What Is The Most Popular Dog Breed In South Dakota?

There are 360 different dog breeds. But there are just 3 breeds that top South Dakota's list of favorites.

Who doesn't love it when they see a happy dog sticking its head out the window of a moving vehicle and enjoying the wind in its fur or a cute puppy photo on social media?

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Dogs just have a special place in our hearts. They are man's best friend.

For some people, the breed of dog also has a significant meaning.

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Readers Digest prints that in South Dakota we have 3 favorite breeds of dogs that made the list of The Most Popular Dog Breeds in Every State

In South Dakota...”Labradors, goldens, and German shepherds top the list of South Dakota’s most popular dog breeds, according to the AKC.

But like other ranch-heavy states, South Dakota is at the center of the burgeoning border collie trend.”

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Life on a Cattle Ranch in Western South Dakota

Life is different out in the country. One look at the photo from Robin Bickel and you quickly realize that a workday is quite different as well, after all, she lives out west in South Dakota Cattle Country.

Robin Bickel took time to tell KIKN Country a little bit about her life out west and life as a woman, working outdoors with animals and nature in God's Country. Bickel lives and works on a cattle ranch operated by herself, her father, Jack, and his brother Keith. How far out in the country is she? How does 50 miles west of Mobridge, South Dakota sound? Yep, mountain time out there.

Life is so different in Sioux Falls, South Dakota compared to what our friends on the farm and ranches deal with. It's a half-mile to the grocery store for our family. For Robin, it's 17 miles. However, it's a quick step out her door and she's right in the middle of where a lot of the groceries come from.

Gallery Credit: JD COllins

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