What is the least popular dog?
Wellington Prohaska
2025-07-19 04:18:46
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The Sloughi, a hunting breed with origins in North Africa, is the least popular dog breed in the United States. It has dropped two spots in popularity since 2022, when it ranked third in the list. Many of the most unpopular dogs in the U.S. are historically hunting breeds. The latest registration data is for the year 2023. RankBreed 1Sloughi 2English Foxhound 3Norwegian Lundehund 4Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen 5Azawakh 6Belgian Laekenois 7Finnish Spitz 8Polish Lowland Sheepdog 9Cesky Terrier 10Canaan Dog 11Harrier 12Otterhound 13Bergamasco Sheepdog 14Pyrenean Shepherd 15Dandie Dinmont Terrier 16Skye Terrier 17Cirnechi dell'Etna 18Entlebucher Mountain Dog 19American Foxhound 20Plott Hound.
Diamond Funk
2025-07-09 02:19:04
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The American Kennel Club lists the most popular dog breeds and the least popular ones each year. In 2023, the Sloughi was noted as the “least popular” breed, followed by the English Foxhound and the Norwegian Lunderhund, which took the third spot. The 10 Least Popular Dog Breeds in 2023 SloughiEnglish FoxhoundNorwegian LundehundGrand Basset Griffon VendeenAzawakhBelgian LaekenoisFinnish SpitzPolish Lowland SheepdogCesky TerrierCanaan Dog. In 2021, the Norwegian Lundehund took the bottom spot, and has been making its way slowly up the rankings, passing the English Foxhound and Sloughi in 2023. In 2023, 200 recognized dog breeds were eligible to be included in the “most popular” and “least popular” dog breed lists. The organization’s registration list curates the list, and some of the pups in the “least popular” category are very obscure dog breeds.
Gerardo Christiansen
2025-06-28 17:26:35
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The least liked, by a long way, is the Chinese Crested, a breed that comes either hairless with a kind of mullet or in the "Powder Puff" (with fur) variety. It scores -30, well below the Bullboxer Pit with -21 positivity. Along with the Bullboxer Pit, the Pit Bull, Miniature Bull Terrier and Bullboxer Staff are all relatively disliked, perhaps due to negative press for causing injury. The dogs with the least positivity (in fact all ten at the very bottom of the 356 breeds are in negative territory) tend to be smaller dogs, either of the toy variety or notorious for their bad temper. Various Bulldogs and the Poodle also rank among the least loved.
Marguerite Ledner
2025-06-28 13:34:00
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The English Foxhound sitting at the very bottom of the popularity scale,
get to know the most and least popular dog breeds.
Whether it’s the Pembroke Welsh Corgi breaking into the top 10 for the first time or the English Foxhound sitting at the very bottom of the popularity scale,
But have you ever wondered about the least popular dog breed?
We break down the 2019 registration data and look at the past year and decade.
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Check out every dog breed, ranked by popularity according to 2019 registration data.
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