Part II — Breeds
398 breed monographs across 13 groups, spanning the internationally-recognised pedigree breeds and roughly 60 native and landrace breeds from every continent. Each monograph opens with the same at-a-glance table — so breeds stay comparable field-by-field, and the app can read the same fields programmatically — and then expands into what the breed is predisposed to, the screening schedule that follows from it (328 breeds now carry one), what a breeder must test before mating, and how to feed, exercise, groom, and keep the dog in its climate.
A note on what is and is not breed-specific here, because the distinction matters. The predispositions, the screening schedule, the breeder tests, the coat, the temperament, the origin, and the climate suitability come from this breed's own record. The feeding, exercise, and climate guidance is derived from the breed's size class, skull shape, and coat — written once and applied wherever it fits, because a Labrador's feeding needs are not meaningfully different from any other well-built 30 kg dog's, and pretending otherwise would be false precision dressed up as expertise.
Reading the climate & housing suitability field: it describes how well the breed copes with heat, humidity, cold, and typical urban housing — not how desirable the dog is. A breed marked poor is not a bad dog; it is a dog that will suffer in the wrong climate without serious environmental management.
357 of the 398 monographs carry a photograph, each sourced from Wikimedia Commons under a free licence and credited to its photographer beneath the image, as those licences require. The remaining breeds — mostly rare landraces such as the Toda Dog and the Santal Hound — have no correctly-licensed photograph available, and are left unillustrated rather than given a picture of the wrong dog.
II-0 Breed index
Sporting and gun-dog breeds (45) — American Cocker Spaniel; American Water Spaniel; Barbet; Beagle; Blue Picardy Spaniel; Boykin Spaniel; Braque Francais (Pyrenean type); Braque Saint-Germain; Braque d'Auvergne; Braque du Bourbonnais; Brittany; Cesky Fousek; Chesapeake Bay Retriever; Cocker Spaniel (English); Curly-Coated Retriever; Deutsch Stichelhaar; Drentse Patrijshond; English Setter; English Springer Spaniel; Flat-Coated Retriever; French Spaniel (Epagneul Francais); German Longhaired Pointer; German Shepherd Dog; German Shorthaired Pointer; German Wirehaired Pointer; Golden Retriever; Gordon Setter; Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla; Irish Setter; Irish Water Spaniel; Labrador Retriever; Nederlandse Kooikerhondje; Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever; Old Danish Pointer; Picardy Spaniel (Epagneul Picard); Pointer (English Pointer); Pont-Audemer Spaniel; Portuguese Pointer; Pudelpointer; Spinone Italiano; Stabyhoun; Vizsla; Weimaraner; Wetterhoun; Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Hound breeds (63) — Afghan Hound; American English Coonhound; American Foxhound; Ariegeois; Basenji; Basset Artesien Normand; Basset Bleu de Gascogne; Basset Fauve de Bretagne; Basset Hound; Bavarian Mountain Hound; Beagle-Harrier; Black and Tan Coonhound; Bloodhound; Bluetick Coonhound; Borzoi; Briquet Griffon Vendeen; Chart Polski (Polish Greyhound); Dachshund; Drever; Dunker (Norwegian Hound); English Foxhound; Finnish Hound; Galgo Espanol (Spanish Greyhound); Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen; Grand Bleu de Gascogne; Grand Griffon Vendeen; Greyhound; Griffon Nivernais; Hamiltonstovare; Hanover Hound; Harrier; Hygenhund; Ibizan Hound; Irish Wolfhound; Istrian Short-haired Hound; Kangaroo Dog; Kerry Beagle; Longhaired Whippet; Magyar Agar (Hungarian Greyhound); Norwegian Elkhound; Otterhound; Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen; Petit Bleu de Gascogne; Pharaoh Hound; Plott Hound; Polish Hound; Porcelaine; Posavac Hound; Redbone Coonhound; Rhodesian Ridgeback; Saluki; Schillerstovare; Scottish Deerhound; Segugio Italiano; Serbian Hound; Silken Windhound; Slovakian Hound; Styrian Coarse-haired Hound; Taigan; Transylvanian Hound; Treeing Walker Coonhound; Tyrolean Hound; Whippet
