Dog breed selectors

[*blackrose]

(Because I'm bored.) What are your top choices when you take the average dog breed selector? And do you find that those results are accurate; as in, would you own that breed of dog? Do you currently own one of the selected dogs?

I just googled and picked the top three quizzes.

Animal Planet Dog Breed Questionnaire
Dogtime Breed Selector
Select Smart Dog Breed Quiz

My top results from the Animal Planet selector:
At 98%:
1. Canaan Dog - never looked in to them before
2. German Shorthaired Pointer - I'd highly consider owning one
3. Pointer - honestly don't know much about them/how they differ from GSPs
At 96%:
4. Chesapeake Bay Retriever - my current breed of choice
5. Labrador Retriever - have owned, will own again!
6. Belgian Malinois - I've loved the ones I've met, but I'm not quite that crazy yet, I don't think
7. Pharaoh Hound - I've always loved the breed, but don't think a sighthound would be the best fit?
8. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon - wire haired = not my cup of tea

Dogtime:
1. Doberman Pinscher - not my cup of tea
2. American Water Spaniel - don't really know much about them
3. Curly Coated Retriever - on my list of "maybe some day"
4. Flat Coated Retriever - yes, but I'd pick a breed with a short coat over their coat type
5. German Shorthaired Pointer - apparently I should own a GSP

Select Smart: (all above 90%)
1. Weimaraner - all of the ones I've met have been neurotic, so that has kind of turned me off
2. Labrador Retriever - GSPs and Labs are apparently my breeds
3. Pointer - and Pointers
4. Poodle (standard) - too much grooming. But if I ever needed a non shedding dog? Sure!
5. Vizsla - I've loved the ones I've met
6. German Shorthaired Pointer - the world has decreed I am to own a GSP
7. Field Spaniel - considered one before I got Abrams, so I'd say a yes!

Overall, not too bad, I don't think. They definitely narrowed down my breed "type", even if different breeds have already been ruled out due to my own bias/personal experience. Post your results!

 

[Julee]

Animal Planet:
Belgian Malinois (98%) - plan on owning
Australian Cattle Dog (98%) - will likely own
Border Collie - (97%) - plan on owning
Beauceron - (96%) - maybe someday

Dogtime:
Portie - NO NO **** NO KILL ME. I HATE Porties.
American Water Spaniel - No.
Springer - My first dog, maybe will own another eventually
Field Spaniel - Meh.
Flat Coated Retriever - Yes.

Select Smart:
Rottie - eh
Weim - sure!
Aussie - sure!
Malinois - yes!
Anatolian - yesss


The AP one is most accurate, but these always seem to give me breeds I don't particularly like.

 

[Laurelin]

Animal Planet

Border collie- yes
Cattle Dog- yes
Irish Setter- no
English Cocker Spaniel- probably not
Polish Lowland- no

Dogtime
German Pinscher- eh?
American Water spaniel- no
Brittany- maybe probably not
English cocker- still probably not
English Springer- not likely

Select Smart
Miniature American Eskimo- no
American Eskimo Standard- no
Schipperke- no no no no no
Brittany- better
Toller- yes finally something I like
American Eskimo Toy- NO How many times do I have to say no eskies!

Apparently I suck at these quizzes.

 

[Julee]

How many times do I have to say no eskies!

accept your fate

 

[meepitsmeagan]

These are fun!!

Animal Planet:
1) Australian Cattle Dog at 97%--- yes please.
2) Border Collie at 96%-- possibly
3) Brittany at 96%-- most likely not
4) GSP at 96%-- most likely not, but would be my pick of the sporters in the selected group
5) Pointer at 96%-- probably not
6) Irish Setter at 95%-- nahh.
7) Lab at 95%-- hell no.

Dogtime:
1) Dobe- pretty but no thanks
2) Standard Schnauzer- uhm, no.
3) Chessie- best fit out of the bunch, but not for me
4) English Cocker Spaniel- nah.
5) FCR- no thanks.

Selectsmart:
1) Pembroke-- maybe
2) American Eskimo-- neat dogs and I like spitz breeds, but not enough to own
3) Toller-- probably not
4) Brittany-- nope
5) Springer-- possibly
6) Sussex Spaniel-- nope
7) American Water Spaniel-- nope
8) German Pinscher-- nope
9) Australian Cattle Dog at 89%-- there we are!

