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Get help choosing the right dog for your lifestyle. Use our dog breed selector and get instant recommendations on the best dog breed for you.

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We have detailed descriptions for all of our breeds in the Purina Breed Library.

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  • < 40 min.

  • 1.5 hours

  • 2 hours

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  • 30 min — 1 hour

  • > 1 hour

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  • < Weekly

  • Weekly

  • > Weekly

  • Daily

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  • None

  • A Few

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About Your Dog


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  • Tiny

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  • Medium

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  • Giant

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  • Little

  • Moderate

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  • Quiet

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  • Moderate

  • High

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  • Short/Smooth

  • Medium/Long

  • Corded/Wooly

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  • Not Important

  • Moderate

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Your Matches: 117 Breeds

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  • Affenpinscher
  • Afghan Hound
  • Airedale Terrier
  • Akita
  • Alaskan Malamute
  • Anatolian Shepherd Dog
  • Australian Cattle Dog
  • Australian Shepherd
  • Australian Terrier
  • Basenji
  • Basset Hound
  • Beagle
  • Bearded Collie
  • Bedlington Terrier
  • Belgian Malinois
  • Belgian Sheepdog
  • Belgian Tervueren
  • Bernese Mountain Dog
  • Bichon Frise
  • Bloodhound
  • Border Collie
  • Border Terrier
  • Borzoi
  • Boston Terrier
  • Bouvier des Flandres
  • Boxer
  • Briard
  • Brussels Griffon
  • Bull Terrier
  • Bulldog
  • Bullmastiff
  • Cairn Terrier
  • Canaan Dog
  • Cardigan Welsh Corgi
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
  • Chesapeake Bay Retriever
  • Chihuahua - Long Coat
  • Chihuahua - Smooth Coat
  • Chinese Shar Pei
  • Chow Chow
  • Cocker Spaniel
  • Collie - Rough
  • Dachshund - Miniature Longhaired
  • Dachshund - Miniature Smooth
  • Dachshund - Miniature Wirehaired
  • Dachshund - Smooth
  • Dachshund - Wirehaired
  • Dalmatian
  • Doberman Pinscher
  • Dogue de Bordeaux
  • English Cocker Spaniel
  • English Setter
  • English Springer Spaniel
  • Flat-Coated Retriever
  • German Shepherd Dog
  • Giant Schnauzer
  • Golden Retriever
  • Gordon Setter
  • Great Dane
  • Great Pyrenees
  • Greyhound
  • Ibizan Hound
  • Irish Setter
  • Italian Greyhound
  • Labrador Retriever
  • Leonberger
  • Lhasa Apso
  • Miniature Schnauzer
  • Newfoundland
  • Norfolk Terrier
  • Norwich Terrier
  • Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
  • Old English Sheepdog
  • Parson Russell Terrier
  • Pembroke Welsh Corgi
  • Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
  • Pharaoh Hound
  • Pointer
  • Pomeranian
  • Poodle - Miniature
  • Poodle - Standard
  • Poodle - Toy
  • Puli
  • Rhodesian Ridgeback
  • Rottweiler
  • Saint Bernard
  • Saluki
  • Samoyed
  • Scottish Deerhound
  • Scottish Terrier
  • Smooth Fox Terrier
  • Shih Tzu
  • Siberian Husky
  • Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
  • Standard Schnauzer
  • Sussex Spaniel
  • Tibetan Mastiff
  • Weimaraner
  • Welsh Springer Spaniel
  • Welsh Terrier
  • West Highland White Terrier
  • Whippet
  • Wire Fox Terrier
  • Yorkshire Terrier

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