Wondering which colors, age or coat length to choose? This can help!

If you’re trying to make a decision when selecting a color or coat length for a dog or cat’s listing on Adopt-a-Pet.com, consider what are the top searched-for values — we’ve collected and compiled them for you from over 60 million searches by potential adopters! Of course be truthful, but what if a pet falls across two or more possible choices? If you are wondering what to choose, try choosing the value that gets searched for the most. Why? More people seeing pets they want to adopt means more pets getting more chances at finding a great home!

The below search data was compiled from September 1, 2015 through March 1, 2016 from over 60 million (60,751,681) pet searches run on Adopt-a-Pet.com. Questions? Email us at helpdesk@adoptapet.com

Top searched-for…

Colors, Age, and Coat Lengths

on Adopt-a-Pet.com

Dogs: 53 million searches

Dog age
1. LEFT BLANK 22,126,721  41.42%
2. puppy 14,366,946   26.89%
3. young 14,092,680   26.38%
4. adult 2,545,129   4.76%
5. senior 293,687   0.55%

Dog color
1. LEFT BLANK 44,842,518   86.9%
2. White 1,457,908   2.8%
3. Black 1,166,786   2.3%
4. Brown/Chocolate 902,032   1.7%
5. Tan/Yellow/Fawn 725,923   1.4%
6. Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White) 699,321   1.4%
7. Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut 671,948   1.3%
8. Gray/Blue/Silver/Salt & Pepper 577,169   1.1%
9. Brindle 307,429   0.6%
10. Silver & Tan (Yorkie colors) 204,051   0.4%
11. Merle 73,596   0.1%

Dog Gender
1. LEFT BLANK 31,998,042   59.9%
2. female 13,165,545   24.6%
3. male 8,261,576   15.5%

Note: No hair length for dogs we don’t offer that search option, like we don’t offer searching by size for cats.

Cats: 9.5 million searches

Cat gender
1. LEFT BLANK 5,899,753  62.4%
2 female 2169453 23.0
3 male 1380900 14.6

Cat hair length
1. LEFT BLANK 6794950   71.90%
2. short 1332862   14.10%
3. long 794217   8.40%
4. medium 528077   5.59%

Cat age
1. kitten 4757550   50.34%
2. LEFT BLANK 3159918   33.43%
3. young 1269588   13.43%
4. adult 218019   2.30%
5. senior 45031   0.47%

Cat color
1. LEFT BLANK 7,105,532   77.9%
2. White 342,560   3.8%
3. Gray or Blue 212,043   2.3%
4. Calico or Dilute Calico 205,598   2.3%
5. Black 195,178   2.1 %
6. Black & White or Tuxedo 168,721   1.8%
7. Gray, Blue or Silver Tabby 141,408   1.6%
8. Orange or Red 124,831   1.4%
9. Orange or Red Tabby 123,752   1.4%
10. Brown or Chocolate 103,653   1.1%
11. Cream or Ivory 97,935   1.1%
12. Tiger Striped 64,780   0.7%
13. Spotted Tabby/Leopard Spotted 59,204   0.6%
14. Tabby 48,163   0.5%
15. Brown Tabby 46,571   0.5%
16. Tortoiseshell 42,363   0.5%
17. Tan or Fawn 29,145   0.3%
18. Tan or Fawn Tabby 11,563   0.1%

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