Most Popular Dog Breeds

The following is a ranking of the dog breeds on ShowDog.Com based on the amount of breeders, dogs, and entries within the past month.

Competition RankBreed
1Cane Corso
2Toy Poodle
3Pembroke Welsh Corgi
4American Cocker Spaniel
5Collie
6Doberman Pinscher
7Sealyham Terrier
8Border Collie
9Belgian Malinois
10Samoyed
11Ibizan Hound
12Saluki
13Borzoi
14Flat-Coated Retriever
15Kerry Blue Terrier
16South African Boerboel
17Pharaoh Hound
18Mastiff
19German Shepherd Dog
20Norwegian Buhund
21Standard Poodle
22Chihuahua
23Norwich Terrier
24Shetland Sheepdog
25English Cocker Spaniel
26Gordon Setter
27Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
28Rottweiler
29English Setter
30Miniature Poodle
31Pomeranian
32Australian Shepherd
33Beauceron
34Bearded Collie
35Siberian Husky
36Keeshond
37Belgian Laekenois
38Rat Terrier
39American Staffordshire Terrier
40Cardigan Welsh Corgi
41Afghan Hound
42Italian Greyhound
43Papillon
44Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
45Skye Terrier
46Dachshund
47Belgian Tervuren
48Whippet
49Caucasian Mountain Dog
50Lagotto Romagnolo
51Scottish Terrier
52Leonberger
53Bichon Frise
54Pointer
55Alaskan Malamute
56Beagle
57Bulldog
58Australian Kelpie
59Irish Water Spaniel
60West Highland White Terrier
61Welsh Springer Spaniel
62Bernese Mountain Dog
63Pug
64English Foxhound
65Tibetan Terrier
66Yorkshire Terrier
67Cairn Terrier
68Irish Wolfhound
69Pekingese
70Chow Chow
71Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
72Norfolk Terrier
73Argentine Dogo
74German Shorthaired Pointer
75Vizsla
76Portuguese Pointer
77Dalmatian
78Australian Terrier
79Great Dane
80Shih Tzu
81Maltese
82Neapolitan Mastiff
83Spinone Italiano
84Golden Retriever
85Anatolian Shepherd
86Basset Hound
87Chesapeake Bay Retriever
88Schipperke
89American Foxhound
90Smooth Fox Terrier
91German Pinscher
92Lhasa Apso
93German Spitz
94Tibetan Mastiff
95Pumi
96Swedish Vallhund
97Welsh Terrier
98Alaskan Klee Kai
99Bull Terrier
100Irish Terrier
101Brussels Griffon
102Weimaraner
103Wire Fox Terrier
104Azawakh
105Chinese Crested Dog
106Otterhound
107Lowchen
108Labrador Retriever
109Redbone Coonhound
110American Water Spaniel
111Curly-Coated Retriever
112Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
113Boxer
114Bouvier des Flandres
115Estrela Mountain Dog
116Jack Russell Terrier
117Affenpinscher
118Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
119Airedale Terrier
120Old English Sheepdog
121Toy Fox Terrier
122Irish Setter
123Havanese
124Black Russian Terrier
125Miniature Pinscher
126Harrier
127Field Spaniel
128Giant Schnauzer
129Kooikerhondje
130English Springer Spaniel
131Bedlington Terrier
132Border Terrier
133Scottish Deerhound
134Staffordshire Bull Terrier
135Portuguese Water Dog
136Komondor
137Norwegian Elkhound
138Polish Lowland Sheepdog
139Plott
140Boston Terrier
141Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
142Saint Bernard
143Basenji
144Miniature Schnauzer
145Newfoundland
146Puli
147Manchester Toy Terrier
148Belgian Sheepdog
149English Toy Spaniel
150Chinese Shar-Pei
151Silky Terrier
152Mudi
153Standard Schnauzer
154Greyhound
155Bergamasco
156French Bulldog
157Dandie Dinmont Terrier
158Canaan Dog
159Akita
160Bullmastiff
161Lakeland Terrier
162Dogue de Bordeaux
163Japanese Chin
164Clumber Spaniel
165Briard
166Irish Red and White Setter
167Bloodhound
168Kuvasz
169Pyrenean Shepherd
170German Wirehaired Pointer
171Spanish Water Dog
172Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
173Glen of Imaal Terrier
174Sussex Spaniel
175Portuguese Podengo
176Great Pyrenees
177Manchester Terrier
178Miniature Bull Terrier
179Black and Tan Coonhound
180Australian Cattle Dog
181Tibetan Spaniel
182Brittany
183Shiba Inu
184American Eskimo Dog
185Appenzeller Sennenhund
186Thai Ridgeback
187Finnish Spitz
188Rhodesian Ridgeback


Did you know?
A specialty show may be regional or national. A "Best in Show" win at a national specialty show is tremendously prestigious, indicating that the winning dog or bitch triumphed at a contest which attracted entries from the most serious fanciers of that breed in the country or continent. Some specialty shows attract international entries.