Best for · Good with cats

Dog breeds that live well with cats

No breed is guaranteed with cats: individual socialization beats breed averages. But prey drive varies enormously by breed, and it is the main risk factor.

These breeds score 4 or higher on other-pet fit. Sighthounds and most terriers do not make this list for a reason.

American Eskimo Dog
Companion breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
American Foxhound
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
American Water Spaniel
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Anglo French Hound De Petite Venerie
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Ariegeois
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Ariegeois Short Haired Pointer
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Artesien Normand Basset
Hound
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Artois Basset
Hound
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Artois Hound
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Australian Shepherd
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Austrian Short Haired Hound
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Auvergne Short Haired Pointer
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Barbet
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Basset Hound
Hound
Exercise needs: Low-moderateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Beagle
Scent hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Minimal
Beagle Harrier
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Bearded Collie
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very high
Belgian Griffon
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Bergamasco Shepherd
Herding dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Bernese Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Bernese Mountain Dog
Working dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Bichon Frise
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very high
Blue Picardy Long Haired Pointer
Gun dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Bolognese
Companion dog
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: Very lowCoat care: High
Border Collie
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Boston Terrier
Companion breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Bourbonnais Pointer
Gun dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Braque Dupuy
Gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very low
Brittany Spaniel
Gun dog
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Brussels Griffon
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Companion breed
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Chinook
Working sled dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Chodsky Pes
Herding dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Clumber Spaniel
Spaniel
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Cocker Spaniel
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very high
Continental Bulldog
Companion bulldog
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Coton de Tulear
Toy companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Curly Coated Retriever
Retriever
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Czech Spotted Dog
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Danish-Swedish Farmdog
Farm and companion dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Drentsche Patrijshond
Pointer
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Dutch Pinch
Companion terrier
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Dutch Sheepdog
Herding dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
English Cocker Spaniel
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
English Foxhound
Scenthound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
English Setter
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
English Springer Spaniel
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Eurasier
Spitz companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Field Spaniel
Gundog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Flat Coated Retriever
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
French Bulldog
Companion breed
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
French Gascony Short Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
French Long Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
French Pyrenean Short Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
French Tricolor Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
French White And Black Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
French White And Orange Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Gascony Saintongeois Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
German Long Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
German Quail Dog
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
German Rough Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
German Short Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
German Wire Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Golden Retriever
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Gordon Setter
Gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Grand Anglo French Tricolor Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Grand Anglo French White And Black Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Grand Anglo French White And Orange Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Grand Blue Gascony Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Grand Gascony Saintongeois Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Grand Munsterlander
Pointing gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Grand Vendeen Rough Haired Basset
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Grand Vendeen Rough Haired Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Working draft dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Halden Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Hamilton Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Harrier
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Havanese
Companion toy
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Hungarian Short Haired Pointer
Pointing gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: Very lowCoat care: Minimal
Hungarian Wire Haired Pointer
Pointing gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: Very lowCoat care: Moderate
Hygen Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Icelandic Sheepdog
Spitz herding dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Irish Red And White Setter
Setter gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Irish Setter
Setter gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Irish Water Spaniel
Water gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Istrian Coarse Haired Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Istrian Short Haired Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Italian Pointer
Pointing gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Italian Segugio
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Italian Spinone
Pointing gun dog
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Italian Volpino
Spitz companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Japanese Chin
Toy companion
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Japanese Spitz
Spitz companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Jura Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Kerry Beagle
Scent hound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Minimal
King Charles Spaniel
Toy spaniel
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Kooikerhondje
Sporting companion
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Kromfohrlander
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Kyi Leo
Companion dog
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Labrador Retriever
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Lagotto Romagnolo
Water dog
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Landseer
Working water dog
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Lapinkoira
Herding spitz
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Lapphund
Herding spitz
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Lapponian Herder
Herding dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Leavitt Bulldog
Bulldog companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Leonberger
Working giant
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Lion Dog
Toy companion
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Long Haired Collie
Herding dog
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Lucerne Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Maltese
Toy companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very high
Miniature Poodle
Companion and gun dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Mudi
Herding
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Newfoundland
Working
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Sporting
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Pointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Poitevin
Scenthound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Herding dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Polish Ogar
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Pont Audemer Spaniel
Sporting gun dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Poodle (Standard)
Non-sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very high
Poodle Medium
Companion and gun dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Poodlepointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Porcelaine
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Portuguese Pointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Portuguese Sheepdog
Herding dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Moderate
Portuguese Water Dog
Working water dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Posavac Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Pug
Companion breed
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Puli
Herding dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very high
Pyrenean Mastiff
Livestock guardian
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Pyrenean Mountain Dog
Livestock guardian
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Redbone Coonhound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Saint Bernard
Working guardian
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Saint Germain Short Haired Pointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Samoyed
Spitz working dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very high
Schiller Hound
Scenthound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Schwyz Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Shetland Sheepdog
Herding breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: High
Shih Tzu
Companion breed
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very high
Shiloh Shepherd
Herding breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Slovakian Rough-haired Pointer
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Smaland Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Small Munsterlander
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Smooth Collie
Herding breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Spanish Galgo
Hound breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: GoodCoat care: Low
Spanish Scenthound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Spanish Water Dog
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Stabyhoun
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Standard Schnauzer
Working breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Styrian Coarse-haired Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Sussex Spaniel
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Swiss Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Swiss Short-legged Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Tibetan Spaniel
Companion breed
Exercise needs: Low-moderateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Tibetan Terrier
Companion breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very high
Toy Poodle
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: High
Vastgotaspets
Herding breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Welsh Corgi Cardigan
Herding breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Welsh Corgi Pembroke
Herding breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Welsh Sheepdog
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
White Swiss Shepherd Dog
Herding breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Moderate
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