| 2006 Rank | | Breed | | 2005 Rank |
| 1 | | Retrievers (Labrador) | | 1 |
| 2 | | Yorkshire Terriers | | 3 |
| 3 | | German Shepherd Dogs | | 4 |
| 4 | | Retrievers (Golden) | | 2 |
| 5 | | Beagles | | 5 |
| 6 | | Dachshunds | | 6 |
| 7 | | Boxers | | 7 |
| 8 | | Poodles | | 8 |
| 9 | | Shih Tzu | | 9 |
| 10 | | Miniature Schnauzers | | 10 |
| 11 | | Chihuahuas | | 11 |
| 12 | | Bulldogs | | 13 |
| 13 | | Pugs | | 12 |
| 14 | | Pomeranians | | 14 |
| 15 | | Boston Terriers | | 17 |
| 16 | | Spaniels (Cocker) | | 15 |
| 17 | | Rottweilers | | 16 |
| 18 | | Maltese | | 19 |
| 19 | | Pointers (German Shorthaired) | | 20 |
| 20 | | Shetland Sheepdogs | | 18 |
| 21 | | Doberman Pinschers | | 21 |
| 22 | | Welsh Corgis (Pembroke) | | 23 |
| 23 | | Miniature Pinschers | | 22 |
| 24 | | Great Danes | | 24 |
| 25 | | Siberian Huskies | | 25 |
| 26 | | Spaniels (English Springer) | | 28 |
| 27 | | Cavalier King Charles Spaniels | | 31 |
| 28 | | Basset Hounds | | 27 |
| 29 | | Bichons Frises | | 26 |
| 30 | | Weimaraners | | 29 |
| 31 | | Brittanys | | 30 |
| 32 | | Mastiffs | | 33 |
| 33 | | West Highland White Terriers | | 32 |
| 34 | | Australian Shepherds | | 34 |
| 35 | | Papillons | | 35 |
| 36 | | French Bulldogs | | 38 |
| 37 | | Collies | | 36 |
| 38 | | Havanese | | 43 |
| 39 | | St. Bernards | | 37 |
| 40 | | Bullmastiffs | | 42 |
| 41 | | Bernese Mountain Dogs | | 47 |
| 42 | | Scottish Terriers | | 40 |
| 43 | | Vizslas | | 44 |
| 44 | | Newfoundlands | | 46 |
| 45 | | Bloodhounds | | 50 |
| 46 | | Lhasa Apsos | | 39 |
| 47 | | Chinese Shar-Pei | | 45 |
| 48 | | Cairn Terriers | | 41 |
| 49 | | Pekingese | | 48 |
| 50 | | Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) | | 49 |
| 51 | | Tibetan Mastiff | | 155 |
| 52 | | Chinese Crested | | 53 |
| 53 | | Akitas | | 51 |
| 54 | | Rhodesian Ridgebacks | | 54 |
| 55 | | Airedale Terriers | | 52 |
| 56 | | Border Collies | | 55 |
| 57 | | Alaskan Malamutes | | 58 |
| 58 | | Great Pyrenees | | 57 |
| 59 | | Italian Greyhounds | | 56 |
| 60 | | Whippets | | 61 |
| 61 | | Bull Terriers | | 62 |
| 62 | | Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers | | 59 |
| 63 | | Brussels Griffons | | 60 |
| 64 | | Chow Chows | | 64 |
| 65 | | Shiba Inu | | 66 |
| 66 | | American Staffordshire Terriers | | 63 |
| 67 | | Australian Cattle Dogs | | 70 |
| 68 | | Setters (Irish) | | 67 |
| 69 | | Portuguese Water Dogs | | 71 |
| 70 | | Silky Terriers | | 65 |
| 71 | | Old English Sheepdogs | | 69 |
| 72 | | Japanese Chin | | 68 |
| 73 | | Pointers (German Wirehaired) | | 73 |
| 74 | | Spaniels (English Cocker) | | 74 |
| 75 | | Parson Russell Terriers | | 72 |
| 76 | | Samoyeds | | 75 |
| 77 | | Irish Wolfhounds | | 83 |
| 78 | | Fox Terriers (Wire) | | 76 |
| 79 | | Welsh Corgis (Cardigan) | | 79 |
| 80 | | Staffordshire Bull Terriers | | 84 |
