Dog Breeds
Dog Breeds
Here are 154 American Kennel Club (AKC) breeds, ordered based on popularity of AKC registrations for the year 2005:
1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. Yorkshire terrier
4. German shepherd dog
5. Beagle
6. Dachshund
7. Boxer
8. Poodle
9. Shih Tzu
10. Miniature Schnauzer
11. Chihuahuas
12. Pug
13. Bull Dog
14. Pomeranian
15. Cocker Spaniel(American)
16. Rottweiler
17. Boston Terrier
18. Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie)
19. Maltese
20. German Shorthaired Pointer
21. Doberman Pinscher
22. Miniature Pinscher
23. Pembroke Welsh Corgi
24. Great Dane
25. Siberian Husky
26. Bichon Frise
27. Basset Hound
28. English Springer Spaniel
29. Weimaraner
30. Brittany
31. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
32. West Highland White Terrier
33. Mastiff
34. Australian Shepherd
35. Papillion
36. Collie (Rough) & (Smooth)
37. Saint Bernard
38. French Bulldog
39. Lhasa Apso
40. Scottish Terrier
41. Cairn Terrier
42. Bullmastiff
43. Havanese
44. Vizsla
45. Chinese Shar Pei
46. Newfoundland
47. Bernese Mountain Dog
48. Pekingese
49. Chesapeake Bay Retriever
50. Bloodhound
51. Akita
52. Airdale Terrier
53. Chinese Crested
54. Rhodesian Ridgeback
55. Border Collie
56. Italian Greyhound
57. Great Pyrenees
58. Alaskan Malamute
59. Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
60. Brussels Griffon
61. Whippet
62. Bull Terrier
63. American Staffordshire Terrier
64. Chow Chow
65. Silky Terrier
66. Shiba Inu
67. Irish Setter
68. Japanese Chin
69. Old English Sheepdog (Bobtail)
70. Australian Cattle Dog
71. Portuguese Water Dogs
72. Parson Russell Terrier
73. German Wirehaired Pointer
74. Cocker Spaniel (English)
75. Samoyed
76. Fox Terrier – Wirehair
77. Dalmatian78. Giant Schnauzer
79. Cardigan Welsh Corgi
80. Schipperke
81. Basenji
82. Border Terrier
83. Irish Wolfhound
84. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
85. Bouvier Des Flandres
86. Gordon Setter
87. Belgian Malinois
88. Toy Fox Terrier
89. Norwich Terrier
90. Welsh Terrier
91. Keeshond
92. Great Swiss Mountain Dog
93. Tibetan Terrier
94. Borzoi
95. Afghan Hound
96. Norwegian Elkhound
97. English Setter
98. Flat Coated Retriever
99. Standard Schnauzer
100. Belgian Tervuren
101. Bearded Collie
102. Tibetan Spaniel
103. Fox Terrier – Smooth
104. Manchester Terrier (Standard & Toy)
105. Kerry Blue Terrier
106. Plott Hound
107. Australian Terrier
108. American Eskimo
109. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
110. Pointer
111. Belgian Sheepdog
112. Norfolk Terrier
113. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
114. Anatolian Sheepdog
115. Spinone Italiano
116. Neopolitan Mastiff
117. Irish Terrier
118. Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
119. Saluki
120. Bedlington Terrier
121. Briard
122. Clumber Spaniel
123. English Toy Spaniel
124. Welsh Springer Spaniel
125. Affenpinscher
126. Miniature Bull Terrier
127. Scottish Deerhound
128. American Water Spaniel
129. Lakeland Terrier
130. Curly Coated Retriever
131. Black And Tan Coonhound
132. Puli
133. Ibizan Hound
134. Greyhound
135. Field Spaniel
136. Irish Water Spaniel
137. Kuvasz
138. Polish Lowland Sheepdog
139. Lowchen (Little Lion Dog)
140. Pharaoh Hound
141. Black Russian Terrier
142. German Pinscher
143. Sussex Spaniel
144. Skye Terrier
145. Komondor
146. Sealyham Terrier
147. Canaan Dog
148. Finnish Spitz
149. Dandie Dinmont Terrier
150. Glen Imaal Terrier
151. American Foxhound
152. Otter Hound
153. Harrier
154. English Foxhound
People often ask their dog trainer about the trainer's experience with training certain breeds. While experience throughout a broad spectrum is helpful to dog trainers, it is interesting to note that good dog training is really not "breed specific". Experienced dog trainers know how to develop training programs based on a dog’s environment, socialization, motivation, temperament and drive.
