Best for · Low grooming needs
Low-maintenance dog breeds
Low maintenance here means coat care, not exercise. Some of the easiest coats belong to the most demanding athletes.
These breeds score 2 or lower on our grooming-load scale: weekly brushing at most, no professional grooming appointments.
Aidi
Guardian breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: GoodCoat care: Low
Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog
Guardian breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Alpine Dachsbracke
Hound
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
American Bulldog
Working breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
American Foxhound
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
American Hairless Terrier
Terrier
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
American Staffordshire Terrier
Terrier
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Guardian breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: HighCoat care: Low
Anglo French Hound De Petite Venerie
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Appenzeller Sennenhund
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
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 Cattle Dog
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Australian Kelpie
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Austrian Short Haired Hound
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
Austrian Short Haired Pinscher
Companion breed
Exercise needs: 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
Azawakh
Hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: GoodCoat care: Wash-and-go
Basenji
Hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: GoodCoat care: Wash-and-go
Basset Hound
Hound
Exercise needs: Low-moderateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Bavarian Mountain Hound
Hound
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Wash-and-go
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
Beauceron
Herding dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Belgian Malinois
Herding breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Bernese Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Billy
Scent hound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very low
Black And Tan Coonhound
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Blond Brittany Basset
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Blond Brittany Hound
Scent hound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Bloodhound
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Blue Coonhound
Scent hound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Blue Gascony Basset
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Blue Lacy
Herding dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very low
Border Terrier
Terrier
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Bosnian Rough Haired Hound
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Boston Terrier
Companion breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Bourbonnais Pointer
Gun dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Brabant Hound
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Braque Dupuy
Gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very low
Brazilian Fila
Guardian dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Brazilian Terrier
Terrier
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Briquet Griffon Vendeen
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Brittany Spaniel
Gun dog
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Broholmer
Molosser
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Bull Terrier
Terrier
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Very low
Bullmastiff
Guardian dog
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Burgos Perdiquero
Gun dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Very low
Cane Corso
Guardian breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Cao de Castro Laboreiro
Livestock guardian
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: HighCoat care: Low
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Retriever
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Chihuahua
Toy breed
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Chinook
Working sled dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Chortaja Borzaja
Sighthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Cirneco dell'Etna
Hound breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Continental Bulldog
Companion bulldog
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Croatian Sheepdog
Herding dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Curly Coated Retriever
Retriever
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Czech Spotted Dog
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Dachshund
Hound
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Dalmatian
Companion and coach dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Danish-Swedish Farmdog
Farm and companion dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Doberman Pinscher
Working guardian
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Minimal
Dogo Argentino
Molosser
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Dogue de Bordeaux
Molosser
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Drever
Scenthound
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Dunker
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
English Bulldog
Companion dog
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
English Foxhound
Scenthound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
English Toy Terrier
Toy terrier
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Herding and mountain dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Eurohound
Sled and sport dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Finnish Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
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 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 Boxer
Working and companion dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
German Bracke
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
German Hunting Terrier
Working terrier
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
German Mastiff
Giant companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
German Pinscher
Working and companion dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
German Short Haired Pointer
Gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
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
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Working draft dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Greek Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Greyhound
Sighthound
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Halden Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Hamilton Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Hanoverian Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Harrier
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Hungarian Greyhound
Sighthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Hungarian Short Haired Pointer
Pointing gundog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: Very lowCoat care: Minimal
Hygen Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Ibizan Hound
Sighthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Istrian Short Haired Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Italian Greyhound
Toy sighthound
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Italian Pointer
Pointing gundog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Italian Segugio
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Jack Russell Terrier
Working terrier
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Japanese Terrier
Companion terrier
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Minimal
Jura Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Kai Inu
Spitz hunting dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Kangal
Livestock guardian
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: HighCoat care: Low
Karelian Bear Dog
Spitz hunting dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Kerry Beagle
Scent hound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Minimal
Kishu Inu
Spitz hunting dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Korean Jindo
Spitz hunting dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Labrador Retriever
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Lancashire Heeler
Herding dog
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Lapponian Herder
Herding dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Leavitt Bulldog
Bulldog companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog
Herding and working dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Minimal
Lucerne Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Majorca Mastiff
Guardian mastiff
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Majorca Ratter
Companion and ratting dog
Activity: Moderate-highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Manchester Terrier
Terrier
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Mastiff
Guardian breed
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Mexican Hairless Dog
Companion
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Miniature Bull Terrier
Terrier
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Miniature Pinscher
Toy
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Mudi
Herding
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Norbotten Spitz
Spitz
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Old Danish Pointer
Pointer
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Pachon Navarro
Pointer
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Parson Russell Terrier
Terrier
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Patterdale Terrier
Terrier
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Perro de Presa Canario
Molosser guardian
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Sighthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Petit Blue Gascony Hound
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Petit Gascony Saintongeois Hound
Scent hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Pharaoh Hound
Sighthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Plott Hound
Scent hound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Plummer Terrier
Terrier
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Pointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Poitevin
Scenthound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Polish Greyhound
Sighthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Polish Ogar
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Poodlepointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Porcelaine
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Portuguese Podengo
Hunting and companion dog
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Portuguese Pointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Posavac Hound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Prague Ratter
Companion dog
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Pug
Companion breed
Exercise needs: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Ratter Terrier
Terrier
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Redbone Coonhound
Scenthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Hound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Rottweiler
Working guardian
Activity: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Saint Germain Short Haired Pointer
Sporting gun dog
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Saluki
Sighthound
Activity: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Schiller Hound
Scenthound
Activity: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Schwyz Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Shar-Pei
Companion and guardian
Activity: LowAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Sloughi
Hound breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Slovakian Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Smaland Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Smooth Collie
Herding breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Smooth Fox Terrier
Terrier breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Spanish Alano
Working 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
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Terrier breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Styrian Coarse-haired Hound
Hound breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
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
Taigan
Hound breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Thai Ridgeback
Spitz breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: GoodCoat care: Low
Tosa Inu
Guardian breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Toy Fox Terrier
Toy breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Transylvanian Hound
Scent hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Tyrolean Hound
Scent hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Low
Uruguayan Cimarron
Guardian breed
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Weimaraner
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Weimaraner Short Haired
Sporting breed
Exercise needs: Very highAlone-time tolerance: LowCoat care: Low
Westphalian Dachsbracke
Scent hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Whippet
Sighthound
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Xoloitzcuintli
Companion breed
Exercise needs: ModerateAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Yugoslavian Mountain Hound
Scent hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal
Yugoslavian Tricolor Hound
Scent hound
Exercise needs: HighAlone-time tolerance: ModerateCoat care: Minimal