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25 breeds · Updated 2025

Sporting

Labrador Retriever

55–80 lbs · 10–12 yrs

🐕

Outgoing, even-tempered, gentle, and trusting. Labs are eager to please and famously food-motivat...

Energy

Trainability

Families First-time owners Good with dogs
Non-Sporting

French Bulldog

under 28 lbs · 10–12 yrs

🐾

Adaptable, playful, and smart. Frenchies are city dogs at heart — low energy, huge personality.

Energy

Trainability

City dwellers Seniors Good with dogs
Sporting

Golden Retriever

55–75 lbs · 10–12 yrs

🌟

Reliable, trustworthy, and kind. Goldens live to please their family and are famously gentle with...

Energy

Trainability

Families Active lifestyles Good with dogs
Herding

German Shepherd

50–90 lbs · 9–13 yrs

🦺

Confident, courageous, and smart. Loyal to a fault. Needs a job or they'll make one up.

Energy

Trainability

Experienced owners Active lifestyles Good with dogs
Non-Sporting

Poodle

40–70 (Standard) lbs · 10–18 yrs

🎪

Exceptionally smart, active, and elegant. Poodles are one of the most intelligent breeds — easy t...

Energy

Trainability

Allergy sufferers Experienced owners Good with dogs
Non-Sporting

Bulldog

40–50 lbs · 8–10 yrs

💪

Calm, courageous, and friendly. Bulldogs are surprisingly gentle despite their tough appearance.

Energy

Trainability

City dwellers Families with kids Good with dogs
Hound

Beagle

20–30 lbs · 10–15 yrs

🐶

Merry, friendly, and curious. Beagles follow their nose before their owners. Pack-oriented and gr...

Energy

Trainability

Families Multi-dog households Good with dogs
Working

Rottweiler

80–135 lbs · 9–10 yrs

🐾

Calm, confident, and courageous. Rotties are devoted protectors who are surprisingly goofy with t...

Energy

Trainability

Experienced owners Active lifestyles Good with dogs
Toy

Yorkshire Terrier

7 lbs · 11–15 yrs

Feisty, brave, and bossy for their size. Yorkies have big personality packed into a tiny, silky f...

Energy

Trainability

City dwellers Singles Good with dogs
Hound

Dachshund

8–32 lbs · 12–16 yrs

🌭

Brave, curious, and a little stubborn. Dachshunds were bred to hunt badgers — they're fearless hu...

Energy

Trainability

City dwellers Singles Good with dogs
Working

Siberian Husky

35–60 lbs · 12–14 yrs

❄️

Outgoing, mischievous, and energetic. Huskies are pack animals who love company — humans or dogs ...

Energy

Trainability

Active lifestyles Cold climates Good with dogs
Working

Great Dane

110–175 lbs · 7–10 yrs

👑

Friendly, patient, and dependable. Great Danes are gentle giants who don't realize how big they a...

Energy

Trainability

Spacious homes Families Good with dogs
Terrier

Miniature Schnauzer

11–20 lbs · 12–15 yrs

🧔

Friendly, smart, and obedient. Mini Schnauzers are adaptable apartment dogs who love their family...

Energy

Trainability

City dwellers Allergy sufferers Good with dogs
Toy

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

12–18 lbs · 9–15 yrs

💛

Affectionate, gentle, and graceful. Cavaliers adapt to any lifestyle and live to cuddle — they're...

Energy

Trainability

Seniors City dwellers Good with dogs
Toy

Shih Tzu

9–16 lbs · 10–18 yrs

🌸

Affectionate, playful, and outgoing. Shih Tzus were bred exclusively for companionship — it shows...

Energy

Trainability

Seniors City dwellers Good with dogs
Working

Doberman Pinscher

60–100 lbs · 10–12 yrs

Energetic, loyal, and fearless. Dobermans are velvet-wrapped athletes — elegant and powerful with...

Energy

Trainability

Experienced owners Active lifestyles Good with dogs
Herding

Australian Shepherd

40–65 lbs · 12–15 yrs

🌀

Smart, work-oriented, and energetic. Aussies are wired to work and happiest when they have a job ...

Energy

Trainability

Active lifestyles Experienced owners Good with dogs
Working

Boxer

50–80 lbs · 10–12 yrs

🥊

Fun-loving, loyal, and patient. Boxers are perpetual puppies who are simultaneously powerful prot...

Energy

Trainability

Active families Kids Good with dogs
Herding

Border Collie

30–55 lbs · 12–15 yrs

🧠

Intense, energetic, and highly responsive. Border Collies are the world's premier herding dog — t...

Energy

Trainability

Very active lifestyles Experienced owners Good with dogs
Sporting

Cocker Spaniel

20–30 lbs · 10–14 yrs

🎀

Gentle, smart, and happy. Cocker Spaniels are sensitive, people-pleasing companions who thrive on...

Energy

Trainability

Families First-time owners Good with dogs
Toy

Maltese

under 7 lbs · 12–15 yrs

☁️

Gentle, fearless, and charming. Maltese dogs have been lap dogs since ancient Greece — they've pe...

Energy

Trainability

Seniors City dwellers Good with dogs
Sporting

Weimaraner

55–90 lbs · 10–13 yrs

🦌

Friendly, fearless, and alert. Weimaraners are all-purpose hunters and athletes who bond intensel...

Energy

Trainability

Active lifestyles Experienced owners Good with dogs
Toy

Pomeranian

3–7 lbs · 12–16 yrs

🦊

Bold, curious, and vivacious. Pomeranians think they're much larger than they are — fearless to a...

Energy

Trainability

City dwellers Seniors Good with dogs
Working

Bernese Mountain Dog

70–115 lbs · 7–10 yrs

🏔️

Good-natured, calm, and strong. Bernese are gentle giants who are patient, devoted, and great wit...

Energy

Trainability

Families Cold climates Good with dogs

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