🐶 Dog API by kinduff

The Dog API provides dog data as a service!

All 283 breeds the API knows, with their pictures, life spans and weights. Every page here is built from the public API, and shows you the request it used.

This page, as API data

Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds?page[number]=4&page[size]=48. No key, no sign up. See it in the reference.

Request

curl -s "https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds?page[number]=4&page[size]=48"

Response, trimmed to two records

{
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    {
      "id": "c24ba2fd-3fb2-49e9-b95e-748dc4d1196c",
      "type": "breed",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "Japanese Akitainu",
        "description": "The Japanese Akitainu is a large and powerful breed of dog that was originally developed in Japan for dog fighting. They are intelligent, loyal, and protective, and make excellent guard dogs.",
        "life": {
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          "min": 12
        },
        "male_weight": {
          "max": 50,
          "min": 35
        },
        "female_weight": {
          "max": 45,
          "min": 30
        },
        "hypoallergenic": false,
        "male_height": {
          "max": 70,
          "min": 64
        },
        "female_height": {
          "max": 64,
          "min": 58
        },
        "origin": {
          "region": "Akita Prefecture, Tōhoku region",
          "country": "Japan"
        },
        "coat": {
          "type": "double",
          "colors": [
            "red",
            "sesame",
            "brindle",
            "white"
          ],
          "length": "short"
        },
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          "barking": 2,
          "drooling": 2,
          "grooming": 3,
          "shedding": 4,
          "temperament": [
            "courageous",
            "dignified",
            "loyal",
            "reserved",
            "independent",
            "alert"
          ],
          "trainability": 3,
          "good_with_dogs": 2,
          "exercise_minutes": 60,
          "apartment_friendly": 3,
          "good_with_children": 3,
          "good_with_strangers": 2
        },
        "other_names": [
          "Akita Ken",
          "Japanese Akita",
          "Akita Inu"
        ],
        "recognized_by": [
          "FCI",
          "UKC",
          "KC"
        ],
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          {
            "url": "https://akita-inu.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2022/08/Japanese-Akitainu-AKC-Standard.pdf",
            "title": "AKC Standard of the Japanese Akitainu"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.japaneseakitausa.com/breed-standard",
            "title": "AKC Japanese Akitainu Breed Standard"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://teikoku.webnode.co.uk/fci-standards/",
            "title": "Akita Inu FCI breed standards"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.ukcdogs.com/japanese-akitainu",
            "title": "Breed Standards: Japanese Akitainu | United Kennel Club (UKC)"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.ukcdogs.com/docs/breeds/japanese-akitainu.pdf",
            "title": "JAPANESE AKITAINU Official UKC Breed Standard"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.pets4homes.co.uk/dog-breeds/japanese-akita-inu/",
            "title": "Japanese Akita Inu Dogs Breed - Information, Temperament, Size & Price"
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        "description": "The Japanese Chin is a small, elegant dog breed with a distinctive, wedge-shaped head and a long, silky coat that can be black, white, or red in color. They are known for their friendly, playful nature and their agility, and were originally bred as companions for the aristocracy in Japan.",
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          "region": "East Asia (ancestors from China/Korea)",
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            "url": "https://www.ukcdogs.com/japanese-chin",
            "title": "Breed Standards : Japanese Chin | United Kennel Club (UKC)"
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