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Chongqing ranks first for the Continental Bulldog, because both are Non-Sporting dogs in the Companion and toy breeds family, classed as medium. Numbers stay close: Chongqing is 1 inch shorter at the midpoint and 11.5 pounds lighter at the midpoint, living 10 to 12 years against 10 to 12 years. Gończy Polski and Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie follow, also matching on family and group.
The matches follow in score order, each with the traits that earned its place and the clearest difference from the Continental Bulldog.
The closest overall match the records produce for the Continental Bulldog is the Chongqing. Both sit in the companion and toy breeds grouping and carry the Non-Sporting group label. Both are medium dogs: 14 to 20 inches at the shoulder against 16 to 20 inches. In pounds they are near neighbours, 33 to 55 lb against 45 to 66 lb. The differences are of degree rather than kind: a step in the figures here, a shade in the record there.
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Next in line, and nearly as close, is the Gończy Polski. Family and group agree: the companion and toy breeds grouping, and the Non-Sporting group, cover both. Size nearly matches, both medium: 20 to 23 inches against 16 to 20 inches. The weight ranges sit side by side, 49 to 57 lb and 45 to 66 lb. The differences are of degree rather than kind: a step in the figures here, a shade in the record there.
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The Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie also scores near the top of the list. On size they are hard to separate: both medium, 19 to 22 inches and 16 to 20 inches. Little separates them beyond small shifts in the numbers already noted.
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The Ariégeois belongs in this company on the strength of its record. Where they part company is size: the Ariégeois stands 20 to 24 inches to the Continental Bulldog at 16 to 20 inches.
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Scoring keeps the Barbado da Terceira close to the Continental Bulldog as well. Same class, medium, and close in height, 19 to 23 inches versus 16 to 20 inches. Little separates them beyond small shifts in the numbers already noted.
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Also high in the comparison is the Pachón Navarro. Height barely divides them, 19 to 24 inches against 16 to 20 inches; both are medium dogs. Little separates them beyond small shifts in the numbers already noted.
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Another near match in the records is the Lapponian Herder. Height barely divides them, 18 to 21 inches against 16 to 20 inches; both are medium dogs. On lifespan the Lapponian Herder runs 2 years longer lived at mid range.
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Scoring keeps the Jämthund close to the Continental Bulldog as well. Where they part company is size: the Jämthund stands 22 to 26 inches to the Continental Bulldog at 16 to 20 inches.
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| Breed | Size | Height | Weight | Lifespan | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Bulldog | Medium | 16 to 20 in | 45 to 66 lb | 10 to 12 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Chongqing | Medium | 14 to 20 in | 33 to 55 lb | 10 to 12 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Gończy Polski | Medium | 20 to 23 in | 49 to 57 lb | 10 to 13 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie | Medium | 19 to 22 in | 35 to 55 lb | 10 to 12 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Ariégeois | Medium | 20 to 24 in | 60 to 66 lb | 10 to 12 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Barbado da Terceira | Medium | 19 to 23 in | 46 to 66 lb | 11 to 14 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Pachón Navarro | Medium | 19 to 24 in | 44 to 66 lb | 11 to 14 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Lapponian Herder | Medium | 18 to 21 in | 40 to 65 lb | 12 to 14 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
| Jämthund | Medium | 22 to 26 in | 57 to 65 lb | 10 to 12 yrs | Companion and toy breeds |
Every pick here stays inside the Companion and toy breeds family, an unusually consistent pattern, so the real differences come down to inches, pounds and a year or two of lifespan rather than type.
The records point to the Chongqing, ahead on a shared family, the same group, a matching size class and a close lifespan. The Gończy Polski follows in second place.
Height goes to the Gończy Polski, 20 to 23 inches versus 16 to 20 inches; weight goes the other way, 49 to 57 lb versus 45 to 66 lb.
On the recorded ranges the Lapponian Herder lives longest of the matches, 12 to 14 years against the Continental Bulldog at 10 to 12 years.