Who’s Top Dog In Your City?

Which dog breed is most popular in your city? The American Kennel Club has just come out with its list of the most popular dogs in the US during 2008, based on registrations. This year’s results are:

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Golden Retriever
5. Beagle
6. Boxer
7. Dachshund
8. Bulldog
9. Poodle
10. Shih Tzu

The AKC also breaks down the registrations by city and it’s interesting to see the differences across the country. You’ll find the Great Dane in the top 10 list of only one city—St. Louis—while the Vizsla makes the top 10 list of just one city: Chicago. Little breeds are incredibly popular in Orlando while outdoorsy Denver is home to many sporting dogs.

Have a look through this alphabetical list to see who’s top dog in your city. Not only is it interesting to see the differences across the country but it’s also a good indicator of what mixes you might find in your local shelter.

ATLANTA

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. Boxer
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Dachshund
7. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
8. Shih Tzu
9. Doberman Pinscher
10. Bulldog

AUSTIN

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. Yorkshire Terrier
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Boxer
6. Dachshund
7. Bulldog
8. Miniature Schnauzer
9. Poodle
10. Doberman Pinscher

BALTIMORE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Boxer
3. Golden Retriever
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Bulldog
7. Pugs (tie with #6)
8. Poodle
9. Chihuahua
10. Maltese

BOSTON

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Bulldog
4. Golden Retriever
5. Yorkshire Terrier (tie with #4)
6. Boxer
7. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
8. Dachshund (tie with #7)
9. Beagle
10. Boston Terrier/Pug (tie)

BUFFALO

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Golden Retriever
4. Boxer
5. Dachshund
6. Poodle
7. Bulldog
8. Shih Tzu
9. Chihuahua
10. Rottweiler/Yorkshire Terrier (tie)

CHARLOTTE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Boxer
6. Rottweiler
7. Bulldog
8. Dachshund
9. Poodle (tie with #8)
10. Doberman Pinscher

CHICAGO

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Yorkshire Terrier
4. Boxer
5. Bulldog
6. Golden Retriever
7. Rottweiler
8. Dachshund
9. Boston Terriers
10. Shih Tzu/Vizsla (tie)

CLEVELAND

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. Boxer
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Shih Tzu
7. Bulldog
8. Poodle
9. Miniature Schnauzer
10. Doberman Pinscher

COLUMBUS

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Yorkshire Terrier
4. Boxer
5. Golden Retriever
6. Poodle
7. Bulldog
8. Miniature Schnauzer (tie with #7)
9. Dachshund
10. Doberman Pinscher/Pug (tie)

DALLAS

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Golden Retriever
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Bulldog
6. Boxer
7. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
8. Dachshund (tie with #7)
9. Miniature Schnauzer (tie with #7)
10. Rottweiler

DENVER

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Bulldog
5. Boxer
6. Poodle
7. Yorkshire Terrier
8. Dachshund
9. German Shorthaired Pointer
10. Rottweiler

DES MOINES

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Boxer
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Golden Retriever
5. Poodle
6. Bulldog
7. Mastiff (tie with #6)
8. Miniature Schnauzer (tie with #6)
9. Rottweiler
10. Cocker Spaniel (tie with #9)

DETROIT

1. German Shepherd Dog
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. Labrador Retriever
4. Rottweiler
5. Shih Tzu
6. Golden Retriever
7. Poodle
8. Cocker Spaniel
9. Bullmastiff
10. Bulldog /Pomeranian (tie)

FORT WORTH

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Boxer
5. Dachshund
6. Bulldog
7. Golden Retriever
8. Miniature Schnauzer
9. Doberman Pinscher
10. Shih Tzu (tie with #9)

HONOLULU

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Pomeranian
4. Golden Retriever
5. Dachshund
6. Beagle
7. Chihuahua (tied with #6)
8. Shetland Sheepdog
9. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (tie with #8)
10. French Bulldog/ Shiba Inu (tie with #8

HOUSTON

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Boxer
5. Bulldog
6. Miniature Schnauzer
7. Golden Retriever
8. Rottweiler
9. Poodle
10. Dachshund

INDIANAPOLIS

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Yorkshire Terrier
4. Golden Retriever
5. Bulldog
6. Dachshund
7. Boxer
8. Rottweiler
9. Miniature Schnauzer
10. Mastiff

KANSAS CITY

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Boxer
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Bulldog
6. Golden Retriever
7. German Shorthaired Pointer
8. Belgian Malinois
9. Shih Tzu
10. Dachshund

KNOXVILLE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. Boxer
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Miniature Schnauzer
6. Poodle
7. Shih Tzu
8. Shetland Sheepdog
9. Dachshund
10. Golden Retriever

LAS VEGAS

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Bulldog
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Poodle
6. Golden Retriever
7. Shih Tzu
8. Dachshund
9. Rottweiler
10. Boxer

LONG BEACH

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Bulldog
3. Golden Retriever
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. German Shepherd Dog
6. French Bulldog
7. Dachshund
8. Shih Tzu
9. Siberian Husky
10. Poodle

LOS ANGELES

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Bulldog
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Golden Retriever
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. French Bulldog
7. Poodle
8. Pug
9. Pomeranian
10. Maltese

LOUISVILLE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Boxer
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Miniature Schnauzer
6. Beagle
7. Bulldog
8. Dachshund
9. Golden Retriever (tie with #8)
10. Poodle

