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Ranked: The 42 Laziest Dog Breeds In America

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Dave Mosher

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One oddly affectionate nickname I have for my dog Oreo is "slug."

No couch or bed is safe from Oreo, a pit bull mix and professional lounger who gladly snoozes on wood, concrete, dirt, hard plastic dog toys, and even piles of rocks.

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But are pit bulls really that lazy as far as dog breeds go? What about chunky bulldogs or droopy basset hounds or other lackadaisical pet canines?

To find out, Business Insider asked Whistle — a company that makes a GPS and activity-tracking dog collar — what the least active dog breeds are based on the data they see from the roughly 150,000 Americans who've used its products. (Like all data, this set has limitations — see our notes at the end.)

Here are the 42 least active breeds in the US, ranked by average minutes of activity a day.

And don't miss our list of the 43 most active breeds, too.

#42: Anatolian Shepherd
 

Active an average of 66.45 minutes a day.

#41: Beagle
 

Active an average of 66.16 minutes a day.

#40: Pomeranian
 

Active an average of 66.11 minutes a day.

#39: Standard Labradoodle
 

Active an average of 65.59 minutes a day.

#38: Cockapoo
 

Active an average of 64.72 minutes a day.

#37: Chihuahua
 

Active an average of 64.37 minutes a day.

#36: Basenji
 

Active an average of 64.33 minutes a day.

#35: Labrador Retriever
 

Active an average of 64.24 minutes a day.

#34: Rhodesian Ridgeback
 

Active an average of 63.83 minutes a day.

#33: Rottweiler
 

Active an average of 63.41 minutes a day.

#32: Pug
 

Active an average of 62.53 minutes a day.

#31: Siberian Husky
 

Active an average of 62.43 minutes a day.

#30: Havanese
 

Active an average of 61.84 minutes a day.

#29: Dachshund
 

Active an average of 61.35 minutes a day.

#28: Great Pyrenees
 

Active an average of 61.28 minutes a day.

#27: American Staffordshire Terrier
 

Active an average of 60.56 minutes a day.

#26: Golden Retriever
 

Active an average of 59.53 minutes a day.

#25: Cairn Terrier
 

Active an average of 58.6 minutes a day.

#24: Alaskan Malamute
 

Active an average of 58.19 minutes a day.

#22: Whippet
 

Active an average of 57.21 minutes a day.

#21: American Foxhound
 

Active an average of 56.98 minutes a day.

#20: Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
 

Active an average of 56.72 minutes a day.

#19: Pembroke Welsh Corgi
 

Active an average of 56.51 minutes a day.

#18: Greyhound
 

Active an average of 56.42 minutes a day.

#17: Collie mix
 

Active an average of 56.31 minutes a day.

#16: American Bulldog
 

Active an average of 56.06 minutes a day.

#15: Shih Tzu
 

Active an average of 55.67 minutes a day.

#14: Saint Bernard
 

Active an average of 55.39 minutes a day.

#13: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
 

Active an average of 55.17 minutes a day.

#12: Shetland Sheepdog
 

Active an average of 54.56 minutes a day.

#11: American Pit Bull Terrier
 

Active an average of 54.11 minutes a day.

#10: Chinese Shar-Pei
 

Active an average of 53.61 minutes a day.

#9: Shiba Inu
 

Active an average of 52.44 minutes a day.

#8: West Highland White Terrier
 

Active an average of 50.73 minutes a day.

#7: Cocker Spaniel
 

Active an average of 50.46 minutes a day.

#6: Puggle
 

Active an average of 47.49 minutes a day.

#5: Basset Hound
 

Active an average of 47.47 minutes a day.

#4: Akita
 

Active an average of 44.83 minutes a day.

#3: Newfoundland
 

Active an average of 44.64 minutes a day.

#2: Bulldog mix
 

Active an average of 44.31 minutes a day.

#1: Chow Chow
 

Active an average of 43.36 minutes a day.

 

Note: Dogs under 10 pounds are not well represented on Whistle (the GPS collar is usually too big for them), and the data only includes dogs who were active for more than 14 days in a row (to improve data quality). Testing of a Whistle GPS collar loaned to us by the company also showed it does not record indoor activity, nor can it really distinguish between walking or running. And correlation isn't necessarily causation: Owners who don't get dogs outside very much may gravitate toward these breeds. 

 

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