BEAUTIFUL DOGS: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say, and this applies to creatures outside of humans, too. For example, dogs.

That being said, one publication tapped into the American mind to see which official state dogs are believed to be the purported “most beautiful” in the United States.

Showsight Magazine — an Aramedia Group publication that’s “passionate about dogs” and which has “been featuring the diversity and unfailing loyalty of more than 200 recognized breeds,” according to its “About Us” page — published a report in July titled “Beautiful Dogs: The Golden Ratio Reveals the Most Beautiful Dog Breeds.”

This report was based off of the facial analysis of the 25 best-known dog breeds in the U.S. as gleaned from the American Kennel Club (AKC) as well as the 13 official state dogs this country proudly boasts. Each breed’s looks were ranked based on ratios of features such as “Length of face” as well as “Width of nose” and then applied to the “golden ratio” mathematical concept, which is used around the world to judge beauty on the famed Fibonacci sequence.

Pennsylvania’s official canine — the Great Dane — received the bronze for being the third best-looking state dog overall.

“…the Great Dane represents both the great hunting and industrial parts of Pennsylvania, having begun as a hunting breed just as Pennsylvania began as a hunting commonwealth and nation,” explained the Pennsylvania General Assembly in its decision to choose the breed.

The Great Dane also hails from England just like the state’s founder, William Penn, and exudes traits such as “strength” and “beauty,” adds the assembly.

The second “most beautiful” state dog was the Alaskan malamute and in first was the Catahoula leopard dog of Louisiana.