they mean things like a willingness to husky, keeshond, Afghan hound, Po-
values peace and quiet, a Pekingese
chase balls or Frisbees and to engage meranian, Lhasa Apso, Newfoundland,
that is happy to snuggle up, but shuns
in games like hide-and-seek. Those English sheepdog and great Dane.
play, may suit better than an Irish setter
that ranked highest included the Irish Least playful breeds: Samoyed,
that will try everything to get his hu-
setter, English springer spaniel, Aire- Chihuahua, Rottweiler, Pekingese, aki-
man up and responding to his over-
dale, golden retriever and poodle. The ta, Alaskan Malamute, Saint Bernard,
whelming need to play and exercise his
bloodhound, bulldog and basset hound basset hound, chow chow, bulldog and
sense of fun.
ranked low. Following are the results of bloodhound.
the Harts’ research. As many human companions may
Stanley Coren, Ph.D., is a professor of
The most playful breeds: Irish set- attest, playful dogs are sometimes a
psychology at the University of British
ter, English springer spaniel, miniature mixed blessing. While they are a joy to
Columbia and author of several books
schnauzer, cairn terrier, Airedale terrier, people who can handle the occasional
on dogs, including The Intelligence of
standard poodle, Shetland sheepdog, bout of chaos, they may exasperate
Dogs, How Dogs Think and The Modern
golden retriever, Australian shepherd, those who cannot. For a person who
Dog. His website is
StanleyCoren.com.
miniature poodle and German short-
haired pointer.
Above average playfulness: Vizsla,
We all have a hand in creating the
fox terrier, Labrador retriever, Boston
terrier, Yorkshire terrier, West High-
community where we want to live.
land white terrier, toy poodle, German
shepherd, silky terrier, Welsh corgi and
It is the support of our wonderful
Shih-Tzu.
Average playfulness: dachshund,
advertisers that makes it possible to
Weimaraner, bichon frise, cocker span-
provide this resource to you each month.
iel, Scottish terrier, Dalmatian, boxer,
pug, Maltese, beagle, collie and Brit-
tany spaniel.
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Below average playfulness: Nor-
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