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DogTime Dog Breed Profile Scraper

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DogTime Dog Breed Profile Scraper

Scrape complete breed profiles for all 550+ dog breeds listed on DogTime.com. Each record includes up to 25 numeric trait scores (1–5 scale), vital statistics, and detailed text sections — covering both AKC-recognized and rare/mixed breeds that other breed directories miss.

What you get

Field group Fields
Identity breed_name, breed_slug, breed_group, akc_recognized
Vital stats vital_stats (JSON: height, weight, lifespan, breed group)
All 25 trait scores apartment_living, novice_owners, sensitivity_level, tolerates_being_alone, cold_tolerance, heat_tolerance, dog_friendly, cat_friendly, kid_friendly, stranger_friendly, amount_of_shedding, drooling_potential, easy_to_groom, general_health, potential_for_weight_gain, size, easy_to_train, intelligence, mouthiness_potential, prey_drive, tendency_to_bark_or_howl, wanderlust_potential, energy_level, exercise_needs, potential_for_playfulness
Full text personality, history, care, feeding, coat_color_and_grooming, children_and_other_pets, description_long
Lists highlights, health_concerns, rescue_groups_recommended
Meta hero_image_url, profile_url, scraped_at

Use cases

  • Breed-matching apps — use the 25-axis numeric scorecard to recommend dogs by lifestyle (apartment size, activity level, family composition)
  • Pet insurance underwriting — health scores, shedding potential, weight gain tendency
  • Content enrichment — supplement AKC data with DogTime's richer trait grid covering 250+ breeds the AKC doesn't recognize
  • Research / ML — structured numerical features across 550+ breeds for recommendation models

How it works

  1. Reads the dedicated dog-breed-sitemap.xml (556 URLs, updated monthly)
  2. Crawls each breed profile page with Cheerio (server-rendered HTML, no JS required)
  3. Extracts star ratings from the xe-breed-card accordion, breed stats from the sidebar, and text content by section heading

Note on format coverage: DogTime is migrating its most-popular breeds (e.g. Labrador, Golden Retriever) to a new prose-only layout. These pages will have all text fields populated but numeric trait scores will be null. The majority of the 556 breeds still use the original scored format.

Input

Parameter Type Default Description
maxItems integer 10 Maximum number of breed profiles to scrape. Set to 0 for all 556.

Example output

{
  "breed_name": "Basset Bleu de Gascogne",
  "breed_slug": "basset-bleu-de-gascogne",
  "breed_group": "Hound Dogs",
  "akc_recognized": false,
  "vital_stats": null,
  "apartment_living": 1,
  "kid_friendly": 5,
  "dog_friendly": 5,
  "easy_to_train": 2,
  "intelligence": 4,
  "energy_level": null,
  "tendency_to_bark_or_howl": 5,
  "personality": "The Basset Bleu de Gascogne is a playful breed who makes a great addition to a high energy family...",
  "history": "The Basset Bleu de Gascogne originated in the Gascogny region of France...",
  "hero_image_url": "https://dogtime.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/07/GettyImages-1226718668-e1681236423656.jpg",
  "profile_url": "https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/basset-bleu-de-gascogne",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-12T19:40:43.047Z"
}

Pricing

Pay-per-event. A full 556-breed run typically costs under $1.

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