Britain’s favorite canine breeds revealed – so how does YOUR pooch rank?
Given they’re incredibly gentle, fun-loving and fiercely loyal, what you’re about to read is perhaps no surprise…
Golden retrievers are the UK’s favourite dog breed, beating Labradors and cocker spaniels to the crown.
Seventy-eight per cent of Brits love the breed, famed for its silky coat.
In a league table guaranteed to spark controversy among dog owners, Labradors rank second overall.
Some 77 per cent of Brits are fans, although they top the charts among women.
Cocker spaniels – like Orla, the beautiful black pooch owned by Prince William and the Princess of Wales – round out the top three (72 per cent).
The figures comes from YouGov’s ratings collection, described as the ‘biggest and boldest attempt ever made to quantify what Britain thinks’.
It is based on millions of responses from the public on topics ranging from opinions on David Attenborough to the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, food, politics, and TV.
For example, Britain’s favourite TV shows vary wildly between generations, with millenials loving a certain 90s US sitcom about five friends in New York, but boomers preferring Ronnie Baker classic Porridge.
Britain’s favourite beer is not actually from Britain at all, with 61 per cent of the population loving a distinctly more continental pint.
Pollsters asked thousands of members of the public what they thought of 55 breeds.
Popularity was classified as the percentage of people who had a positive opinion of a certain kind of dog.
MailOnline has compiled the full results in a table below so you can see who truly is man’s best friend.
Although golden retrievers top the popularity tables for millennials and Generation X, collies rank first for baby boomers but fifth overall.
Lassie, possibly the most famous fictional dog of all time, was a Collie.
Border collies – used to herd sheep — come fourth overall.
St Bernards, Alaskan Huskies, English springer spaniels, beagles and Alsatians round out the top ten.
It comes after separate YouGov data suggested Only Fools and Horses is Britain’s all-time favourite TV show.
The rib-tickling 1980s sitcom, which follows wheeler-dealer Del Boy Trotter through his numerous failed attempts at get-rich-quick schemes, is viewed favourably by 76 per cent of the British public.
Followed closely behind is David Attenborough-narrated nature documentary series Planet Earth, which first aired in 2006.
Some 75 per cent of viewers enjoyed the BBC programme’s stunning visuals, which captured extraordinary scenes of Earth’s most extreme habitats and wildlife.
In terms of a general audience, John Cleese ‘s Fawlty Towers ranks third, with 70 per cent popularity.
