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


Did you know?
The figure 8 exercise requires the team to heel in a figure 8 pattern either on or off leash. Generally two of the ring stewards will assist the judge with this exercise by acting as "posts", standing 8 feet apart, that the team walks around to form the loops of the figure 8.