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Top 50 Dog Breeds

Courtesy of the American Kennel Club

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Top 50 Breeds

The following list is of the top 50 breeds of dogs for 2007. The following three columns offer a snapshot of each breed's popularity over the past ten years.

Each of the breeds listed is linked backed to that breed's Standard which can be accessed by clicking on the breed name.

The Breed Standard is actually a blueprint for the perfect specimen of the breed. It has been developed by the actual breeders who specialize in breeding that particular type of dog, and those breeders and (dog show judges) use it to evaluate how closely any individual animal comes to the description of the perfect specimen of the breed.

You will find in the Standard of the Breed clear and precise descriptions of what makes the dog good and what attributes might disqualify the dog from showing (and, possibly, from breeding).

Breed

Rank

(2007) (2006) (2002) (1997)
Labrador Retriever 1 1 1 1
Yorkshire Terrier 2 2 6 9
German Shepherd Dog 3 3 3 3
Golden Retriever 4 4 2 4
Beagle 5 5 4 6
Boxer 6 7 7 13
Dachshund 7 6 5 7
Poodle 8 8 8 5
Shih Tzu 9 9 10 11
Bulldog 10 12 18 26
Miniature Schnauzer 11 10 11 14
Chihuahua 12 11 9 12
Pomeranian 13 14 12 10
Pugs 14 13 14 19
Rottweiler 15 17 13 2
Boston Terrier 16 15 17 20
Cocker Spaniel 17 16 15 8
German Shorthaired Pointer 18 19 22 24
Maltese 19 18 20 21
Shetland Sheepdog 20 20 16 15
Doberman Pinscher 21 21 23 22
Pembroke Welsh Corgi 22 22 25 37
Great Dane 23 24 28 29
Siberian Husky 24 25 21 16
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 25 27 40 70
Minature Pinscher 26 23 19 18
English Springer Spaniel 27 26 27 25
Mastiff 28 32 34 41
Brittany 29 31 30 33
Weimaraner 30 30 29 39
Basset Hound 31 28 24 23
Bichon Frise 32 29 26 28
Australian Shepherd 33 34 35 40
French Bulldogs 34 36 58 76
West Highland White Terrier 35 33 31 36
Papillons 36 35 38 52
Havanese 37 38 64 n/a
Collie 38 37 32 30
Saint Bernard 39 39 37 38
Bullmastiff 40 40 47 53
Bernese Mountain Dogs 41 41 51 62
Vizsla 42 43 46 50
Bloodhound 43 45 49 55
Newfoundland 44 44 45 49
Scottish Terrier 45 42 44 43
Chinese Shar-Pei 46 47 39 32
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 47 50 42 42
Cairn Terrier 48 48 43 45
Lhasa Apso 49 46 36 31
Pekingese 50 49 33 27
Other favorites.
These breeds were not
present in the top 50 breeds for
2007, but remain favorites.
Akita Honorable Mention
Airdale Honorable Mention
Great Pyrenees Honorable Mention
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