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Most expensive dogs to own

Ranked by highest estimated lifetime cost. The top pick is the Pyrenean Mastiff.

Most expensive dogs to own — top 6

#	Breed	Size	Lifetime cost	Lifetime cost
1	Pyrenean Mastiff	Giant	$55,200	$55,200
2	Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog	Giant	$52,900	$52,900
3	Spanish Mastiff	Giant	$52,000	$52,000
4	Rafeiro do Alentejo	Giant	$51,600	$51,600
5	Akita	Giant	$49,200	$49,200
6	Anatolian Shepherd Dog	Giant	$49,100	$49,100
7	Caucasian Shepherd Dog	Giant	$48,600	$48,600
8	Giant Schnauzer	Large	$48,400	$48,400
9	Komondor	Giant	$48,300	$48,300
10	Tosa	Giant	$48,300	$48,300
11	Estrela Mountain Dog	Giant	$47,900	$47,900
12	Black Russian Terrier	Giant	$47,700	$47,700
13	Hamiltonstovare	Large	$47,500	$47,500
14	Poodle (Standard)	Large	$47,400	$47,400
15	Belgian Malinois	Large	$47,100	$47,100
16	German Wirehaired Pointer	Large	$47,100	$47,100
17	Boerboel	Giant	$46,400	$46,400
18	Tornjak	Large	$46,300	$46,300
19	Afghan Hound	Large	$46,200	$46,200
20	Dogo Argentino	Giant	$46,200	$46,200
21	Bouvier des Flandres	Giant	$46,100	$46,100
22	Tibetan Mastiff	Giant	$46,100	$46,100
23	Pointer	Large	$45,600	$45,600
24	Otterhound	Giant	$45,300	$45,300
25	Bergamasco Sheepdog	Large	$45,100	$45,100
26	Eurasier	Large	$45,000	$45,000
27	Irish Setter	Large	$45,000	$45,000
28	Briard	Large	$44,300	$44,300
29	Chinook	Large	$44,100	$44,100
30	Bearded Collie	Large	$43,900	$43,900
31	Beauceron	Giant	$43,900	$43,900
32	Bloodhound	Giant	$43,200	$43,200
33	Pudelpointer	Large	$43,200	$43,200
34	Collie	Large	$43,100	$43,100
35	Great Pyrenees	Giant	$42,900	$42,900
36	Kuvasz	Giant	$42,900	$42,900
37	American Staffordshire Terrier	Large	$42,800	$42,800
38	Belgian Sheepdog	Large	$42,700	$42,700
39	Belgian Tervuren	Large	$42,700	$42,700
40	Appenzeller Sennenhund	Large	$42,500	$42,500
41	American Leopard Hound	Large	$42,300	$42,300
42	Redbone Coonhound	Large	$42,300	$42,300
43	Alaskan Malamute	Large	$42,200	$42,200
44	Stabyhoun	Large	$42,000	$42,000
45	Hokkaido	Large	$41,900	$41,900
46	German Longhaired Pointer	Large	$41,700	$41,700
47	Leonberger	Giant	$41,700	$41,700
48	Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer	Large	$41,700	$41,700
49	Harrier	Large	$41,500	$41,500
50	Wirehaired Pointing Griffon	Large	$41,500	$41,500
51	Hanoverian Scenthound	Large	$41,400	$41,400
52	Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound	Large	$41,300	$41,300
53	Catahoula Leopard Dog	Large	$41,300	$41,300
54	Norwegian Elkhound	Large	$41,300	$41,300
55	Samoyed	Large	$41,300	$41,300
56	Airedale Terrier	Large	$41,200	$41,200
57	Slovensky Cuvac	Large	$41,100	$41,100
58	Saluki	Large	$41,000	$41,000
59	Wetterhoun	Large	$41,000	$41,000
60	Saint Bernard	Giant	$40,500	$40,500
61	Newfoundland	Giant	$40,400	$40,400
62	Basset Hound	Large	$40,100	$40,100
63	English Setter	Large	$40,000	$40,000
64	Gordon Setter	Large	$40,000	$40,000
65	Hovawart	Large	$40,000	$40,000
66	Vizsla	Large	$40,000	$40,000
67	Wirehaired Vizsla	Large	$39,900	$39,900
68	Drentsche Patrijshond	Large	$39,800	$39,800
