To me all puppies are cute at birth but there's nothing like a larger breed at 8 weeks old ! Cute adults to me are more along the toy breeds .... larger are beautiful or handsome with cute expressions ~ like my Ollie !
I agree with that ^^^. For the most part I think "cute" = puppies.
In adult dogs "cute" to me = the toys and smaller breeds ... most especially the ones with button eyes and lots of fur like Maltese, Yorkies, Westies, Papillons, Coton de Tulear, Havanese, etc.
Not
all toy/small breeds though ... a few I think are just downright ugly, and that whole "so ugly it's cute" thing makes NO sense at all to me. Would rather not say which breeds though 'cause I think they have their fans here. Besides, preference
is a personal thing after all.
The only think I'd differ on is that I
do think a few large dogs fit the "cute" category even as adults, by their expressive faces. Example is that I just absolutely melt when looking at Goldens ... those expressive eyes and the smiles on those big ol' teddy bear faces.
I think the same of Aussies ... cute expressive faces even when fully grown.