Breed Selector

[JacksonsMom]

Wow!

Border Terrier was my top match at 85%.

That's pretty crazy. Didn't expect that because usually those tests are so stupid. lol. Guess that confirms any of my doubts that they weren't for me

Others were a Golden Retriever (which I do love, and have been thinking about more and more), Sheltie, Poodle, Papillon, Australian Terrier, Soft coated Wheaten.

 

[Shai]

Well this is interesting...my top matches...


Eta-- realized I skipped a section but it didn't change things much...

86%
- Rat Terrier
82%
- Pyrenean Shepherd
78%
- Belgian Malinois
- Golden Retriever
- Labrador Retriever
- Russell Terrier


Kind of makes my current household make sense lol

 

[Keechak]

I answered it 100% honestly in relation to my current doggy lifestyle and this is what I got.

Your Top Matches

German Shepherd Dog 80%
Belgian Tervuren 73%
Bouvier des Flandres 72%
Belgian Sheepdog 69%
Belgian Malinois 68%

I wonder what I would have to do to get Aussies as a suggestion?

 

[Aleron]

Also, they seem to think that ACDs are harder dogs than malinois! I consider them generally a step below Mals, but not by much. According to the selctor, ACDs need a large yard and shouldn't be in an apartment, but Mals need an average yard and are ok in an apartment if exercised well, yet ACD need "lots of exercise" and mals need "daily vigorous exercise". Also, ACDs are "dominant" and mals are neither overly dominant or submissive. Weird.

I think it depends on what you like. I think I'd find ACDs more difficult than Belgians in some ways.

LOL @ Malinois "Availability: Difficult to find."

Interesting, I got Mal/gsd/terv/aussie.

Then, tweaked the "reserved" to "wary" and got collie.

I then tweeked the jogging from desired to important and the companion dog from important to don't care and I got a pharaoh hound.

Strange scale...

Well that's just weird...


Here's mine:

Portuguese Water Dog 83%
Pumi 83%
American Eskimo Dog 81%
Icelandic Sheepdog 79%
Labrador Retriever 79%
Australian Shepherd79%
Standard Poodle79%
Bearded Collie78%
Keeshond78%
Polish Lowland Sheepdog77%
Belgian Tervuren75%
Miniature Poodle75%
Shetland Sheepdog75%
Toy Poodle74%
Belgian Sheepdog74%
English Springer Spaniel74%
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever74%
Staffordshire Bull Terrier73%
Border Collie72%
German Pinscher72%
Belgian Malinois70%
Border Terrier70%
Finnish Lapphund70%
Bichon Frise70%
Chinook70%

I have PWD extended family so to speak. I'm sure I could enjoy having the right one, although their health is more worrisome than I tend to choose. Savvy thinks the PWDs are his family and whenever he sees them he gets soooo excited and wants to walk with them in a group like "yep...these are my peeps!".

Pumis and Icelandics are breeds I have looked at. I have also enjoyed big and medium sized Poodles and BCs. I like BTs for a small dog and if I had to pick a sporting breed a Toller isn't a bad choice. I know Shelties fit the stuff I like to do with my dogs but I've never really been drawn to them. Beardies seem good in theory but they're a bit too "OMG! YAY!!!!" for me. Keeshond, ESS, Labs, Eskies, Staffies, German Pinschers, Chinook and...Bichons (really?! Bichons?) are not really breeds I'd consider. I'd say the Belgians should be a bit higher

And...what's with everyone getting PyrSheps except for me!?

 

[kaykay21]

seems my #1 is right on

Labrador Retriever63%
Australian Shepherd58%
Portuguese Water Dog57%
Boxer57%
Belgian Malinois54%
Collie (Smooth)54%
Collie (Rough)54%
Border Terrier53%
Leonberger53%
Bearded Collie53%
Chinook52%
Rat Terrier50%
Flat-Coated Retriever50%
Beagle50%
Bouvier des Flandres50%
English Cocker Spaniel50%
American Water Spaniel50%
Cocker Spaniel50%
Norwegian Buhund50%
Newfoundland49%
Staffordshire Bull Terrier49%
Old English Sheepdog49%
Samoyed49%
Belgian Tervuren49%
Belgian Sheepdog49%

 

[Kootenay]

Mine was pretty accurate I think! Bolded are breeds I would totally consider or have had.

