Friendly Dog Breeds

Browse all dog breeds with friendly characteristics

Rank	Breed	Group	Rating
1	Chinook	Working Group	190
2	Harrier	Hound Group	189
3	English Foxhound	Hound Group	188
4	American Foxhound	Hound Group	186
5	Finnish Spitz	Non-Sporting Group	184
6	Grand Basset Griffon VendÃ©en	Hound Group	177
7	Swedish Vallhund	Herding Group	169
8	American Water Spaniel	Sporting Group	166
9	Norwegian Buhund	Herding Group	165
10	Petit Basset Griffon VendÃ©en	Hound Group	156
11	Icelandic Sheepdog	Herding Group	155
12	Portuguese Podengo Pequeno	Hound Group	154
13	Irish Red and White Setter	Sporting Group	146
14	Greyhound	Hound Group	145
15	Redbone Coonhound	Hound Group	142
16	Australian Terrier	Terrier Group	140
17	Black and Tan Coonhound	Hound Group	138
18	Treeing Walker Coonhound	Hound Group	137
19	Bluetick Coonhound	Hound Group	130
20	Welsh Springer Spaniel	Sporting Group	128
21	Norfolk Terrier	Terrier Group	126
22	Smooth Fox Terrier	Terrier Group	123
23	Parson Russell Terrier	Terrier Group	117
24	Toy Fox Terrier	Toy Group	111
25	Norwich Terrier	Terrier Group	108
26	Brussels Griffon	Toy Group	98
27	Norwegian Elkhound	Hound Group	97
28	Keeshond	Non-Sporting Group	95
29	English Setter	Sporting Group	94
30	Leonberger	Working Group	93
31	Flat-Coated Retriever	Sporting Group	91
32	Standard Schnauzer	Working Group	89
33	Border Terrier	Terrier Group	88
34	Rat Terrier	Terrier Group	86
35	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Sporting Group	83
36	Russell Terrier	Terrier Group	82
37	Staffordshire Bull Terrier	Terrier Group	80
38	Chinese Crested	Toy Group	79
39	Cairn Terrier	Terrier Group	69
40	Bull Terrier	Terrier Group	62
41	Airedale Terrier	Terrier Group	60
42	Samoyed	Working Group	59
43	Alaskan Malamute	Working Group	58
44	English Cocker Spaniel	Sporting Group	52
45	Saint Bernard	Working Group	48
46	West Highland White Terrier	Terrier Group	42
47	Newfoundland	Working Group	40
48	Basset Hound	Hound Group	39
49	Collie	Herding Group	38
50	Weimaraner	Sporting Group	36
51	Miniature American Shepherd	Herding Group	34
52	Vizsla	Sporting Group	31
53	Pug	Toy Group	28
54	English Springer Spaniel	Sporting Group	27
55	Brittany	Sporting Group	26
56	Shih Tzu	Toy Group	20
57	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	Toy Group	18
58	Siberian Husky	Working Group	14
59	Yorkshire Terrier	Toy Group	10
60	German Shorthaired Pointer	Sporting Group	9
61	Poodle (Toy)	Toy Group	7
62	Poodle (Standard)	Non-Sporting Group	7
63	Beagle	Hound Group	6
64	Bulldog	Non-Sporting Group	5
65	Golden Retriever	Sporting Group	3
66	Azawakh	Hound Group	of
67	Barbet	Sporting Group	of
68	Russian Toy	Miscellaneous Class
69	Bolognese	Foundation Stock Service
70	German Longhaired Pointer	Foundation Stock Service
71	Lancashire Heeler	Miscellaneous Class
72	Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka	Foundation Stock Service
73	Small Munsterlander Pointer	Foundation Stock Service
74	Teddy Roosevelt Terrier	Miscellaneous Class
75	Portuguese Pointer	Foundation Stock Service
76	Hamiltonstovare	Foundation Stock Service
77	Japanese Spitz	Foundation Stock Service