The Most Playful Dog Breeds

Labrador Retriever

• Friendly and loves water

• Easy to train

• Have a lot of energy and love to run and swim

• Great for high-energy, high-activity families

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Golden Retriever

• Intelligent and friendly

• Bred for retrieving fowl for hunters

• Strong and thrive with lots of play and exercise

• Great family dogs

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English Springer Spaniel

• Sporting dog with a lot of charism

• Friendly, playful, and excitable

• Willing to please and easy to train

• Enjoys playtime (especially fetch!)

French Bulldog

• Trainable and adaptable

• Good apartment dogs

• Good family dogs

• Smart

• Sweet and affectionate

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Australian Shepherd

• Popular herding dogs

• High energy levels

• Like having a task to do and are often used in search and rescue and in agility competitions

• Loyal dogs that are great with kids

• Smart dogs

• A wonderful dog for an active family

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Portuguese Water Dog

• Excellent swimmer and retriever

• Like to be active

• Fluffy dog that is affectionate and loyal

• Great with families

• Low-shedding and allergy-friendly

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Jack Russell Terrier

• Good family dogs

• Kid-friendly

• Intelligent and quick learners

• Devoted and affectionate

• Active and alert

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Pug

• Weigh up to 18 pounds

• Good apartment dogs

• Bred as companion dogs

• Good family dogs

• Cheerful and low maintenance

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Boxer

• Good dogs for families

• Athletic, energetic, and happy

• Love kids

• Quick learners

• Do best when occupied by a mental challenge (such as obedience or agility)

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Pomeranian

• Smart lap dog that enjoys walks

• Can bark a lot 

• Prone to separation anxiety

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Papillon

• They are a very active for a small breed and can excel in agility

• They are vocal so they can bark a lot

• They do shed

• Highly intelligent and easy to train

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Poodle 

• Agile and water-loving

• Practically non-shedding and hypoallergenic

• Great fit for families

• Available in three sizes (standard, toy, and miniature)

• Smart

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Beagle

• Can be very vocal

• Weigh up to 35 pounds

• Great for kids and families

• Have a great sense of smell so it is important to teach them to come back when called otherwise they will keep following what has caught their attention

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Dalmatian

• Muscular and energetic with lots of stamina

• Come in a variety of spotted colors (not just black)

• Good family dogs, especially with older children

• Intelligent and easy to train

Boston Terrier

• Good family dogs

• Smart dogs

• Gentle and sweet

• Good apartment dogs

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Pembroke Welsh Corgi

• Good family dogs

• Good for apartments

• Smart dogs

• Agile and requires daily exercise

• Easily trained

• Loyal and good guard dogs

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German Shepherd Dog

• Loyal and often bond to a specific person

• Bred as a herding dog; are often working dogs with police, military, service, and personal protection

• Good family watch dog

• Requires a lot of activity, challenges, and attention

• Shed a lot

• Strong dogs that weigh up to 90 pounds

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Yorkshire Terrier

• Good apartment dogs

• Allergy-friendly and low-shedding

• Can be bossy and feisty

• Smart and stubborn

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Shetland Sheepdog

• Good family dogs

• Fluffy dogs that weighs under 25 pounds

• Good with other pets

• Smart and quick learners

• Can bark a lot

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Siberian Husky

• Good for families

• Social

• Energetic

• Loyal

• Stubborn and can be difficult to train

• Fluffy dogs that can shed a lot (including shedding their undercoat at least once a year)

• Strong dogs that weigh up to 60 pounds

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West Highland White Terrier

• Allergy-friendly and low-shedding

• Good family dogs

• Good with kids

• Smart and independent

• Not a typical lap dog, but happy and active companions

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