Most Registered Dog Breeds in the UK Quiz

How well do you know the most registered dog breeds in the UK? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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You get a few guesses per floor. Land it on your first guess for 10 points; a near miss still scores. After the UK dogs round, four more lists keep the ride going.

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Labrador Retriever 34,141 dogs
Early Labradors were bred in Britain by the 2nd Earl of Malmesbury from Newfoundland fishing dogs.
Cocker Spaniel 23,177 dogs
The name is thought to come from the breed's use in flushing woodcock.
Dachshund 17,401 dogs
A dachshund named Waldi was the first official Olympic mascot, at Munich 1972.
French Bulldog 13,789 dogs
Nottingham lace workers who moved to France in the 1800s took small bulldogs with them.
Golden Retriever 10,201 dogs
US President Gerald Ford's dog Liberty was a Golden Retriever.
English Springer Spaniel 6,527 dogs
Buster, a springer sniffer dog, won the Dickin Medal for finding weapons in Iraq.
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 5,447 dogs
The Kennel Club first recognised it as a breed in 1935.
German Shepherd 4,817 dogs
In Britain it was called the Alsatian for decades, until the Kennel Club dropped that name in 1977.
Poodle 4,011 dogs
The name comes from the Low German 'puddeln', to splash, a nod to its water-retrieving past.
Bulldog 3,865 dogs
Yale University's mascot, Handsome Dan, is a bulldog.
Miniature Schnauzer 3,695 dogs
The first recorded Miniature Schnauzer, a black female called Findel, appeared in 1888.
Border Terrier 3,675 dogs
Traditionally used in fox hunting with the Border Hunt in Northumberland.
Whippet 3,643 dogs
In the 19th century it was sometimes called 'the poor man's racehorse'.
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 3,132 dogs
Ronald Reagan had a Blenheim Cavalier called Rex.
Boxer 2,427 dogs
Boxers have worked as police dogs, guide dogs and therapy dogs.
Rottweiler 2,209 dogs
Known in German as Rottweiler Metzgerhund, butchers' dogs, for pulling carts of meat to market.
Hungarian Vizsla 1,903 dogs
The breed survived several near-extinctions, including one after World War II.
Pomeranian 1,832 dogs
Queen Victoria owned a particularly small Pomeranian, which made the smaller type popular.
Chihuahua 1,823 dogs
A Mexican breed, it is the smallest recognised dog breed in the world.
Border Collie 1,463 dogs
A Border Collie named Rico was studied for recognising about 200 objects by name.
Pug 1,316 dogs
A pug named Pompey is said to have saved the Prince of Orange from assassins in 1572.
German Shorthaired Pointer 1,313 dogs
Developed in 19th-century Germany as an all-purpose gun dog for land and water.
Shih Tzu 1,273 dogs
China's Empress Dowager Cixi ran a programme dedicated to breeding Shih Tzus.
Bull Terrier 1,225 dogs
Spuds MacKenzie, the late-1980s Bud Light mascot, was played by a Bull Terrier.
Beagle 1,170 dogs
Its nose makes it a quarantine detection dog for banned food and farm imports.
Chow Chow 1,135 dogs
Known for a blue-black tongue, a trait also found in the Shar Pei.
West Highland White Terrier 1,087 dogs
Edward Malcolm, Laird of Poltalloch, is credited with creating the modern breed in Scotland.
Dobermann 984 dogs
The US Marine Corps used Dobermanns as war dogs in World War II.
Dalmatian 983 dogs
Once ran alongside horse-drawn fire carriages, hence the nickname Firehouse Dog.

Source: The Royal Kennel Club: breed registration statistics, 2015-2024 comparative tables · as of 2024

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