69	Barbet	Large	$39,700	$39,700
70	Bull Terrier	Large	$39,700	$39,700
71	Pharaoh Hound	Large	$39,700	$39,700
72	Borzoi	Large	$39,500	$39,500
73	Dutch Shepherd	Large	$39,500	$39,500
74	Lapponian Herder	Large	$39,500	$39,500
75	Bracco Italiano	Large	$39,300	$39,300
76	Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	Giant	$39,300	$39,300
77	Perro de Presa Canario	Giant	$39,300	$39,300
78	Berger Picard	Large	$39,200	$39,200
79	Irish Water Spaniel	Large	$39,200	$39,200
80	Plott Hound	Large	$39,200	$39,200
81	Small Munsterlander Pointer	Large	$39,200	$39,200
82	Treeing Walker Coonhound	Large	$39,200	$39,200
83	Chesapeake Bay Retriever	Large	$39,100	$39,100
84	Porcelaine	Large	$39,000	$39,000
85	Old English Sheepdog	Large	$38,900	$38,900
86	Thai Ridgeback	Large	$38,500	$38,500
87	American Foxhound	Large	$38,400	$38,400
88	Black and Tan Coonhound	Large	$38,400	$38,400
89	Czechoslovakian Vlcak	Large	$38,300	$38,300
90	Weimaraner	Large	$38,300	$38,300
91	Dalmatian	Large	$37,900	$37,900
92	Golden Retriever	Large	$37,800	$37,800
93	Broholmer	Giant	$37,700	$37,700
94	Mastiff	Giant	$37,700	$37,700
95	Great Dane	Giant	$37,500	$37,500
96	Transylvanian Hound	Large	$37,500	$37,500
97	American Bulldog	Large	$37,200	$37,200
98	Doberman Pinscher	Large	$37,200	$37,200
99	English Foxhound	Large	$37,200	$37,200
100	Spanish Water Dog	Medium	$37,200	$37,200
101	Bluetick Coonhound	Large	$37,100	$37,100
102	Scottish Deerhound	Giant	$37,100	$37,100
103	Siberian Husky	Large	$37,100	$37,100
104	Curly-Coated Retriever	Large	$36,900	$36,900
105	Greyhound	Large	$36,900	$36,900
106	Segugio Italiano	Large	$36,900	$36,900
107	Entlebucher Mountain Dog	Large	$36,700	$36,700
108	Clumber Spaniel	Large	$36,500	$36,500
109	Rottweiler	Large	$36,500	$36,500
110	French Spaniel	Large	$36,000	$36,000
111	Labrador Retriever	Large	$35,700	$35,700
112	American English Coonhound	Large	$35,600	$35,600
113	Australian Shepherd	Medium	$35,400	$35,400
114	Boxer	Large	$35,400	$35,400
115	Standard Schnauzer	Medium	$35,400	$35,400
116	Belgian Laekenois	Large	$35,300	$35,300
117	Bernese Mountain Dog	Giant	$34,900	$34,900
118	Neapolitan Mastiff	Giant	$34,900	$34,900
119	Polish Lowland Sheepdog	Medium	$34,600	$34,600
120	Skye Terrier	Medium	$34,600	$34,600
121	Puli	Medium	$34,300	$34,300
122	Sussex Spaniel	Medium	$34,300	$34,300
123	Rhodesian Ridgeback	Large	$34,200	$34,200
124	Lagotto Romagnolo	Medium	$34,100	$34,100
125	Portuguese Podengo	Large	$34,100	$34,100
126	Border Collie	Medium	$33,700	$33,700
127	Drever	Medium	$33,700	$33,700
128	Xoloitzcuintli	Medium	$33,700	$33,700
129	Bullmastiff	Giant	$33,500	$33,500
130	Chow Chow	Large	$33,200	$33,200
131	Portuguese Pointer	Medium	$33,200	$33,200
132	Portuguese Water Dog	Medium	$33,200	$33,200
133	Keeshond	Medium	$33,100	$33,100
134	Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen	Medium	$33,000	$33,000
135	Norrbottenspets	Medium	$32,800	$32,800
136	Jindo	Medium	$32,600	$32,600
137	Kerry Blue Terrier	Medium	$32,500	$32,500
138	Australian Cattle Dog	Medium	$32,400	$32,400
139	Bohemian Shepherd	Medium	$32,300	$32,300
