{"id":240946,"date":"2026-03-28T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240946\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:52:11","slug":"ca-most-popular-dog-breeds-french-bulldogs-lead-us-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240946\/","title":{"rendered":"CA most popular dog breeds: French bulldogs lead US list"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

The French bulldog is the most popular dog breed in California, according to the American Kennel Club.<\/p>\n

Firn\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The American Kennel Club released its 2025 rankings of the most popular dog breeds in California, and one breed came out on top again.<\/p>\n

French bulldogs<\/a> claimed the No. 1 spot in the state and nationally.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve claimed the crown four years running.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY: What are the most popular dog breeds in California? See which ones made the list<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The The French bulldog is the most popular dog breed in California, according to the American Kennel Club. Image Via: Dragan Mujan\/Shutterstock <\/p>\n

Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n

\u2022 French bulldogs ranked as the most popular pedigreed breed in California<\/a> and the United States in 2025, according to American Kennel Club registration data.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The breed also topped the list in Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento<\/a> and San Diego. San Francisco was the outlier, where golden retrievers took first place. \u2022 French bulldogs, which resemble miniature bulldogs with large, erect ears, are \u201cplayful, alert, adaptable and completely irresistible,\u201d the kennel club says.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Other popular breeds in California\u2019s biggest cities included bulldogs, Pembroke Welsh corgis, poodles, Pomeranians and rottweilers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The dachshund was the biggest mover in the 2025 national ranking, replacing the poodle in the top five. \u201cDachshunds are very intelligent, excellent problem solvers and adorable,\u201d American Kennel Club CEO Gina M. DiNardo said.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The cane corso climbed from No. 14 to No. 11 on the national list.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The American Kennel Club used registration data from owners with California ZIP codes to determine the state rankings. The club told The News & Observer in North Carolina there were \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d of dogs in the registry as of March.<\/p>\n

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/p>\n

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Brooke Baitinger<\/a><\/p>\n

McClatchy DC<\/p>\n

Brooke (they\/them) covers Fresno and California news as the Fresno Bee\u2019s service journalism reporter. They previously covered wildlife and national parks out west for the national real-time team at McClatchy News. Originally from Florida, they studied journalism at the University of Florida and previously covered LGBTQ+ news for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, their hometown newspaper. When they\u2019re not writing stories, they enjoy hanging out with their cats, riding horses or spending time outdoors.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The French bulldog is the most popular dog breed in California, according to the American Kennel Club. Firn\/Shutterstock…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[108341,7,108340,9,8,108339,108342,108343],"class_list":{"0":"post-240946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-akc-2025-rankings","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-dog-breeds","11":"tag-california-headlines","12":"tag-california-news","13":"tag-french-bulldog-popularity","14":"tag-los-angeles-dogs","15":"tag-san-francisco-golden-retriever"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}