">Working Group</option>
        
        <option value="foundation-stock-service" data-name="FSS">FSS</option>
        
        <option value="miscellaneous-class" data-name="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</option>
    </select>
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