15 January 2016
Question
I am writing to inquire if it would be possible to obtain certain data about dogs living in Jersey collected from
dog owners as part of the annual application process for licence under Dogs (Jersey) Law 1961. I would be
mostly interested in number of dogs and breed type (if possible).
Answer
The number of dogs licenced in December 2015 was 8,529. The most popular breeds are Retriever –
Labrador and Golden; Jack Russell; Cocker Spaniel; Shih Tzu; Border Collie; West Highland Terrier; Springer
Spaniel; German Shepherd; Lhasa Apso and Yorkshire Terrier.
The breeds listed on licence applications are as follows:
Affenpinscher
Afghan
Alaskan Malamute
Antiguan Hound
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Kelpie
Australian Sheep Dog
Basenji
Basset Fauve De Bretagne
Basset Griffon Vendeen
Basset Griffon Vendeen - Grand
Basset Griffon Vendeen - Petit
Basset Hound
Beagle
Belgian Griffon
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Shepherd
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise
Blood Hound
Bodeguero
Borzoi
Bouvier
Boxer
Bracco Italiano
Braque de Bourbon
Breton Griffon
Briard
Brittany
Bull Dog
Bull Dog - Alapaha
Bull Dog - British
Bull Dog - English
Bull Dog - French
Bull Dog - Old English
Bull Mastiff
Bull Mastiff - Boerboel
Bull Mastiff - Dogue de Bordeaux
Bull Mastiff - English
Bull Mastiff - French
Bull Mastiff - Tibetan
Catalan Sheepdog
Chi Chi
Chihuahua
Chihuahua - Long Haired
Chihuahua - Teacup
Chinese Crested
Chow Chow
Collie
Collie - Bearded
Collie - Border
Collie - Rough
Collie - Welsh
Collie - Working Sheepdog
Corgi
Corgi - Cardigan Welsh
Coton de Tulear
Dachshund
Dachshund - Long Haired
Dachshund - Miniature
Dachshund - Miniature Longhaired
Dachshund - Miniature Smooth
Dachshund - Standard Wire Haired
Dalmatian
Dandie Dinmont
Deer Hound
Doberman
Dutch hound
Eurasier
Fox hounds
German Shepherd
German Shepherd - Long Haired
German Shepherd - White Swiss
Great Dane
Greek Hunting Hound
Grey Hound
Greyhound - Italian
Griffon
Griffon Bruxellois
Griffon Canish
Griffon Korthal
Harrier Hound
Havenese
Hungarian Puli
Husky - Siberian
Irish Beagle
Japanese Akita
Japanese Chin
Japanese Spitz
La Chon
Lagotto Romagnolo
Leonberger
Lhasa Apso
Löwchen
Lurcher
Maltese
Munsterlander
Munsterlander - Large
New Foundland
Old English Sheep Dog
Papillon
Patterdale
Pekingese
Pincher
Pinscher - Miniature
Pointer
Pointer - English
Pointer - German
Pointer - German Short Haired
Pointer - Italian
Pointer - Portuguese
Pointer - Slovakian Roughaired
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Pomeranian
Poodle
Poodle - Miniature
Poodle - Standard
Poodle - Toy
Portuguese Podengo
Portuguese Shepherd Dog
Portuguese Water Dog
Pug
Pyrenean
Retriever - Chesapeake
Retriever - Golden
Retriever - Labrador
Retriever - Nova Scotia Duck
Tolling
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rottweiler
Saluki
Samoyed
Schipperke
Schnauzer
Schnauzer - Giant
Schnauzer - Miniature
Schnauzer - Standard
Setter - English
Setter - Irish
Setter - Irish Red
Setter - Irish Red & White
Setter - Red
Shar Pei
Sheltie
Shetland Sheepdog
Shiba-Inu
Shih Tzu
Spaniel
Spaniel - American Cocker
Spaniel - Breton
Spaniel - Cavalier King Charles
Spaniel - Clumber
Spaniel - Cocker
Spaniel - English Cocker
Spaniel - English Springer
Spaniel - English Working Cocker
Spaniel - Irish Water
Spaniel - King Charles
Spaniel - Springer
Spaniel - Tibetan
Spaniel - Welsh Springer
Spaniel - Working
Spaniel - Working Cocker
Spanish Sheep Dog
Spanish Water Dog
Spinone - Italian
Spitz
St Bernard
Swedish Valhund
Terrier
Terrier - Airedale
Terrier - American Staffordshire
Terrier - Australian
Terrier - Bedlington
Terrier - Black Russian
Terrier - Border
Terrier - Boston
Terrier - Bull
Terrier - Cesky
Terrier - English Bull
Terrier - English Bull Miniature
Terrier - English Toy
Terrier - Fell
Terrier - Fox
Terrier - Fox Smooth Haired
Terrier - Fox Wire Haired
Terrier - German Short Haired
Terrier - Glen of Imaal
Terrier - Irish
Terrier - Jack Russell
Terrier - Jack Russell Long Haired
Terrier - Jack Russell Wire Haired
Terrier - Kent
Terrier - Lakeland
Terrier - Manchester
Terrier - Norfolk
Terrier - Norwich
Terrier - Parson Jack Russell
Terrier - Plummer
Terrier - Russian
Terrier - Scottish
Terrier - Sealyham
Terrier - Sporting Lucas
Terrier - Staffordshire Bull
Terrier - Tibetan
Terrier - Welsh
Terrier - West Highland
Terrier - Wheaton
Terrier - Yorkshire
Terrier - Yorkshire Miniature
Thai Ridgeback
Utonagan
Viszla
Wauzer
Weimaraner
Whippet