 

[Beanie]

Animal Planet said border collie at 98% and nothing else as far as I can see but maybe I'm missing something...

DogTime:
German Pinscher - Really..? What?
Standard Schnauzer - meh.
American Water Spaniel - spaniels don't appeal to me at all when it comes to looking at a dog to own so this is weird.
Brittany - see above
English Cocker Spaniel - more of the above.


Select Smart: Apparently Laur and I have similar desires in dogs and are both supposed to have eskies.
American Eskimo-Standard (100%) - no.
Brittany Spaniel (92%) - apparently DogTime agrees on this one
American Eskimo Dog-Toy (89%) - more no
American Eskimo-Miniature (89%) - and yet more no
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (85%) - this one I could actually see.
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) (85%) - I do like Pemmies but I'm just not sure if I could ever see myself owning one since they tend to be assholes...

Collie was 75% on this list, Belgians at 70%, sheltie at 68% and border collie down at 61%... so... I'm gonna call this one a fail.


The AP one is obviously the closest, I like my shelties a little more cranked than most people (case in point Payton.) so border collie is pretty close. I still find myself thinking I'll have a BC or BC mix one day.

 

[stardogs]

Animal Planet
ACD: Have and will have again.
BC: Have considered, but likely won't own.
GSP: No. A million times no.
Pointer: No. A million times no.

Dogtime
American Water Spaniel: nope
Brittany: Big nope.
Curly-Coated Retriever: Meh.
Flat-Coated Retriever: Maybe, if it's like Mira.
GSP: Still a million times no.

SelectSmart
Schipperke: Maybe?
Vizsla: Another million times no.
Brittany: Still a big nope.
Field Spaniel: Meh.
Weim: H to the LL No.

 

[Shai]

Animal Planet - Did pretty well

1- Brittany
2- Border Collie
2- ACD (tied)

Dog Time - Did pretty well. Not so sure about that #1 but otherwise.

1- German Pinscher
2 - English Cocker Spaniel
3 - English Springer Spaniel
4 - Field Spaniel
5 - Flat-Coated Retriever (!)

SelectSmart Dog Breed Selector -- Universal No.

1 - Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
2 - German Pinscher
3 - Sussex Spaniel
4 - American Water Spaniel
5 - Vizsla

 

[HayleyMarie]

ANIMAL PLANET (hell no to all of them)
Irish Setter 98% match
American Cocker Spaniel 97% match
Bearded Collie 97%
English Cocker Spaniel 97%
English Setters 97%
Field Spaniel 97%
Belgian Tervuren 96%
Brittany 96%
Norwich Terrier 96% (except this one)

DOG TIME (again with the spaniels, no to everything)
Kuvasz (except this)
American Water Spaniel
Curly-Coated Retriever
Field Spaniel
Flat-Coated Retriever

SELECT SMART
Again, just tons of spaniels so I am not going to write them down...NO to the spaniels.

 

[Ozfozz]

Animal Planet
1. Border Collie 99% - yes
2. Australian Cattle Dog 98% - maybe
3. Irish Setter 98% - Never in a million years

Dog Time
1. Curly-Coated Retriever - NOPE
2. English Cocker Spaniel - NOPE
3. Flat Coated Retriever - NOPE
4. GSP - NOPE
5. GWP - NOPE


Select Smart
1. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever 100% - Maybe one day if I have to give up herders?
2. Field Spaniel 98% - Probably never
3. American Water Spaniel 97% - I guess my high priority of "no curly coats ever" wasn't included
4. Australian Cattle Dog 94%
5. PBGV 90% - NO NO NO NO

 

[k9krazee]

Animal Planet:

1. Smooth Fox Terrier, 97% - No
2. Parson Russell Terrier, 93% - Maybe
3. Mini Poodle, 93% - Maybe
4. Westie - No

Dogtime

1. Standard Schnauzer - Maybe
2. Cocker Spaniel - No
3. English Cocker - Maybe
4. Toller - No
5. Glen of Imaal - No


...I'm not even doing the slidy one. lol

 

[LostAndConfused]

Animal Planet:
Brittney, 98% - No. Just no.
Irish Setter, 97% - Seriously? I don't think so. What happened to minimal grooming?
Lab 97% - I could do the right lab, but generally they are way too labby for me.