Belgian Tervuren 87%
Belgian Sheepdog 86%
German Shepherd Dog 84%
Belgian Malinois 83%
Australian Shepherd 77%
Pumi 77%
Collie (Smooth) 76%
Collie (Rough) 76%
Bouvier des Flandres 74%
Bearded Collie 70%
Shetland Sheepdog 69%
Labrador Retriever 69%
Australian Cattle Dog68%

 

[AdrianneIsabel]

I think it depends on what you like. I think I'd find ACDs more difficult than Belgians in some ways.

For most I would say ACD are easier than Malinois but easier is extremely relative. I would lose my mind with an ACD in many ways, stubborn cowdogs.

 

[SarahHound]

I got these, surprising, as most I don't have any desire to own! Especially Labs!

Labrador Retriever 85%
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 78%
Golden Retriever 78%
Sussex Spaniel 78%
Belgian Sheepdog 77%
Belgian Tervuren 77%
Belgian Malinois 77%
American Water Spaniel 77%
Pumi 77%
Vizsla 77%
Swedish Vallhund 77%
Flat-Coated Retriever 77%
Bearded Collie 77%
German Shepherd Dog 72%
Pyrenean Shepherd 72%

Out of those, the only ones I'd consider would be the spaniels and GR's.

Doing a British one (https://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/services/public/findabreed/Default.aspx), these are my results.

Affenpinscher
Australian Silky Terrier
Australian Terrier
Basset Griffon Vendeen (Petit)
Bedlington Terrier
Bichon Frise
Cairn Terrier
Catalan Sheepdog
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Cesky Terrier
Chihuahua (Long Coat)
Collie (Rough)
Dachshund (Long-Haired)
Dachshund (Miniature Long-Haired)
Dachshund (Miniature Wire-Haired)
Dachshund (Wire-Haired)
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Eurasier
Finnish Lapphund
Finnish Spitz
Fox Terrier (Wire)
German Spitz (Klein)
German Spitz (Mittel)
Glen Of Imaal Terrier
Griffon Bruxellois
Irish Terrier
Japanese Chin
Japanese Spitz
Keeshond
Kerry Blue Terrier
King Charles Spaniel
Kooikerhondje
Korean Jindo
Lakeland Terrier
Lowchen (Little Lion Dog)
Miniature Schnauzer
Norfolk Terrier
Norwich Terrier
Papillon
Pomeranian
Poodle (Miniature)
Poodle (Toy)
Pyrenean Sheepdog (Long Haired)
Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)
Schipperke
Schnauzer
Shetland Sheepdog
Small Munsterlander
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Spaniel (American Water)
Spaniel (Cocker)
Spanish Water Dog
Swedish Lapphund
Tibetan Spaniel
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier

 

[Psyfalcon]

I got a PWD at like 60%

Went back and added small and giant dogs (hoping for a Newf maybe...) and PWD dropped off the chart entirely and I got an American Water Spaniel.

Which is again... not incorrect, although I didn't really like the only one I met.

Then I changed something else and got an American Cocker. Well... not so much.

I should go meet some AWS.

 

[kaykay21]

I got these, surprising, as most I don't have any desire to own! Especially Labs!

whats wrong with labs? lol

 

[SarahHound]

whats wrong with labs? lol

Nothing against Labs, they simply just aren't the breed for me

 

[thehoundgirl]

Labrador Retriever86% I'd own one again. Maybe a senior though!
Portuguese Water Dog84% Probably not.
Standard Poodle80% Not the breed for me.
Golden Retriever79% Not the breed for me.
Australian Shepherd79% Maybe.
Löwchen75% No.
Rat Terrier74% Not the breed for me.
Boxer74% I would own one in a heartbeat.
Bearded Collie74% No.
Border Terrier74% No.
Cocker Spaniel74% No.
Chinook74% No.
Curly-Coated Retriever73% No.
Bulldog73% If it wasn't for all the health issues I would own one.
Staffordshire Bull Terrier73% Yes.
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier73% I don't know lol.
Bichon Frise73% No.
Pumi69% No.
Wire Fox Terrier69% No.
Belgian Malinois69% Not the breed for me but I do love them.
Swedish Vallhund68% No.
Miniature Poodle68% No.
Miniature Schnauzer68% Yes, Dixie is part Schnauzer and awesome!
Basenji67% I'm not sure, maybe!
English Springer Spaniel66% Maybe!

