# Your top five dog breeds **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800 "2010-12-20T04:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/41 "2010-12-20T21:58:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > 1. Doberman. [Lilith](http://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/4812664477/in/set-72157624282803681/) would be miffed if I listed her any lower, and she truthfully is a great dog. Look at her NOSE!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/42 "2010-12-20T22:29:52Z")
[Labradoodle](http://s324.photobucket.com/albums/k340/LeMinistredelaudela/Getting%20a%20dog/?action=view¤t=DSC01341.jpg&newest=1). Mastiff. Great Dane. Newfoundland. Saint Bernard. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/43 "2010-12-20T22:50:59Z")
Mutts, mutts, and more mutts. That’s the only kind I’ll ever have. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/44 "2010-12-20T22:53:54Z")
1. Dachshund 2. Beagle 3. Corgi 4. Pug 5. Boston Terrier My dogs have all been mixes of the first 4. I added Bostons for 5 because I didn’t think to add Mutt, and I’m a sucker for those smooshy faces! ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/45 "2010-12-20T23:19:04Z")
1a. [Little mutts](http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l558/eleventyseven1/Pets/Wednesday.jpg) (Maltese mix) 1b. [Big mutts](http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l558/eleventyseven1/Pets/gravity.jpg) (Lab mix) 3. Bull terriers, miniature or standard (it _is_ the nose, **Eyebrows of Doom** ) 4. [Miniature wirehaired dachshunds](http://image24.webshots.com/25/7/3/74/38770374JHQpdr_ph.jpg) 5. Any kind of mutt, really. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/46 "2010-12-20T23:21:43Z")
1. Boston Terrier 2. Bulldog 3. Chocolate Labrador 4. Jack Russell Terrier 5. Mutt ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/47 "2010-12-21T00:05:18Z")
I like big dogs and while I’ve only owned number 2 and 5 on my list I’d like to own the other three eventually. 1. Neapolitian Mastiff 2. Anatolian Shepherd 3. Great Pyrenees 4. Clumber Spaniel 5. English Bulldog ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/48 "2010-12-21T00:28:21Z")
1. Alsatian 2. Huntaway 3. Border collie 4. Fox Terrier 5. Greyhound ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/49 "2010-12-21T00:45:26Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > [Labradoodle](http://s324.photobucket.com/albums/k340/LeMinistredelaudela/Getting%20a%20dog/?action=view¤t=DSC01341.jpg&newest=1). 😃 It looks like he’s wearing a pair of kids furry footie pajamas! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/50 "2010-12-21T00:51:56Z")
Boston Terrier Boston Terrier Boston Terrier Boston Terrier Boston Terrier Personality. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/51 "2010-12-21T01:42:38Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Golden > Golden > Golden > Poodle > Mutt A man after my own heart! That’s what I came to say, very nearly. Mine is Golden Golden Golden Great Dane Mutt ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/52 "2010-12-21T01:44:19Z")
Actually I love lots of dogs, but for my personal dog I prefer goldens. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/53 "2010-12-21T02:01:09Z")
St. Bernard English Mastiff Newfoundland Rhodesian Ridgeback Rottweiler ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/54 "2010-12-21T02:18:18Z")
1. Airdale terrier. 2. Border collie 3. Labradors 4. German Shepherd 5. Boxer ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/55 "2010-12-21T02:44:15Z")
1. [Mutt](http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/drscarlett/Stella/IMG_0380.jpg) 2. Border Collie 3. Australian Shepherd . . . . 4. Lab (preferably a mix) 5. Catahoula Honestly, I can’t ever see myself dropping the money for a purebred. I’ll always go with the mutt from the pound. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/56 "2010-12-21T02:59:57Z")
> [@Red\_Stilettos](#): > > 1. [Mutt](http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/drscarlett/Stella/IMG_0380.jpg). Awww how old is she? She’s pretty ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/57 "2010-12-21T03:05:53Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Awww how old is she? She’s pretty She’s 7 now, but she was 5 in that picture. I’ve never met a dog as sweet as she is. And she’s as happy as she looks in that picture pretty much all the time. Light of my life, that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/58 "2010-12-21T03:23:15Z")
1. Akita 2. Husky 3. Lab 4. Mutt 5. Shar-Pei ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/59 "2010-12-21T03:37:42Z")
[Australian](http://www.flickr.com/photos/archergal5129/2489753501/) [Shepherd](http://www.flickr.com/photos/archergal5129/2427507847/) Border Collie German Shepherd (old-fashioned, not the current show-style dog) Akita Greyhound ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800/60 "2010-12-21T03:41:00Z")
Short haired chihuahua Miniature dachshund Rottweiler German shepherd Bassett hound If I had to choose alternates, they would be Golden retreivers and mixed breeds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-five-dog-breeds/564800.md?page=4)