MANHATTAN

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Poodle
3. Dachshund
4. French Bulldog
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
7. Golden Retriever
8. Havanese
9. Shih Tzu (tie with #8)
10. Bulldog

MEMPHIS

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Beagle
4. Golden Retriever
5. Boxer
6. Poodle
7. Bulldog
8. Rottweiler
9. Shih Tzu
10. Yorkshire Terrier

MIAMI

1. German Shepherd Dog
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. Labrador Retriever
4. Rottweiler (tie with #3)
5. French Bulldog
6. Dachshund
7. Bulldog
8. Golden Retriever
9. Maltese
10. Doberman Pinscher

MILWAUKEE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Rottweiler
5. Boxer
6. Bulldog
7. Beagle
8. German Shorthaired Pointer
9. Cocker Spaniel
10. English Springer Spaniel

MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. Boxer
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. English Springer Spaniel
6. Yorkshire Terrier
7. Poodle
8. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
9. Rottweiler
10. Brittany

NASHVILLE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Poodle
4. Bulldog
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Boxer
7. Golden Retriever
8. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
9. Miniature Schnauzer
10. Dachshund

NEW ORLEANS

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Boxer
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Beagle
6. Dachshund
7. Bulldog
8. Poodle
9. Shih Tzu
10. Miniature Schnauzer/ Rottweiler (tie)

OKLAHOMA CITY

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier (tie with #1)
3. Miniature Schnauzer
4. Boxer
5. Bulldog
6. Dachshund
7. German Shepherd Dog
8. Shih Tzu
9. Golden Retriever
10. Chihuahua

OMAHA

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Boxer
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Yorkshire Terrier (tied with #3)
5. Bulldog
6. Golden Retriever
7. German Shorthaired Pointer
8. Rottweiler
9. Poodle
10. Shih Tzu

ORLANDO

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. Bulldog
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Maltese
6. Dachshund
7. Chihuahua
8. Golden Retriever
9. Boxer
10. Pomeranian

PHILADELPHIA

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. Boxer
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Bulldog
6. Rottweiler
7. Golden Retriever
8. Poodle
9. Pug
10. Doberman Pinscher

PHOENIX

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Golden Retriever
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Chihuahua
6. Shih Tzu
7. Dachshund
8. Bulldog
9. Boxer
10. Poodle

PITTSBURGH

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. Boxer
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Beagle
7. Bulldog
8. Poodle
9. Pug
10. Rottweiler

PORTLAND

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Chihuahua
3. Golden Retriever
4. Poodle
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. German Shepherd Dog
7. Dachshund
8. Pug (tie with #7)
9. Havanese
10. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

RALEIGH

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Beagle
5. Yorkshire Terrier
6. Poodle
7. Boxer
8. Dachshund
9. Shetland Sheepdog (tie with #8)
10. Shih Tzu

SACRAMENTO

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Golden Retriever
5. Shih Tzu
6. Bulldog
7. Dachshund
8. Miniature Pinscher
9. Rottweiler (tie with #8)
10. Cocker Spaniel

ST. LOUIS

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Boxer
4. Golden Retriever (tie with #3)
5. Bulldog
6. Poodle (tie with #5)
7. Shih Tzu
8. Yorkshire Terrier (tie with #7)
9. Rottweiler
10. Great Dane

SALT LAKE CITY

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Shih Tzu
3. Yorkshire Terrier
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Golden Retriever
6. Miniature Schnauzer
7. Dachshund
8. Poodle**
9. Boxer
10. Boston Terrier

SAN ANTONIO

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Bulldog
5. Miniature Schnauzer
6. Golden Retriever
7. Boxer
8. Dachshund
9. Poodle
10.Chihuahua

SAN DIEGO

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Bulldog
3. Yorkshire Terrier
4. Golden Retriever
5. Dachshund
6. Miniature Pinscher
7. German Shepherd Dog
8. Poodle (tie with #7)
9. Shih Tzu
10. French Bulldog

SAN FRANCISCO

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. Bulldog
4. Golden Retriever
5. French Bulldog
6. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
7. Poodle
8. German Shepherd Dog
9. Maltese
10. Rottweiler (tie with #9)

SAN JOSE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. Golden Retriever
4. German Shepherd Dog
5. Boxer
6. Bulldog
7. Chihuahua
8. Maltese
9. Poodle
10. Shih Tzu

SEATTLE

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Golden Retriever
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Poodle
5. Pug
6. Dachshund
7. Bulldog
8. Pomeranian (tie with #7)
9. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
10. Yorkshire Terrier (tie with #9)

TAMPA

1. Labrador Retriever
2. Yorkshire Terrier
3. German Shepherd Dog
4. Dachshund
5. Boxer
6. Bulldog
7. Golden Retriever
8. Poodle
9. Rottweiler
10. Chihuahua/Pug (tie)

TUCSON

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Golden Retriever
4. Yorkshire Terrier
5. Dachshund
6. Shih Tzu
7. Bulldog
8. Boxer
9. Poodle
10. Chihuahua

WASHINGTON, D.C.

1. Labrador Retriever
2. German Shepherd Dog
3. Yorkshire Terrier (tie with #2)
4. Golden Retriever
5. Poodle
6. Pug
7. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
8. Boxer
9. Bulldog (tie with #8)
10. Shih Tzu/ Cocker Spaniel (tie)

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