Dog breeds that start with S
22 dog breeds, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 1 of them is in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 7 Plankton
- 11 Too Clever
- 3 Schooler
- 1 Rare
- 0 Deep Cut
- 0 One in a Krillion
Rare but real
Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.
- Spanish pointer
- A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches.
- Sealyham terrier
- A wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham.
- Sussex spaniel
- An English breed with short legs and a golden liver-colored coat.
All 22 dog breeds that start with S
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 22. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese. | Mammals | Plankton | 550K | |
| also St Bernard | A Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog. | Mammals | Plankton | 301K |
| also Samoyede | Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K |
| Old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K | |
| English breed of strong stocky dog having a broad skull and smooth coat. | Mammals | Plankton | 201K | |
| Breed of sled dog developed in northeastern Siberia. | Mammals | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Scottish terrier, Scottie | Old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears. | Mammals | Plankton | 110K |
| Irish breed of medium-sized terrier with an abundant coat any shade of wheat and very hairy head and muzzle. | Mammals | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Shetland | A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K |
| A large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white. | Mammals | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Gazelle hound | Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K |
| A breed or medium-sized poodles. | Mammals | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also American Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, Pit bull terrier | American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 50K |
| also Deerhound | Very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer. | Mammals | Too Clever | 33K |
| A medium-sized schnauzer. | Mammals | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also Sydney silky | Australian breed of toy dogs having a silky blue coat. | Mammals | Too Clever | 18K |
| Scottish breed of terrier with shaggy hair and long low body with short legs. | Mammals | Too Clever | 15K | |
| A fox terrier with smooth hair. | Mammals | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also Sealyham | A wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham. | Mammals | Schooler | 5.4K |
| An English breed with short legs and a golden liver-colored coat. | Mammals | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches. | Mammals | Rare | 590 |
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Questions about dog breeds that start with S
How many dog breeds start with S?
RareList lists 22 dog breeds that start with S. 7 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 1 is in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common dog breeds that start with S?
The most searched dog breeds starting with S are Shih-Tzu, Saint Bernard, Samoyed, Schnauzer and Staffordshire bull terrier.
What is a rare dog breed that starts with S?
Spanish pointer is one of the rarest. A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches. It gets about 590 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Sealyham terrier and Sussex spaniel.
How does RareList decide what counts as rare?
Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.