Short Dog & Cat Breeds
Compare Short dog & cat breeds with honest, research-backed profiles covering temperament, grooming, exercise needs, and real day-to-day care — so you can see which breeds are the right fit and pick your match with confidence.
Cat breed
Savannah Breed Profile
A tall, striking, genuinely dog-like hybrid that is superb for the right committed owner and a serious mistake for everyone else. Which…
Dog breed
Chihuahua Breed Profile
A bold, devoted, genuinely long-lived companion that is far more dog than its size suggests — and far more often ruined by…
Cat breed
Tonkinese Breed Profile
The middle path between Siamese and Burmese — social, playful and affectionate without the Siamese volume or the Burmese neediness taken to…
Dog breed
Belgian Malinois Breed Profile
A world-class working dog and one of the worst possible impulse purchases. Exceptional for handlers who will train daily and give it…
Cat breed
Oriental Shorthair Breed Profile
A Siamese in every way except color — brilliant, athletic, relentlessly involved and extremely loud. Superb for someone who wants a cat…
Cat breed
Cornish Rex Breed Profile
A slender, acrobatic, permanently kittenish cat with a tight wavy coat made only of undercoat — warm, funny and constantly involved. Needs…
Dog breed
Vizsla Breed Profile
An elegant, affectionate, exceptionally athletic gundog that attaches itself to its people completely — the original velcro dog. Superb for an active…
Cat breed
Devon Rex Breed Profile
A small, wavy-coated, enormously social cat that rides on shoulders and seeks out warmth and company constantly — delightful for people who…
Cat breed
Burmese Breed Profile
Possibly the most people-dependent cat breed there is — affectionate, funny, and genuinely lap-oriented in a way most cats are not. That…
Cat breed
British Shorthair Breed Profile
A calm, undemanding, quietly affectionate cat that suits apartments and working households well — but this is a companion that sits beside…