140	Canaan Dog	Medium	$32,300	$32,300
141	Welsh Springer Spaniel	Medium	$32,300	$32,300
142	Azawakh	Medium	$32,200	$32,200
143	Coton de Tulear	Small	$32,000	$32,000
144	Finnish Lapphund	Medium	$32,000	$32,000
145	Kromfohrlander	Medium	$32,000	$32,000
146	Miniature American Shepherd	Medium	$31,800	$31,800
147	Deutscher Wachtelhund	Medium	$31,600	$31,600
148	German Spitz	Medium	$31,600	$31,600
149	Irish Red and White Setter	Medium	$31,600	$31,600
150	Schapendoes	Medium	$31,600	$31,600
151	Working Kelpie	Medium	$31,600	$31,600
152	Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog	Medium	$31,300	$31,300
153	Bichon Frise	Small	$31,300	$31,300
154	Brittany	Medium	$31,200	$31,200
155	English Springer Spaniel	Medium	$31,200	$31,200
156	Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier	Medium	$31,200	$31,200
157	Chinese Shar-Pei	Large	$31,100	$31,100
158	German Shorthaired Pointer	Large	$31,100	$31,100
159	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Medium	$30,800	$30,800
160	Portuguese Sheepdog	Medium	$30,600	$30,600
161	Croatian Sheepdog	Medium	$30,400	$30,400
162	English Cocker Spaniel	Medium	$30,400	$30,400
163	Glen of Imaal Terrier	Medium	$30,300	$30,300
164	Norwegian Buhund	Medium	$30,300	$30,300
165	Finnish Spitz	Medium	$30,200	$30,200
166	German Shepherd	Large	$30,200	$30,200
167	Shih Tzu	Small	$30,200	$30,200
168	Cardigan Welsh Corgi	Medium	$30,100	$30,100
169	Ibizan Hound	Medium	$30,000	$30,000
170	Swedish Lapphund	Medium	$30,000	$30,000
171	Flat-Coated Retriever	Large	$29,900	$29,900
172	Cocker Spaniel	Medium	$29,800	$29,800
173	Irish Wolfhound	Giant	$29,800	$29,800
174	Boykin Spaniel	Medium	$29,700	$29,700
175	Field Spaniel	Medium	$29,700	$29,700
176	Sloughi	Medium	$29,700	$29,700
177	Whippet	Medium	$29,700	$29,700
178	Irish Terrier	Medium	$29,500	$29,500
179	Miniature Schnauzer	Small	$29,500	$29,500
180	Kai Ken	Medium	$29,300	$29,300
181	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	Small	$29,200	$29,200
182	Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen	Medium	$29,200	$29,200
183	Tibetan Terrier	Small	$29,200	$29,200
184	German Pinscher	Medium	$29,100	$29,100
185	American Water Spaniel	Medium	$29,000	$29,000
186	Staffordshire Bull Terrier	Medium	$29,000	$29,000
187	Nederlandse Kooikerhondje	Medium	$28,900	$28,900
188	Norwegian Lundehund	Medium	$28,900	$28,900
189	German Shepherd Dog	Large	$28,800	$28,800
190	Karelian Bear Dog	Medium	$28,800	$28,800
191	Swedish Vallhund	Medium	$28,800	$28,800
192	Slovensky Kopov	Medium	$28,600	$28,600
193	Kishu Ken	Medium	$28,500	$28,500
194	Peruvian Inca Orchid	Medium	$28,500	$28,500
195	Icelandic Sheepdog	Medium	$28,400	$28,400
196	West Highland White Terrier	Small	$28,100	$28,100
197	Dandie Dinmont Terrier	Small	$27,900	$27,900
198	Poodle (Toy)	Small	$27,900	$27,900
199	Pembroke Welsh Corgi	Medium	$27,600	$27,600
200	Mountain Cur	Medium	$27,500	$27,500
201	Dogue de Bordeaux	Giant	$27,100	$27,100
202	Yakutian Laika	Medium	$27,100	$27,100
203	Basset Fauve de Bretagne	Medium	$26,900	$26,900