Dogtime
Kuvasz - What? Are you serious? I don't think so
Flat Coat - I don't think so
GSP and then GWP - I don't like the energy of the sporting dogs that I have met.
Golden - While I do love Goldens, I couldn't own one. They are too dang happy, all the time.

I tried to do the other one, but it didn't give me results. I don't know what happened there. Why do all of these quizzes think I like sporter dogs? I don't like them, I like herder-brains.

 

[Kootenay]

Animal Planet

Australian Cattle Dog 96% - would likely own
Australian Shepherd 96% - maaybe, but unlikely
Belgian Tervuren 96% - totally possible
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever - 95% - nope
Belgian Malinois 94% - YES PLEASE THANK YOU

Dogtime

Flat-coated retriever - nope
German shorthaired pointer - nope
German wirehaired pointer - nope
Golden retriever - NOPE
Irish water spaniel - nope

(WHAT DID I DO WRONG)

Last one totally failed, like I actually got no results, not sure what went wrong there.

 

[Equinox]

Animal Planet
Beauceron 98% (conflicted - they used to be one of my favorites, but now I don't ever want one lol Makes sense on paper)
Pembroke Welsh Corgi 98% (sure, I like them!)
Australian Cattle Dog 97% (definitely one of the breeds I generally favor)
Boxer 97% (no)
Cardigan Welsh Corgi 97% (sure)
Flat-Coated Retriever 97% (don't know enough about them but they're pretty)
Komondor 97% (no. no no no no no please no)
Labrador Retriever 97% (not what I like but they're okay)
Rhodesian Ridgeback 97% (I wish!!)
Akita 96% (somewhere between "I wish" and "nope")
Belgian Malinois 96% (lol look at that)
Brittany 96% (nope)
Canaan Dog 96% (don't know much about them, probably a no though)
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 96% (nope)
Golden Retriever 96% (yes please!)
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 96% (I do like them)
Tibetan Mastiff 96% (haha thanks no thanks)

Dog Time
Doberman Pinscher (I like them!)
Great Dane (nope, too much drool, too large, lifespans too short)
Kuvasz (eh, not now but I like them okay)
Curly-Coated Retriever (no thanks)
Flat-Coated Retriever (again?)

"My next best matches" include
- Golden Retriever
- Chihuahua
- Border Collie
- Corgis (both)
- Berger Picard
- Schnoodle
- Labradoodle
- Goldendoodle

GREAT, THANKS. Also, where are German Shepherds on these things?!??

Select Smart isn't working for me at all, might try again later.

 

[TexasRanger]

Animal Planet
1. Miniature Schnauzer 98%: I've only known one (not sure if he was PB) but I could get along with the right one.
2. Norwich Terrier 96%
3. West Highland White Terrier 96%: Only one I've known was a PITA.
4. Australian Terrier 95%
5. Border Terrier 94%
6. Cairn Terrier 94%
7. Shetland Shepdog 94%: I do want one of these in the future.

DogTime
1. German Pinscher
2. American Water Spaniel
3. Brittany: Am interested in these.
4. Cocker Spaniel
5. English Cocker Spaniel

Last one didn't work.

 

[Finkie_Mom]

Animal Planet:
ACD - LOL wut?
Pembroke Welsh Corgi - Again.. Wut?
American Water Spaniel - Hmmmm maybe?
Border Collie - Ehhhhh probably no
Brittany - Perhaps?
Finnish Spitz - THANK YOU YES
Australian Terrier - Huh?
English Cocker Spaniel - I could maybe see that

Dogtime:
German Pinscher - No
Brittany - Trying to tell me something?
English Cocker Spaniel - Hm
English Springer Spaniel - I like them
Field Spaniel - These things want me to have spaniels.....

Select Smart:
American Eskimo - Miniature - Yeah I could totally see that
American Eskimo - Standard - See above
Shiba Inu - Actually? No.
Schipperke - I don't think so, but maybe
Collie - Can't see that
American Water Spaniel - MORE SPANIEL
Shetland Sheepdog - Probably the most realistic suggestion besides the Finkies LOL

Finkies were like my number 20 on the Select Smart LOL.

 

[krissy]

I got Retrievers and Spaniels and Scenthounds on pretty much all 3. I would never consider a Spaniel, and I would probably never consider a purebred Retriever... maybe something mixed. I would probably never consider a scent hound.

I got a Pharoh hound on the Animal planet one, but otherwise no sighthounds. Surprisingly also no border collie or Malinois.

