And the extent of that soaring in demand has been shown by registration statistics from the UK Kennel Club, up nearly 40 per cent from 250,649 in 2020 to 349,013 in 2021.
With 221 breeds of dog to choose from, it’s best to do your homework before picking your perfect four-legged friend.
They look like butter wouldn't melt in their mouths, but turn your back on a Beagle for a second and they'll pinch your dinner right off the kitchen counter. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
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The Labrador Retriever is the UK's most popular breed of dog but, as anybody who has ever owned one will know, they also have the potential to be the naughtiest. It's difficult to stay angry at them for long though, because they are adorable and always seem very sorry...before they do it again. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
Some of the most adorable dogs are also the naughtiest, being more likely to steal food, chew on the furniture or dig up your flowerbeds.
Here are the 10 naughtiest breeds of dog, according to the American Kennel Club.
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The Shiba Inu is one of the quietest breeds of dog so can be a great choice for a flat or apartment. Leave them alone though and they will be quietly destructive, while they also quite like to run away from their owners for their own entertainment. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
They may be a favourite of the Queen, but the Welsh Pembroke Corgi can be royally naughty - many a pair of shoes have fallen foul of thier love of chewing. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
In fairness to the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel they are a breed that often grow out of their naughtiness. Take your eye off a King Charles puppy though, and all bets are off. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
They are undeniably one of the cutest breeds of dog, but the Dachshund is known for being incredibly willful. Good luck getting this dog to do something it doesn't want to do. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
Border Collies are so full of energy and intelligence that if they don't get enough stimulation they'll make their own entertainment - often in ways that their owners don't fully approve of. Basically, if they behave badly - it's your fault. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
A well-entertained Jack Russell Terrier who receives plenty of exercise and entertainment will be the perfect companion. Leave one alone for too long though and it will get bored - with every chance that it will go into full-on destruction mode. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
What's true of a Labrador Retriever usually also holds true for Golden Retrievers - and that's certainly true when it comes to behaviour. They have a habit of chewing, sometimes well beyond puppyhood, and no unsecured food is safe in their presence. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
Some dogs grow out of being naughty, but Cocker Spaniels are perpetual puppies who maintain a youthful exhuberance that sometimes gets them into trouble. (Photo: Canva/Getty Images)
Piers Morgan, the broadcaster, may have finally blown apart the long-running Royal “racism row” when he named on his Talk TV show two members of the Royal family a new book claims were the individuals so disgracefully implicated by the Duchess of Sussex. You may recall that Morgan was sacked by ITV when he said, after the Sussexes’ interview with Oprah, that he didn’t believe a word Meghan had said. Like millions of us, he has had enough of this manipulative, malevolent nonsense, apparently calc
The powers that choose to play the Great Game on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan have never prospered. Despite the courage of generals and the brains of political agents, their best-laid plans – whether British in the 19th century, Russian in the 20th, or American in the 21st – have generally ended in disaster and retreat. Now it seems that China – which has long treated Pakistan as its client and proxy in a push for a defining regional role, most recently through the Belt and Road I
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Two years ago, after yet another couple of nights of rioting in the banlieues, twenty retired French generals wrote an open letter to Emmanuel Macron, then about to run for a second term, warning that the divisions between communities and increasing “violence and nihilism” in France would eventually cause a social breakdown, with a risk of “chaos” leading to a “civil war” that would then “require” a military “intervention… in a dangerous mission to protect our civilisational values and safeguard
A father’s last moments protecting his son before he was murdered in the street by a gang armed with machetes and zombie knives has been caught on CCTV. Kelvin Ward, 50, was stabbed after leaving a KFC with his son, who the gang had been trying to kill, on 18 April. The armed gang launched themselves at Mr Ward as they chased him across the street, before he was fatally stabbed.
Call off the search: the worst show of 2023 is here. That is, unless you’re a 13-year-old boy, in which case Obliterated (Netflix) is your dream product. Guns! Naked breasts! A lead character who is a government operative but also looks smokin’ hot in a red bikini! And that’s before we get to the script, in which a foreign baddie plots to nuke Las Vegas. Standing in his way is an elite tactical unit (the best kind) whose members say things like: “We’re supposed to stop the bad guy with the bomb”
Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas joined the likes of Zara Tindall and Princess Beatrice to support Princess Eugenie for an important reason on Wednesday night. See photos.
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The Princess of Wales has shown off new sleek hair as she welcomed Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden royals to Windsor Castle alongside Prince William
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As Eurocrats-in-chief go, Ursula von der Leyen has generally been relatively inoffensive to British sensibilities. Most of us were dimly aware that she was one of those people who excel at “failing upwards”, with her emergence as President of the European Commission following a chequered spell as Germany’s defence minister.
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