Large Dog Breeds
Large breeds bring presence, and with it a bigger version of every cost — food, medication doses, boarding, and a car that fits them. Many are famously easy-going indoors. Train loose-lead walking early, because a dog you cannot physically hold is a very different proposition once it is fully grown.
28 breeds in our library match
How we picked these: breeds our profiles classify as large. 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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Labrador Retriever
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Golden Retriever
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German Shepherd
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Boxer
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Rottweiler
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German Shorthaired Pointer
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Greyhound
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Doberman Pinscher
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Weimaraner
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Rhodesian Ridgeback
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Dalmatian
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Collie
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Irish Setter
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Cane Corso
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Airedale Terrier
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Old English Sheepdog
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Alaskan Malamute
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English Setter
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Akita
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Belgian Malinois
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Dogue de Bordeaux
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Giant Schnauzer
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Bloodhound
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Afghan Hound
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Bouvier des Flandres
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Chesapeake Bay Retriever
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Belgian Tervuren
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American Foxhound
Browse by another trait
- Low-shedding 36 breeds
- Small & low-shedding 19 breeds
- Apartment-friendly 38 breeds
- Good with kids 71 breeds
- Good with cats 30 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
- Giant dogs 8 breeds
- Longest-living 39 breeds
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