204	French Bulldog	Small	$26,800	$26,800
205	Shikoku	Medium	$26,800	$26,800
206	Dachshund	Small	$26,500	$26,500
207	Manchester Terrier (Standard)	Small	$26,500	$26,500
208	Pumi	Medium	$26,500	$26,500
209	Braque du Bourbonnais	Medium	$26,200	$26,200
210	Treeing Tennessee Brindle	Medium	$26,200	$26,200
211	American Hairless Terrier	Small	$26,100	$26,100
212	Bulldog (English)	Medium	$26,000	$26,000
213	Yorkshire Terrier	Small	$26,000	$26,000
214	Pomeranian	Small	$25,700	$25,700
215	Maltipoo	Small	$25,600	$25,600
216	Biewer Terrier	Small	$25,500	$25,500
217	Manchester Terrier (Toy)	Small	$25,200	$25,200
218	Taiwan Dog	Medium	$25,200	$25,200
219	Havanese	Small	$25,100	$25,100
220	Rat Terrier	Small	$25,100	$25,100
221	Bedlington Terrier	Small	$25,000	$25,000
222	Welsh Terrier	Small	$25,000	$25,000
223	Shiba Inu	Small	$24,900	$24,900
224	Teddy Roosevelt Terrier	Small	$24,900	$24,900
225	Maltese	Small	$24,800	$24,800
226	Sealyham Terrier	Small	$24,800	$24,800
227	American Eskimo Dog	Small	$24,200	$24,200
228	Poodle (Miniature)	Small	$24,200	$24,200
229	Shetland Sheepdog	Small	$24,100	$24,100
230	Lhasa Apso	Small	$24,000	$24,000
231	Beagle	Small	$23,600	$23,600
232	Silky Terrier	Small	$23,600	$23,600
233	Basenji	Small	$23,400	$23,400
234	Chinese Crested	Small	$23,400	$23,400
235	Löwchen	Small	$23,300	$23,300
236	Pug	Small	$23,300	$23,300
237	Cesky Terrier	Small	$23,200	$23,200
238	Parson Russell Terrier	Small	$23,100	$23,100
239	Pekingese	Small	$23,000	$23,000
240	Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka	Small	$23,000	$23,000
241	Lakeland Terrier	Small	$22,800	$22,800
242	Cairn Terrier	Small	$22,700	$22,700
243	Mudi	Small	$22,700	$22,700
244	Brussels Griffon	Small	$22,600	$22,600
245	Papillon	Small	$22,600	$22,600
246	Smooth Fox Terrier	Small	$22,600	$22,600
247	Wire Fox Terrier	Small	$22,600	$22,600
248	Affenpinscher	Small	$22,500	$22,500
249	Scottish Terrier	Small	$22,500	$22,500
250	Cirneco dell’Etna	Small	$22,300	$22,300
251	Norfolk Terrier	Small	$22,300	$22,300
252	Italian Greyhound	Small	$22,200	$22,200
253	Australian Terrier	Small	$22,100	$22,100
254	Japanese Spitz	Small	$22,100	$22,100
255	Border Terrier	Small	$21,900	$21,900
256	Norwich Terrier	Small	$21,700	$21,700
257	Tibetan Spaniel	Small	$21,700	$21,700
258	Portuguese Podengo Pequeno	Small	$21,500	$21,500
259	Bolognese	Small	$21,400	$21,400
260	Lancashire Heeler	Small	$21,400	$21,400
261	Chihuahua	Small	$21,200	$21,200
262	Schipperke	Small	$21,200	$21,200
263	Miniature Bull Terrier	Small	$21,100	$21,100
264	Miniature Pinscher	Small	$21,100	$21,100
265	Russell Terrier	Small	$21,000	$21,000
266	Boston Terrier	Small	$20,800	$20,800
267	Jagdterrier	Small	$20,700	$20,700
268	Toy Fox Terrier	Small	$20,600	$20,600
269	Danish-Swedish Farmdog	Small	$20,100	$20,100
270	Russian Toy	Small	$19,600	$19,600
271	English Toy Spaniel	Small	$19,300	$19,300
272	Japanese Chin	Small	$17,600	$17,600

Ranked from our sortable database. Food = vet RER/MER formula; insurance = NAPHIA average × breed health-risk tier. US estimates.

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