Top Breed Matches
1. Cavoodle
The Cavoodle — known as the Cavapoo in North America — is a cross between the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the Poodle — typically the Miniature — and it has become one of the most popular crossbreeds in t…
2. Cockapoo
The Cockapoo has been around since the 1960s and has spent the decades since proving that some crossbreeds just work.
3. Mal-Shi
Developed in Australia, The Mal-Shi is a Maltese crossed with a Shih Tzu, and it does exactly what you’d expect from that pairing.
4. Maltese
The Maltese is one of the oldest companion breeds in recorded history, tracing back through the ancient Mediterranean and later favoured by European nobility.
5. Toy Fox Terrier
The Toy Fox Terrier is what happens when someone compresses a full-sized terrier personality into a 2–4 kg package without reducing the confidence settings.
6. Bichon Frise
The Bichon Frise looks like a soft toy. It isn’t. Underneath that powder-puff coat is a social, switched-on little dog that takes companionship very seriously and expects you to do the same.
7. Greyhound
The Greyhound is a 40 kg couch potato wrapped in silk pyjamas and built like a piece of aerodynamic engineering.
8. Italian Greyhound
The Italian Greyhound is 3–5 kg of ancient sighthound history. Seen in Greek and Roman art and later favoured by royalty like Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great, it’s not a modern mini version of anyt…
9. Peekapoo
The Peekapoo is a cross between the Pekingese and the Poodle — two very different dogs whose combination produces a small, affectionate companion with a calm but slightly opinionated temperament.
10. Shih Tzu
The Shih Tzu spent centuries in Chinese imperial palaces, and it acts like it. Small, heavily coated, and carrying that faint air of being slightly above the situation, it’s nonetheless one of the more genuine…
11. Shih-Poo
The Shih-Poo is a Shih Tzu crossed with a Toy Poodle, built to be a small, low-shedding companion that fits easily into modern life.
12. Barbet
Looking like a poodle that stayed too long at a riverside music festival, the Barbet is France’s original water dog and very proud of it.
How These Breeds Were Chosen
- Lower shedding scores
- Realistic grooming tradeoffs
- Household cleanliness
- Coat care owners can maintain
Common Questions
Are low-shedding dogs hypoallergenic?
Not fully. They may spread fewer allergens, but no dog is truly allergy-free.
Do low-shedding dogs need grooming?
Usually yes. Many low-shedding coats need regular brushing and clipping.
Which is better: short hair or low shedding?
Short-haired dogs can still shed heavily, so coat type matters more than hair length.