List of U.S. state dogs
Thirteen
Other official state dogs also are indigenous to their state, including the Boston Terrier (Massachusetts) and the Alaskan Malamute (Alaska).[4][5] Pennsylvania selected the Great Dane not because of its origin, but because it was introduced by early settlers in the state to be used as a hunting and working dog;[6] it was chosen over the Beagle, which was also proposed around the same time.[7]
Two of the more recent successful campaigns to name a state dog have been started by schoolchildren. In 2007, Alaskan
There have been a variety of campaigns in other states to select a state dog. Georgia was undecided about choosing a state dog in 1991, with an attempt to make the Golden Retriever the official dog failing after a vote in the Georgia State Senate; an opposing campaign promoted the Bulldog, the mascot of the University of Georgia.[10] The campaign to make the Siberian Husky the Washington state dog failed in the Washington House of Representatives in 2004.[11] In January 2019, Minnesota partnered with charity Pawsitivity Service Dogs to introduce a bill to make the Labrador Retriever the State Dog.[12]
In 2006,
Although
In 2013, Colorado listed
State dog breeds
State | Dog breed | Image | Year of designation | Ref. |
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Alaska | Alaskan Malamute | 2010 | [28] | |
Delaware | Golden Retriever | 2016 (expired on August 31, 2017, pursuant to 80 Del. Laws, c. 365, § 3). | [29] | |
Louisiana | Catahoula Leopard dog |
1979 | [1] | |
Maryland | Chesapeake Bay Retriever | 1964 | [1] | |
Massachusetts | Boston Terrier | 1979 | [1] | |
New Hampshire | Chinook |
2009 | [9] | |
North Carolina | Plott Hound | 1989 | [1] | |
Pennsylvania | Great Dane | 1965 | [30] | |
South Carolina | Boykin Spaniel | 1985 | [31] | |
Tennessee | Bluetick Coonhound | 2019 | [32] | |
Texas | Blue Lacy | 2005 | [33] | |
Virginia | American Foxhound | 1966 | [34] | |
Wisconsin | American Water Spaniel | 1985 | [35] |
Proposed dog breeds
The table below shows the dog breeds which have been proposed to each state's relevant State Senate or House of Representatives, but either were not accepted as a state symbol or are still pending nominations.
State | Dog breed | Image | Year proposed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Connecticut | Siberian Husky | 2024 | [36] | |
Georgia | Golden Retriever | 1991 | [10] | |
Georgia | English bulldog |
2016 | [37] | |
Kansas | Cairn Terrier | 2012 | [15] | |
Maine | Labrador Retriever | 2015 | [38] | |
Ohio | Labrador Retriever | 2015 | [39] | |
Oregon | Newfoundland | 2015 | [40] | |
Washington | Siberian Husky | 2004 | [11] |
Designations other than breed
State | Designation | Image | Year of designation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Georgia |
"Adoptable dog" | 2016 | [37] | |
New Jersey | The Seeing Eye Dog | 2019 | [41] | |
New York | Working dog | 2015 | [42][16] |
See also
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