TABLE 2.
Distribution of numbers of offspring per sire and per dam, numbers of popular sires (≥100 offspring) and popular dams (≥40 offspring), and percentage of all sires and dams that are “popular”
| Sire offspring
|
Popular sires
|
Dam offspring
|
Popular dams
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breed | Maximum | Median | No. | % | Maximum | Median | No. | % |
| Akita Inu | 306 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Boxer | 1101 | 8 | 372 | 4 | 49 | 6 | 25 | 0.0 |
| English bulldog | 430 | 9 | 77 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chow chow | 212 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 0 | |
| Rough collie | 775 | 7 | 128 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 0 | |
| Golden retriever | 1386 | 10 | 792 | 10 | 59 | 8 | 328 | 1 |
| Greyhound | 45 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | ||
| German shepherd dog | 1479 | 8 | 851 | 4 | 67 | 7 | 509 | 1 |
| Labrador retriever | 1911 | 9 | 1338 | 5 | 72 | 8 | 639 | 1 |
| English springer spaniel | 2538 | 7 | 271 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 89 | 0.3 |