Dog trainers have been surveyed for their opinions relative to characteristics of breed-specific traits as they relate to the speed with which certain breeds can learn new commands, and the results are interesting.
More than anything else, these results emphasize the need for dog trainers to encourage dog owners to be patient and consistent when training their dogs. Any dog, of any breed - and mixed breed dogs - can be trained!
Here is a list of dog breeds ranked by working/obedience intelligence (i.e. the number of repetitions required for the dog to understand a new command). Breeds ranked in the top 10 may learn new commands in as few as 10 repetitions, while breeds in the bottom 10 may require up to 100 repetitions or more to learn a new command.
1 Border Collie 43 Saluki 2 Poodle Finnish Spitz 3 German Shepherd Pointer 4 Golden Retriever 44 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 5 Doberman Pinscher German Wirehaired Pointer 6 Shetland Sheepdog Black & Tan Coonhound 7 Labrador Retriever American Water Spaniel 8 Papillon 45 Siberian Husky 9 Rottweiler Bichon Frise 10 Australian Cattle Dog English Toy Spaniel 11 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 46 Tibetan Spaniel 12 Miniature Schnauzer English Foxhound 13 English Springer Spaniel Otterhound 14 Belgian Tervuren American Foxhound 15 Schipperke Greyhound Belgian Sheepdog Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 16 Collie 47 West Highland White Terrier Keeshond Scottish Deerhound 17 German Shorthaired Pointer 48 Boxer 18 Flat-Coated Retriever Great Dane English Cocker Spaniel 49 Dachshund Standard Schnauzer Stafforshire Bull Terrier 19 Brittany 50 Alaskan Malamute 20 Cocker Spaniel 51 Whippet 21 Weimaraner Chinese Shar-pei 22 Belgian Malinois Wire Fox Terrier Bernese Mountain Dog 52 Rhodesian Ridgeback 23 Pomeranian 53 Ibizan Hound 24 Irish Water Spaniel Welsh Terrier 25 Vizsla Irish Terrier 26 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 54 Boston Terrier 27 Chesapeake Bay Retriever Akita Puli 55 Skye Terrier Yorkshire Terrier 56 Norfolk Terrier 28 Giant Schnauzer Sealyham Terrier 29 Airedale Terrier 57 Pug Bouvier Des Flandres 58 French Bulldog 30 Border Terrier 59 Brussels Griffon Briard Maltese 31 Welsh Springer Spaniel 60 Italian Greyhound 32 Manchester Terrier 61 Chinese Crested 33 Samoyed 62 Dandie Dinmont Terrier 34 Field Spaniel Petit Basset Griffon Newfoundland Vendeen Australian Terrier Tibetan Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Japanese Chin Gordon Setter Lakeland Terrier Bearded Collie 63 Old English Sheepdog 35 Cairn Terrier 64 Great Pyrenees Kerry Blue Terrier 65 Scottish Terrier Irish Setter Saint Bernard 36 Norwegian Elkhound 66 Bull Terrier 37 Affenpincher 67 Chihuahua Silky Terrier 68 Lhasa Apso Miniature Pinscher 69 Bullmastiff English Setter 70 Shih Tzu Pharaoh Hound 71 Basset Hound Clumber Spaniel 72 Mastiff 38 Norwich Terrier Beagle 39 Dalmatian 73 Pekingese 40 Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier 74 Bloodhound Bedlington Terrier 75 Borzoi Smooth Fox Terrier 76 Chow Chow 41 Curly-Coated Retriever 77 Bulldog Irish Wolfhound 78 Basenji 42 Kuvasz 79 Afghan Hound Australian Shepherd