Dog Breeds That Get On With Cats
Prey drive is the deciding factor, and it varies enormously — some breeds were built to chase small fast things, and asking them to ignore a cat is asking a lot. The breeds here are the more companionable ones. Introductions still need to be slow and managed, with the cat always able to get somewhere the dog cannot follow.
30 breeds in our library match
How we picked these: breeds we rate 4 out of 5 or higher for getting on with other pets. The list is generated from our own breed ratings rather than hand-picked, and refreshes whenever we update a breed profile — so any breed we have not rated yet simply is not shown.
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French Bulldog
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Golden Retriever
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Cocker Spaniel
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English Springer Spaniel
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Pembroke Welsh Corgi
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Pug
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Vizsla
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Bernese Mountain Dog
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Boston Terrier
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Shetland Sheepdog
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Bichon Frise
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Havanese
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Basset Hound
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Collie
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Irish Setter
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Samoyed
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Newfoundland
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Brittany
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Saint Bernard
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Old English Sheepdog
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Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
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English Setter
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Great Pyrenees
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Irish Wolfhound
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Bearded Collie
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Portuguese Water Dog
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Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
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Keeshond
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Leonberger
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American Foxhound
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- Low-shedding 36 breeds
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- Good with kids 71 breeds
- Family dogs 23 breeds
- Easy to train 47 breeds
- Good first dogs 9 breeds
- Quiet breeds 29 breeds
- Low grooming 30 breeds
- High energy 53 breeds
- Calm & low energy 15 breeds
- Small dogs 32 breeds
- Large dogs 28 breeds
- Giant dogs 8 breeds
- Longest-living 39 breeds
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