1679216218 Study world map of dogs within reach of a bark

Study: world map of dogs within reach of a bark

Although every owner feels that their dog is unique because the love they give to each other is unique; Without a doubt, there are dog breeds that are more popular than others.

Based on this belief, the Household Quotes organization from the United Kingdom took the initiative to conduct an original research to find out which are the most popular dogs in different regions of the world and based on this data they created a world map that concerns one looks , with a little imagination you can even perceive the strangest barking concert.

The study took as a starting point the country search performed on Google for dog breeds, as well as other variables, and concluded that the Rottweiler came out on top. After all, according to inquiries from netizens, it was number one in 34 countries.

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Photo: taken from terranea.es

However, the most desirable breed in the world is the Australian Shepherd, with 913,000 monthly visits across the 4 countries where it is number one. A total of 150 territories tend to be interested in 27 dog breeds.

More than half of the world’s population has at least one pet in their home, and in the case of America, most often that pet is a dog.

Well, the above analysis shows that the Rottweiler seems to be the favorite in the Americas as well. However, in the US, the Australian Shepherd is the most popular breed, with almost half a million searches on Google.

In Canada, the Golden Retriever occupies the first position, which according to the British study was the third most desirable breed after the Rottweiler and the German Shepherd, which does not allow a precise identification of a majority trend for Central America.

In Mexico, for example, they logically lean toward the Chihuahua; while in Belize it’s for the chow chow.

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The Border Collie and Cane Corso seem to be tied in popularity in Europe. For its part, in Asia and Oceania, the German shepherd is battling native breeds like the Shiba Inu, while in Africa it seems to be the victor, closely followed by the Rottweiler, while the South African Boerboel is the breed that falls in countries like Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa Zimbabwe most on.

Barking in the Caribbean

There is also no defined search pattern in the Caribbean islands, although it tends towards large dog breeds such as Rottweilers themselves, Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds and Akitas.

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Image: householdquotes.co.uk

Cuba appears gray on the map with no data. However, almost simultaneously with the release of the unique map of the world, between February 25 and 26, this island served as the venue for the winter edition of the International Dog Show 2023, where more than 200 breeds of dogs gathered, along with their breeders.

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Photo: Lorena Chávez Fernández/ ACN

This event awards points for the Cuban, Central American and Caribbean, Latin American, Pan American and International Championships in the Youth, Adult and Veteran categories. and it was preceded last November by the Fall 2022 Dog Show, also held at the capital’s cultural station on line and 18.

Since 1987, the Cynological Federation of Cuba was founded to promote and protect the island’s purebred dogs, and since then this organization has integrated the corresponding International Federation based in Brussels, Belgium.

Although the island has an autochthonous dog breed, the most common in the country are the Havanese, the mixed or Satos, for which Legislative Decree no. 31 “On animal welfare” was approved in February 2021.

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The “Dog” world map designed by the British company is just an attempt to approach the subject, because the true popularity of a dog breed does not necessarily depend on the search for it in cyberspace, especially given the technological differences, the so-called digital divide, which exists on the planet.

For that reason, popularity aside, perhaps for the best, anyone who has or has had a dog continues to think that there is, and never will be, another such dog in the world.

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