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


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.