ACCORDING TO THE
Kennel Club, the labrador is the most popular dog breed in Britain, having successfully fought off the trendy French bulldog for top spot. The American Kennel Club ranks the labrador as number one, too, a position it has held there for 30 years. Both clubs assess popularity on breed registrations, which make sense as it’s an accurate way of measuring the number of dogs. However, it’s also misleading, as it fails to take into account unregistered dogs. It’s widely reckoned that Britain’s most popular dog is the cockapoo, but there’s no way of proving it.
A flawed measurement
The modern way that the popularity of breeds is measured is by the number of times a particular breed is searched for
