AKC Scent Work - Number of Dogs by Breed

Breed Counts as of Oct 19, 2026
Affenpinscher21729%18%24%0%
Afghan Hound183717%10%13%12%
Airedale Terrier64155110%10%12%12%
Akita54230812%13%12%10%
Alaskan Klee Kai205877%7%10%10%
Alaskan Malamute74211713%17%13%12%
All American Dog494212079415%14%13%11%
American Bulldog26240%18%11%13%
American English Coonhound547427%17%13%11%
American Eskimo Dog50137715%13%12%12%
American Foxhound733821%16%13%14%
American Hairless Terrier51108817%14%13%11%
American Leopard Hound25714%12%5%23%
American Staffordshire Terrier74207116%14%13%11%
American Water Spaniel716733%13%11%11%
Anatolian Shepherd Dog311818%15%19%12%
Appenzeller Sennenhunde24115%10%7%2%
Australian Cattle Dog3181055922%16%14%11%
Australian Kelpie47810%15%5%15%
Australian Shepherd14114026120%17%14%11%
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog1062829%20%12%10%
Australian Terrier2571415%15%11%11%
Azawakh3176%6%24%6%
Barbet736512%16%8%13%
Basenji67186815%13%12%10%
Basset Fauve de Bretagne937514%13%13%10%
Basset Hound176548414%14%13%13%
Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound33743%16%11%11%
Beagle4101390118%16%14%12%
Bearded Collie65211011%14%13%11%
Beauceron97214417%15%14%12%
Bedlington Terrier1651512%14%13%10%
Belgian Laekenois1732514%9%12%12%
Belgian Malinois5301543421%17%13%11%
Belgian Sheepdog210562417%15%13%12%
Belgian Tervuren4481259015%14%13%11%
Bergamasco Sheepdog1130%0%15%0%
Berger Picard307769%8%15%12%
Bernese Mountain Dog249549112%14%13%12%
Bichon Frise287749%11%11%11%
Biewer Terrier924411%12%15%9%
Black Russian Terrier2160214%11%14%13%
Black and Tan Coonhound3010969%11%11%10%
Bloodhound3479313%14%15%13%
Bluetick Coonhound4592%12%15%15%
Boerboel1252028%16%11%6%
Bohemian Shepherd91527%12%11%16%
Bolognese326813%16%15%10%
Border Collie15454798122%17%14%11%
Border Terrier4301206414%14%13%11%
Borzoi31115120%17%13%11%
Boston Terrier148441711%13%13%11%
Bouvier des Flandres108265814%14%13%12%
Boxer222624613%14%13%11%
Boykin Spaniel3379215%13%16%13%
Bracco Italiano731516%17%15%13%
Braque Francais Pyrenean413130%20%12%9%
Braque du Bourbonnais120%0%50%0%
Brazilian Terrier25120%16%20%14%
Briard2648711%10%12%10%
Brittany179591519%17%14%11%
Brussels Griffon202698%10%16%11%
Bull Terrier40114013%13%11%12%
Bulldog58274414%16%13%12%
Bullmastiff47124616%17%15%12%
Cairn Terrier113367711%13%12%11%
Canaan Dog41064%6%8%13%
Cane Corso81246314%15%14%12%
Cardigan Welsh Corgi293925014%15%13%12%
Carolina Dog821022%20%12%12%
Catahoula Leopard Dog26131718%16%12%11%
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel293783813%13%13%11%
Cesky Terrier726411%17%15%14%
Chesapeake Bay Retriever99375625%18%13%11%
Chihuahua92253711%13%13%12%
Chinese Crested88276813%17%16%12%
Chinese Shar-Pei1471414%14%13%8%
Chinook61169%15%15%9%
Chow Chow1269512%16%14%14%
Cirneco dell'Etna34210%19%10%21%
Clumber Spaniel4212009%14%14%12%
Cocker Spaniel279838714%14%14%12%