| 81 | | Border Terriers | | 82 |
| 82 | | Schipperkes | | 80 |
| 83 | | Giant Schnauzers | | 78 |
| 84 | | Basenjis | | 81 |
| 85 | | Dalmatians | | 77 |
| 86 | | Bouviers des Flandres | | 85 |
| 87 | | Afghan Hounds | | 95 |
| 88 | | Setters (Gordon) | | 86 |
| 89 | | Toy Fox Terriers | | 88 |
| 90 | | Belgian Malinois | | 87 |
| 91 | | Welsh Terriers | | 90 |
| 92 | | Norwegian Elkhounds | | 96 |
| 93 | | Keeshonden | | 91 |
| 94 | | Norwich Terriers | | 89 |
| 95 | | Tibetan Terriers | | 93 |
| 96 | | Borzois | | 94 |
| 97 | | Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs | | 92 |
| 98 | | Setters (English) | | 97 |
| 99 | | Standard Schnauzers | | 99 |
| 100 | | Retrievers (Flat-Coated) | | 98 |
| 101 | | Tibetan Spaniels | | 102 |
| 102 | | Fox Terriers (Smooth) | | 103 |
| 103 | | Pointers | | 110 |
| 104 | | Bearded Collies | | 101 |
| 105 | | Wirehaired Pointing Griffons | | 109 |
| 106 | | Manchester Terriers | | 104 |
| 107 | | Belgian Tervuren | | 100 |
| 108 | | Plotts | | 106 |
| 109 | | American Eskimo Dogs | | 108 |
| 110 | | Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) | | 113 |
| 111 | | Anatolian Shepherds | | 114 |
| 112 | | Neapolitan Mastiffs | | 116 |
| 113 | | Australian Terriers | | 107 |
| 114 | | Kerry Blue Terriers | | 105 |
| 115 | | Norfolk Terriers | | 112 |
| 116 | | Salukis | | 119 |
| 117 | | Spinoni Italiani | | 115 |
| 118 | | Briards | | 121 |
| 119 | | Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen | | 118 |
| 120 | | English Toy Spaniels | | 123 |
| 121 | | Spaniels (Clumber) | | 122 |
| 122 | | Belgian Sheepdogs | | 111 |
| 123 | | Irish Terriers | | 117 |
| 124 | | Spaniels (Welsh Springer) | | 124 |
| 125 | | Affenpinschers | | 125 |
| 126 | | Spaniels (Field) | | 135 |
| 127 | | Lakeland Terriers | | 129 |
| 128 | | Bedlington Terriers | | 120 |
| 129 | | Miniature Bull Terriers | | 126 |
| 130 | | Kuvaszok | | 137 |
| 131 | | Black and Tan Coonhounds | | 131 |
| 132 | | Lowchen | | 139 |
| 133 | | Spaniels (American Water) | | 128 |
| 134 | | Black Russian Terriers | | 141 |
| 135 | | Scottish Deerhounds | | 127 |
| 136 | | Greyhounds | | 134 |
| 137 | | Retrievers (Curly-Coated) | | 130 |
| 138 | | Ibizan Hounds | | 133 |
| 139 | | Spaniels (Irish Water) | | 136 |
| 140 | | Puli | | 132 |
| 141 | | Pharaoh Hounds | | 140 |
| 142 | | Polish Lowland Sheepdogs | | 138 |
| 143 | | German Pinschers | | 142 |
| 144 | | Dandie Dinmont Terriers | | 149 |
| 145 | | Spaniels (Sussex) | | 143 |
| 146 | | Skye Terriers | | 144 |
| 147 | | Finnish Spitz | | 148 |
| 148 | | Komondorok | | 145 |
| 149 | | Sealyham Terriers | | 146 |
| 150 | | Canaan Dogs | | 147 |
| 151 | | Foxhounds (American) | | 151 |
| 152 | | Otterhounds | | 152 |
| 153 | | Glen of Imaal Terriers | | 150 |
| 154 | | Harriers | | 153 |
| 155 | | Foxhounds (English) | | 154 |
