Dog Breeds With Lower Vocality
42 dog breeds match. Dog breeds recorded in the lower band for vocality — the relative frequency with which the breed is described as vocalising. Alphabetical, never ranked.
How this list is decided
Trait bands are normalised from the AKC's published trait scale into three levels — lower, moderate, higher. FaunaHub stores the band and never a score, because a registry trait scale is an editorial judgement rather than a measurement, and re-publishing it as a number would imply a precision it never had. Membership here describes the breed as a registry describes it, not the animal in front of you. Vocalising is a description, not a behaviour problem or a training failure. It is included because it genuinely affects whether a household — an apartment, a shared wall — is a good fit.
This is a category, not a recommendation. Members are listed alphabetically and nothing here is ranked or scored. Breed tendencies describe what a registry records about a breed — not what any individual dog will be like. Spend time with a specific animal before deciding.
In this group
Every profile carries registry-sourced measurements and recognition, each linked to the registry that published it. Breed tendencies are not guarantees — individual animals vary by genetics, training, socialisation, health, and household environment. Spend time with a specific dog before deciding.
- Higher exercise →
Akita
Giant · Medium coat
Working Group
Higher exercise →Australian Cattle Dog
Medium · Short coat
Herding Group
Moderate exercise →Azawakh
Medium · Short coat
Hound Group
Higher exercise →Basenji
Small · Short coat
Hound Group
- Moderate exercise →
Bergamasco Sheepdog
Large · Long coat
Herding Group
Higher exercise →Berger Picard
Large · Medium coat
Herding Group
- Lower exercise →
Bolognese
Toy · Long coat
Miscellaneous Class
Higher exercise →Borzoi
Giant · Medium coat
Hound Group
- Higher exercise →
Boston Terrier
Medium · Short coat
Non-Sporting Group
Higher exercise →Bracco Italiano
Large · Short coat
Sporting Group
- Moderate exercise →
Briard
Giant · Long coat
Herding Group
Moderate exercise →Bulldog
Medium · Short coat
Non-Sporting Group
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Every dog breed, A–Z
All 42 published dog breed profiles. Every entry is a plain link — nothing here needs JavaScript, and nothing is hidden behind a button.
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