Collie336948417%15%14%12%
Coton de Tulear841018%16%10%12%
Curly-Coated Retriever2667416%14%14%13%
Czechoslovakian Vlciak150%40%0%0%
Dachshund5901538412%13%13%11%
Dalmatian3791421716%15%13%11%
Dandie Dinmont Terrier71823%10%13%12%
Danish-Swedish Farmdog50175916%16%12%11%
Deutscher Wachtelhund221139%18%14%8%
Doberman Pinscher8792464918%16%13%11%
Dogo Argentino619715%19%15%8%
Dogue de Bordeaux614712%12%11%10%
Drentsche Patrijshond725011%14%12%11%
Dutch Shepherd77199322%15%13%11%
English Cocker Spaniel4211383616%15%13%11%
English Foxhound1472%6%19%17%
English Setter90294411%12%12%11%
English Springer Spaniel4841513616%14%13%12%
English Toy Spaniel183687%11%13%12%
Entlebucher Mountain Dog28118623%16%14%10%
Eurasier4724%6%8%15%
Field Spaniel131358114%16%15%12%
Finnish Lapphund2953310%11%10%10%
Finnish Spitz25319%11%9%9%
Flat-Coated Retriever221773018%16%14%11%
French Bulldog163366311%13%14%11%
German Longhaired Pointer14112%17%15%15%
German Pinscher73206910%13%11%12%
German Shepherd Dog17345328618%16%13%11%
German Shorthaired Pointer344977116%14%13%11%
German Wirehaired Pointer64175317%15%15%11%
Giant Schnauzer119574323%18%14%11%
Glen of Imaal Terrier1548612%13%10%10%
Golden Retriever18666061717%15%13%11%
Gordon Setter48200015%15%14%12%
Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen93265%13%7%13%
Great Dane104307214%13%13%12%
Great Pyrenees197568%11%15%15%
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog4957512%12%12%10%
Greyhound50111814%18%13%13%
Harrier714112%9%9%11%
Havanese85238211%12%11%10%
Hokkaido2160%0%0%6%
Hovawart932411%14%12%14%
Ibizan Hound2880710%11%11%12%
Icelandic Sheepdog42111115%15%14%10%
Irish Red and White Setter1966817%12%15%12%
Irish Setter100269511%13%13%11%
Irish Terrier219876%9%9%12%
Irish Water Spaniel54206120%17%13%11%
Irish Wolfhound225828%9%10%12%
Italian Greyhound51171013%14%13%11%
Jagdterrier1922%0%22%11%
Japanese Akitainu710621%20%4%7%
Japanese Chin7899%11%11%6%
Japanese Terrier1293%3%24%17%
Kai Ken61173%2%5%7%
Karelian Bear Dog217815%14%11%10%
Keeshond59170019%16%12%12%
Kerry Blue Terrier2852510%15%13%14%
Kishu Ken15313%13%21%25%
Korean Jindo Dog1300%3%3%7%
Kromfohrlander61129%4%9%12%
Kuvasz173893%5%9%6%
Labrador Retriever18635957423%17%13%11%
Lagotto Romagnolo131573822%17%14%10%
Lakeland Terrier176639%10%13%12%
Lancashire Heeler1015213%16%12%14%
Lapponian Herder2648%5%12%16%
Large Munsterlander210310%13%9%6%
Leonberger70144912%13%12%12%
Lhasa Apso819113%7%16%13%
Lowchen369829%11%11%10%
Maltese2246414%16%12%14%
Manchester Terrier39116618%16%14%11%
Mastiff35100616%16%14%12%
Miniature American Shepherd4971375119%16%14%11%
Miniature Bull Terrier307256%9%9%7%
Miniature Pinscher56182217%15%13%12%
Miniature Schnauzer208603613%14%13%13%
Mountain Cur31928%8%9%10%
Mudi69147814%13%12%11%
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje56168121%19%12%11%
Newfoundland9225638%11%12%11%
Norfolk Terrier43154517%15%13%12%
