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


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.