With opening day of dove season only days away in many states, we thought you’d like to see where your hunting dog ranks as a top breed on the 2011 AKC Most Popular Dog Breed list:
Labrador Retriever #1,
Beagles #3,
Golden Retrievers #4,
German Shot Hair Pointers #15,
Cocker Spaniels #27,
Springer Spaniels #29,
Brittanys #30
and Weimaraners #32.
If you were also wondering, the most popular dog names are: Bear (for a male) and Lady (for a female). Beagles, popular with rabbit hunters, were the most popular dog breed in America in the late 1950s.
More details are at: http://www.akc.org/reg/dogreg_stats.cfm