Norrbottenspets2388%16%5%13%
Norwegian Buhund1633818%17%12%10%
Norwegian Elkhound7419809%12%12%12%
Norwegian Lundehund21817%11%22%6%
Norwich Terrier264709%10%11%10%
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever3241027418%15%13%11%
Old English Sheepdog3187419%15%12%13%
Otterhound1633910%7%9%13%
Papillon287827114%15%12%12%
Parson Russell Terrier107309918%15%12%10%
Pekingese411123%32%14%12%
Pembroke Welsh Corgi6272054718%16%13%11%
Peruvian Inca Orchid2390%5%3%10%
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen105256716%15%15%12%
Pharaoh Hound2042814%16%14%10%
Plott Hound71096%6%10%8%
Pointer39162014%17%14%12%
Polish Lowland Sheepdog56123%18%15%5%
Pomeranian87283816%16%13%12%
Poodle9312496813%14%13%11%
Porcelaine415115%11%11%17%
Portuguese Podengo318118%21%17%13%
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno29106124%15%12%10%
Portuguese Sheepdog11429%29%21%7%
Portuguese Water Dog5611804716%15%13%10%
Presa Canario21315%15%8%8%
Pug53116112%13%15%12%
Puli3873%14%9%9%
Pumi46100219%15%14%12%
Pyrenean Shepherd45122019%18%13%11%
Rat Terrier126279816%15%13%11%
Redbone Coonhound31429%19%15%18%
Rhodesian Ridgeback243675112%14%13%11%
Rottweiler4461505016%14%13%11%
Russell Terrier103320817%15%14%11%
Russian Toy153897%15%10%13%
Saint Bernard1645818%16%10%9%
Saluki2435711%8%17%13%
Samoyed89199410%12%12%12%
Schapendoes211118%23%10%16%
Schipperke76252113%15%14%12%
Scottish Deerhound150%0%0%0%
Scottish Terrier57164113%15%13%11%
Sealyham Terrier1441911%11%14%11%
Shetland Sheepdog8782738215%15%13%12%
Shiba Inu59201911%10%9%11%
Shih Tzu3811359%12%13%11%
Shikoku Ken1260%4%12%15%
Siberian Husky152364411%12%11%11%
Silken Windhound57618%14%16%21%
Silky Terrier1746715%13%14%12%
Skye Terrier31694%11%9%8%
Small Munsterlander Pointer43225%12%9%3%
Smooth Fox Terrier4491715%14%11%11%
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier62188711%14%15%12%
Spanish Water Dog1026614%15%9%14%
Spinone Italiano1426010%13%15%13%
Stabyhoun154799%12%9%8%
Staffordshire Bull Terrier130313516%15%13%10%
Standard Schnauzer147406213%14%13%12%
Sussex Spaniel72109%13%11%10%
Swedish Vallhund102318913%14%12%11%
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier821921%15%11%10%
Thai Ridgeback1176%18%6%6%
Tibetan Mastiff22010%0%15%10%
Tibetan Spaniel234004%7%5%8%
Tibetan Terrier5413299%12%12%11%
Toy Fox Terrier40101710%12%11%11%
Transylvanian Hound120%0%0%0%
Treeing Walker Coonhound822215%13%14%14%
Vizsla5381719818%15%13%11%
Weimaraner204673717%15%13%11%
Welsh Springer Spaniel71140511%14%14%11%
Welsh Terrier205527%11%11%12%
West Highland White Terrier204678910%12%13%11%
Whippet269627313%14%13%11%
Wire Fox Terrier49106614%12%13%9%
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon3293614%15%16%11%
Wirehaired Vizsla1563516%14%13%11%
Working Kelpie845512%16%16%14%
Xoloitzcuintli1968517%12%15%11%
Yakutian Laika61498%10%11%13%
Yorkshire Terrier3493713%14%13%12%
Total34288100296217%15%13%11%