 

[Oko]

I have concluded that you need to be dominant to own a border collie. But not as dominant for a Terv to be #1? Like, what gives? :rofl1:

 

[Locke]

My top 5 are:

Cocker Spaniel73%
Löwchen73%
Labrador Retriever73%
Portuguese Water Dog73%
Basenji72%


I would own any of those but the Basenji, although I wanted one desperately as a kid. I've never really looked into Lowchens, but definitely interested in them, and I LOVE Cocker Spaniels, especially field bred.

 

[stafinois]

Odd. I always get Belgians first on this. I wonder what I said wrong? The small children? :rofl1:

German Pinscher72%
Icelandic Sheepdog67%
American Eskimo Dog66%
Boxer66%
Portuguese Water Dog64%
Norwegian Buhund64%
Australian Shepherd64%
Canaan Dog63%
Rottweiler62%
Finnish Lapphund61%
Staffordshire Bull Terrier61%
American Staffordshire Terrier 60%
Chinook59%
Keeshond59%
Leonberger58%
Bulldog58%
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier57%
Cane Corso56%
Labrador Retriever56%
American Pit Bull Terrier56%
Rat Terrier56%
Border Terrier56%
Black Russian Terrier56%
Standard Schnauzer55%
German Shepherd Dog55%

 

[stafinois]

Just finished the thread. I like that nearly everybody but me got Malinois except me. I guess that means I'm giving this clicker-eating snot to one of you

 

[PWCorgi]

Um....yeah.

Canaan Dog 78%
Polish Lowland Sheepdog 76%
Belgian Sheepdog 74%
Belgian Tervuren 74%
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever 74%

Only breed on there I would even take a second look at would be the Toller, and I really am not interested in those even...

 

[*blackrose]

Hmmmm.....:rofl1:

German Pinscher 75%
Portuguese Water Dog 73%
American Eskimo Dog 71%
Rottweiler 69%
Bulldog 68%
Clumber Spaniel 67%
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 67%
Australian Shepherd 67%
American Staffordshire Terrier 65%
Bearded Collie 63%
Lakeland Terrier 61%
Boykin Spaniel 61%
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrie r60%
American Pit Bull Terrier 59%
Polish Lowland Sheepdog 58%

Now, some of those I think would work out okay...but others? No thank you!

 

[~WelshStump~]

Well, I find it to be average. I'll never have a GSD again by choice, and the rest are far more grooming than I care for (not sure how that happened!) but I'm not that disappointed, I've seen worse:

German Shepherd Dog 82%
Bouvier des Flandres 80%
Belgian Sheepdog 76%
Belgian Tervuren 76%
Collie (Rough) 75%


I think it was the one by Eukanuba recently I took for fun and it kept giving me Wire-haired pointing griffon, yeah, no thanks! Too much grooming, and it's not a herding breed.

 

[Catsi]

I could definitely see myself with a retriever (Lab most likely), a poodle, a papillon, ESS or even possibly a JRT.

But many, such as the Schnauzers, Pincher, SCWT, Belgian Shep etc are really too sharp for me to begin. Basically, they are dogs that I wouldn't ever consider.

I maybe shouldn't have ticked the terrier box because I got a disproportionate number of terriers in that list.

Golden Retriever 88%
Labrador Retriever 88%
Toy Poodle 84%
Cairn Terrier (?) 84%
English Springer Spaniel 80%
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno 80%
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever 80%
Papillon 80%
Miniature Poodle 77%
Russell Terrier 77%
Rat Terrier 77%
Miniature Schnauzer 76%
Curly-coated Retriever 76%
Miniature Pincher 76%
Irish Water Spaniel 76%
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier73%
Xoloitzcuintli73%
Standard Schnauzer73%
Peruvian Inca Orchid72%
Belgian Sheepdog 72%
Pumi72%
Australian Terrier72%
Belgian Tervuren72%
Toy Fox Terrier72%
Maltese 71%