Large calm dog breeds
The big dog that lies at your feet and doesn't ask for a marathon exists, but there are few: 3 large or giant breeds in the deck with energy ≤ 3.
How this list was built
The rule, out in the open
- Size: large or giant
- Energy ≤ 3/5
3 of 30 directory breeds qualify · 27 don't · 0 have no data for a field in the rule (left out, named below)
The numbers come from the Lord Chucho deck: the scale published by the AKC and the books in our library, with a citation on every bar. Where there's no data, there's no breed: we'd rather leave the gap than make it up.
Large and calm is still large: they eat like large dogs, take up space like large dogs and cost like large dogs.
With their bars and their citations
The 3 breeds that qualify
Golden Retriever
- Size
- large
- Energy3/5couch potatomarathonerSource: akc.org, official breed trait scores · confidence high
- Affection with family5/5reservedglued to youSource: Dogs Unleashed (Tamsin Pickeral) · confidence high
- Barking1/5nearly silentreports everythingSource: akc.org, official breed trait scores · confidence high
Rottweiler
- Size
- large
- Energy3/5couch potatomarathonerSource: akc.org, official breed trait scores · confidence high
- Affection with family5/5reservedglued to youSource: akc.org, official breed trait scores · confidence high
- Barking1/5nearly silentreports everythingSource: Wikipedia (2006 compilation, secondary source) · confidence medium
Saint Bernard San Bernardo
- Size
- giant
- Energy3/5couch potatomarathonerSource: akc.org, official breed trait scores · confidence high
- Affection with family5/5reservedglued to youSource: The New Complete Dog Book, 23rd edition (American Kennel Club) · confidence high
- Barking1/5nearly silentreports everythingSource: akc.org, official breed trait scores · confidence high
And for your life, which one?
A list narrows things down; the recommender crosses your home, your energy, your kids and your neighbors with these same data, in seven questions.
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