Very inaccurate for me. But that is perhaps because I answered as wanting higher energy than your typical sighthound, but not wanting grooming (though in that case why did I get so many Spaniels?). Also weird that I wanted large breed and I got a lot f kind of small dogs (well, ok, medium... small to me!).

 

[Katem]

Animal Planet:
Toller - 100%
ACD - 99%
Aussie - 98%
Malinois - 98%
Border Collie - 98%
Brittany - 98%
Irish Setter - 98%

No to all of the sporting dogs. Ehh, maybe to the herders

Dogtime:
English Cocker
Field Spaniel
Flat-Coated Retriever
GSP
GWP

Noooooope

Select Smart:
Golden - 100%
Lab - 100%
Springer - 96%
Schipperke - 92%
GSP - 92%

Just stop it with the sporting dogs already, it's not gonna happen!

 

[Paviche]

AP:

Aussie 99% - love them, will almost certainly own, I just wish they didn't bark so much
Brittany 99% - duh absolutely yes!
Toller 99% - I really like them... I want to meet more but I'm pretty sure I'd have one
Tervuren 98% - I like Tervs a lot and have definitely considered them. Probably not for a while but they're a possibility.
English Springer Spaniel 98% - I do like springers a lot. I'm really picky about how they look, and it seems like finding a good breeder is hard, but I'd take the right adult rescue for sure
Field Spaniel 98% - Based on what I've read, I'd have one. Not sure I'll ever seek one out, but they seem like a pretty good fit.
Golden Retriever 98% - Temperament-wise I would *love* a bench bred golden, but the health puts me off.
Havanese 98% - Seem like nice dogs, but no interest in owning one personally
Lab 98% - Occasionally meet a lab I REALLY like but overall, eh, not my thing.

Dogtime:

Doberman - I really like them but don't like the health issues. They're a decent match for me though.
Portuguese Water Dog - Not for me. They're okay but I don't want one.
Curly Coat - I'd consider one. I've looked into them a bit and like what I've read about them.
English Cocker - Love but I'd only want a field bred dog. Not a fan of how the show dogs are bred to look.
English Springer - Apparently I should own a springer.

SS:

Toller 100% - I guess I should have a Toller, too!
Pointer 97% - Not interested. I'm indifferent to them.
Cocker Spaniel 92% - Not big on American Cockers
English Setter 92% - I've looked into them, they seem nice, but they don't excite me, if that makes sense?
Sussex Spaniel 92% - No.
GSD 90% - Yes please! Love. Someday.

They definitely pegged my general type pretty well! I think they redid the AP one, because I take it semi-regularly for fun, and I've never gotten a Toller before.

 

[Annabell]

Animal Planet:
Australian Cattle Dog- 100% I have one and love them! My favorite breed hands down and one of the best matches for me.
Border Collie- 100% Another great breed for me. Definitely will have one in the future.
Belgian Tervuren- 99% A distinct possibility, but I would rather have a Malinois.
German Wirehaired Pointer- 99% I don't know too much about these guys, but probably not.
Australian Shepherd- 98% I don't think so. They are not my favorites, but I have met a few wonderful Aussies.

Dog Time:
Flat-Coated Retriever- I don't know much about these guys either, but probably not going to happen.
German Shorthaired Pointer- Probably my favorite sporting breed. I have met quite a few with great temperaments. I think they are great dogs, so it is a possibility. And the speckles!
German Wirehaired Pointer- Maybe it is meant to be?
Golden Retriever- Absolutely not. Never in a million years would I even consider one.
Irish Water Spaniel- Even if they were a good match for me (which I am pretty sure they are not), I would never be able to get past the rat tail.

Select Smart:
German Pinscher- 100% I don't know. Probably never going to own one.
Australian Shepherd- 99% Again, probably not for me.
Pyrenean Shepherd- 98% Never met one before, but have heard they are cool dogs. Maybe a little too small (and shaggy) for my liking.
German Shorthaired Pointer- 95% Love these guys. If I ever were to own a sporting dog, it would probably be a GSP.
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever- 94% I really like these guys as well. They are up there on my sporting dogs list with the GSP.

I guess the quizzes did an ok job, but I only got breeds that are best for me on the AP one. They seem to think that a sporting dog would be best for me, but I'm not sure. There are a few breeds I like, but definitely prefer herders over sporting dogs.