Top 10 Dog Breeds in UK
If you're thinking of getting a dog for the first time - or adding another one to the household - this may give some ideas to choose the best breeds of dogs, as well as revealing the most and least beautiful according to scientific analysis.
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Most Popular Dog Breeds Rankings 2022
In March 2021, it was reported that 3.2 million households in the UK had acquired a pet since the start of the pandemic. It brought the number of British homes with pets to £17 million.
But that was a year ago, so the number may now be far higher, despite some people trying to give up their dogs when restrictions ended and they went back to work.
More than half of the new owners were aged 16 to 34, with many acquiring a new pet to ease social isolation while they were stuck at home. So which are the most popular breeds to own?
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Most Popular Dog Breeds in UK
According to Rover.com, the most popular dog breeds across the UK as a whole are:
- Mixed breeds
- Labrador retriever
- Cockapoo
- French bulldog
- Cocker spaniel
- achshund
- Staffordshire bull terrier
- Jack Russell terrier
- Border collie
- Chihuahua
- German shepherd
- Golden retriever
- Shih Tzu
- Pug
- Yorkshire Terrier
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Labradoodle
- Beagle
- English springer spaniel
- Pomeranian
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Top dog breeds in Birmingham
And in Birmingham the top breeds are:
1. Jack Russell terrier
2. French bulldog
3. Boxer
4. Cockapoo
5. Beagle
Most beautiful dogs in the world
And what about the most beautiful dog breeds? Analysts at money. co .uk applied the Golden Ratio to some of the most popular dog breeds in order to find out which breeds come closest to the statistically perfect proportions.
The Golden Ratio is a mathematical formula found in nature, architecture, and even music, that indicates a balanced and aesthetically-pleasing composition. The closer the proportions of each dog breed to the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the more statistically beautiful the breed is considered to be.
|
Rank |
Dog breed |
Golden Ratio score |
|
#1 |
Cairn Terrier |
88.7% |
|
#2 |
West Highland White Terrier |
87.5% |
|
#3 |
Border Collie |
86.7% |
|
#4 |
Rhodesian Ridgeback |
86.0% |
|
#5 |
Welsh Terrier |
85.9% |
|
#6 |
Weimaraner |
85.6% |
|
#7 |
Tolling Retriever |
85.0% |
|
#8 |
Italian Greyhound |
84.9% |
|
#9 |
Norfolk Terrier |
84.3% |
|
#10 |
Pembroke Welsh Corgi |
83.9% |
And the world’s least beautiful dog breeds? This is what the formula said:
|
Rank |
Dog breed |
Golden Ratio score |
|
#1 |
Shih Tzu |
41.0% |
|
#2 |
Bullmastiff |
48.7% |
|
#3 |
French Bulldog |
54.3% |
|
#4 |
Bulldog |
56.3% |
|
#5 |
Rottweiler |
60.0% |
Salman Haqqi, pet insurance expert at money.co.uk, said: "Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and regardless of the ranking position of a dog’s breed, every dog no matter its shape or size should be appreciated. "
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