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Best dog breeds for apartments and small homes

Toy and small breeds with low or moderate energy, which is the part of apartment life the published profiles can speak to.

65 breeds. The rule: Toy or small size class, energy low or moderate. Barking is not in the data, so ask the breeder about it.

Toy (22)

Affenpinscher 3.2 to 4.5 kg · Moderate energy Biewer Terrier 1.8 to 3.6 kg · Moderate energy Bolognese 2.7 to 4.5 kg · Low energy Brussels Griffon 3.6 to 4.5 kg · Moderate energy Chinese Crested 3.6 to 5.4 kg · Moderate energy Coton de Tulear 3.6 to 6.8 kg · Moderate energy English Toy Spaniel 3.6 to 6.4 kg · Moderate energy Havanese 3.2 to 5.9 kg · Moderate energy Italian Greyhound 3.2 to 6.4 kg · Moderate energy Japanese Chin 3.2 to 5 kg · Moderate energy Japanese Terrier 4.5 to 5.4 kg · Moderate energy Maltese Up to 3.2 kg · Moderate energy MorkieCross 1.8 to 4.5 kg · Moderate energy PeekapooCross 1.8 to 9.1 kg · Low energy PomapooCross 1.4 to 3.2 kg · Moderate energy Pomeranian 1.4 to 3.2 kg · Moderate energy Prague Ratter Not published · Moderate energy Russian Toy Up to 2.9 kg · Moderate energy Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka 2.7 to 4.1 kg · Moderate energy Silky Terrier 4.5 kg · Moderate energy Tibetan Spaniel 4.1 to 6.8 kg · Moderate energy Volpino Italiano 3.6 to 7.3 kg · Moderate energy

Small (43)

Alaskan Klee Kai 2.7 to 11.3 kg · Moderate energy American Hairless Terrier 5.4 to 12.7 kg · Moderate energy Australian Terrier 6.8 to 9.1 kg · Moderate energy Border Terrier 5.2 to 7 kg · Moderate energy Cairn Terrier 5.9 to 6.4 kg · Moderate energy CavachonCross 4.5 to 9.1 kg · Moderate energy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 5.9 to 8.2 kg · Moderate energy CavapooCross 3.6 to 11.3 kg · Moderate energy Cesky Terrier 6.4 to 10.9 kg · Moderate energy ChiweenieCross 2.3 to 5.4 kg · Moderate energy ChorkieCross 3.5 to 6.5 kg · Moderate energy CockalierCross 4.5 to 12 kg · Moderate energy CockapooCross 6.8 to 10 kg · Moderate energy CorgipooCross 4.5 to 13.6 kg · Moderate energy Dachshund 5 to 14.5 kg · Moderate energy Dandie Dinmont Terrier 8.2 to 10.9 kg · Moderate energy DoxiepooCross 2.3 to 13.6 kg · Moderate energy FrenchtonCross 5.4 to 12.7 kg · Moderate energy HavapooCross 3.2 to 6.8 kg · Moderate energy Jagdterrier 7.7 to 10 kg · Moderate energy Japanese Spitz 4.5 to 11.3 kg · Moderate energy JugCross 5 to 10 kg · Moderate energy Lakeland Terrier 7.7 kg · Moderate energy Lhasa Apso 5.4 to 8.2 kg · Moderate energy Löwchen 6.8 kg · Moderate energy MalshiCross 4.1 to 7.3 kg · Moderate energy MaltipooCross 2.3 to 9.1 kg · Moderate energy Miniature Schnauzer 5 to 9.1 kg · Moderate energy Norwegian Lundehund 5.4 to 8.2 kg · Moderate energy Pekingese Up to 6.4 kg · Moderate energy PoochonCross 4 to 8.2 kg · Moderate energy Pug 6.4 to 8.2 kg · Moderate energy Schipperke 4.5 to 7.3 kg · Moderate energy Scottish Terrier 8.2 to 10 kg · Moderate energy Sealyham Terrier 10.4 to 10.9 kg · Moderate energy Shiba Inu 7.7 to 10.4 kg · Moderate energy Shih Tzu 4.1 to 7.3 kg · Moderate energy Shih-PooCross 3.6 to 8.2 kg · Moderate energy ShorkieCross 3.2 to 7.3 kg · Moderate energy Teddy Roosevelt Terrier 3.6 to 11.3 kg · Moderate energy Tenterfield Terrier Not published · Moderate energy WestiepooCross 9.1 to 15.9 kg · Moderate energy YorkipooCross 1.8 to 6.8 kg · Moderate energy

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How we worked this out

This list is worked out from the breed data, not picked by hand: Toy or small size class, energy low or moderate. Barking is not in the data, so ask the breeder about it. Energy, grooming and the good with children and good with other dogs scores are the kennel club's own published ratings for the breed (for most breeds the American Kennel Club's one to five scores), and each breed's guide links to where its figures came from. A breed with no published score for a rule is left out rather than guessed.

A rating describes a tendency across a breed, not a promise about one puppy. Every dog needs socialisation and training, and every dog needs supervising around young children. Meet the parents, ask the breeder about temperament and health tests, and consider an adult dog from a rescue whose temperament is already known.