Working breeds (67) — Akbash; Akita (Japanese); Aksaray Malaklisi; Alaskan Malamute; American Bulldog; Anatolian Shepherd; Austrian Pinscher; Bernese Mountain Dog; Black Russian Terrier; Boerboel; Boxer; Broholmer; Bucovina Shepherd Dog; Ca de Bou (Perro de Presa Mallorquin); Canaan Dog; Cane Corso; Carolina Dog; Caucasian Shepherd Dog; Central Asian Shepherd (Alabai); Cimarron Uruguayo; Continental Bulldog; Cão de Castro Laboreiro; Doberman Pinscher; Dogue de Bordeaux; Estrela Mountain Dog; Fila de Sao Miguel; German Pinscher; Giant Schnauzer; Great Dane; Great Pyrenees; Greater Swiss Mountain Dog; Gull Dong; Gull Terrier; Hovawart; Kai Ken; Kangal Shepherd; Karakachan Dog; Karst Shepherd Dog; Kishu Ken; Komondor; Korean Jindo; Kuchi Dog; Landseer; Leonberger; Mastiff (English); Neapolitan Mastiff; Newfoundland; Olde English Bulldogge; Phu Quoc Ridgeback; Portuguese Water Dog; Presa Canario (Dogo Canario); Pyrenean Mastiff; Rafeiro do Alentejo; Rottweiler; Saint Bernard; Samoyed; Sapsali (Sapsaree); Sarabi Mastiff; Shikoku; Siberian Husky; Spanish Mastiff; Standard Schnauzer; Taiwan Dog; Thai Ridgeback; Tibetan Mastiff; Tornjak; Tosa Inu
Herding breeds (44) — Australian Cattle Dog; Australian Kelpie; Australian Shepherd; Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog; Bearded Collie; Belgian Malinois; Belgian Sheepdog (Groenendael); Belgian Tervuren; Bergamasco Shepherd; Bohemian Shepherd; Border Collie; Bouvier des Flandres; Cao da Serra de Aires; Cardigan Welsh Corgi; Carpathian Shepherd; Catalan Sheepdog; Collie (Rough); Croatian Sheepdog; Dutch Shepherd; English Shepherd; Icelandic Sheepdog; Koolie; Lancashire Heeler; Maremma Sheepdog; McNab; Miniature American Shepherd; Mioritic Shepherd; Mudi; Norwegian Buhund; Old English Sheepdog; Old German Sheepdog; Pembroke Welsh Corgi; Polish Lowland Sheepdog; Polish Tatra Sheepdog; Puli; Pumi; Pyrenean Shepherd; Sarplaninac; Schapendoes; Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie); Smooth Collie; South Russian Ovcharka; Swedish Vallhund; Welsh Sheepdog
Terrier breeds (38) — Airedale Terrier; American Hairless Terrier; American Pit Bull Terrier / American Bully; American Staffordshire Terrier; Australian Terrier; Bedlington Terrier; Border Terrier; Bull Terrier; Cairn Terrier; Cesky Terrier; Dandie Dinmont Terrier; Fox Terrier (Wire); Glen of Imaal Terrier; Irish Terrier; Jack Russell Terrier; Jagdterrier (German Hunting Terrier); Kerry Blue Terrier; Lakeland Terrier; Manchester Terrier; Miniature Bull Terrier; Miniature Schnauzer; Norfolk Terrier; Norwich Terrier; Parson Russell Terrier; Patterdale Terrier; Plummer Terrier; Rat Terrier; Scottish Terrier (Scottie); Sealyham Terrier; Skye Terrier; Smooth Fox Terrier; Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier; Sporting Lucas Terrier; Staffordshire Bull Terrier; Teddy Roosevelt Terrier; Welsh Terrier; West Highland White Terrier (Westie); Yorkshire Terrier
Toy and companion breeds (30) — Affenpinscher; Biewer Terrier; Bolognese; Brussels Griffon; Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; Chihuahua; Chinese Crested; Continental Toy Spaniel (Phalene); Danish-Swedish Farmdog; English Toy Terrier (Black and Tan); Griffon Belge; Havanese; Italian Greyhound; Japanese Chin; Japanese Terrier; King Charles Spaniel (English Toy Spaniel); Kromfohrlander; Lowchen (Little Lion Dog); Maltese; Miniature Pinscher; Papillon; Pekingese; Petit Brabancon; Pomeranian; Prague Ratter (Prazsky Krysarik); Pug; Russian Toy; Shih Tzu; Silky Terrier; Toy Fox Terrier
Non-sporting breeds (18) — American Eskimo Dog; Bichon Frise; Boston Terrier; Bulldog (English); Chinese Shar-Pei; Chow Chow; Coton de Tulear; Dalmatian; Finnish Spitz; French Bulldog; Keeshond; Lhasa Apso; Norwegian Lundehund; Poodle (Standard / Miniature / Toy); Schipperke; Shiba Inu; Tibetan Spaniel; Tibetan Terrier
African breeds (5) — Abyssinian Sand Terrier (African Hairless Dog); Africanis; Aidi; Azawakh; Sloughi
European regional breeds (19) — Appenzeller Sennenhund; Beauceron; Belgian Laekenois; Berger Blanc Suisse (White Swiss Shepherd); Berger Picard; Bracco Italiano; Briard; Cirneco dell'Etna; Clumber Spaniel; Entlebucher Mountain Dog; Field Spaniel; Lagotto Romagnolo; Large Munsterlander; Portuguese Podengo; Slovakian Rough-Haired Pointer; Small Munsterlander; Spanish Water Dog; Sussex Spaniel; Welsh Springer Spaniel
Indian native and landrace breeds (27) — Alangu Mastiff / Sindh Mastiff; Bakharwal Dog; Banjara Hound; Bhutia Sheepdog; Bully Kutta (Indian Mastiff); Chippiparai; Gaddi Kutta (Himalayan Sheepdog); Gonda Dog; Indian Native Dog (INDog / Pariah); Jonangi; Kaikadi; Kanni; Kombai; Kumaon Mastiff; Mudhol Hound (Caravan Hound); Nepali Bhotia Sheepdog; Pandikona; Rajakadal (Kerala Fisherman's Dog); Rajapalayam; Rampur Greyhound; Santal Hound; Sinhala Hound; Tangkhul Hui; Tazi (Central Asian Sighthound); Toda Dog; Vaghari Hound (Vagari); Vikhan Sheepdog
Latin American breeds (9) — Argentine Pila Dog (Pila Argentino); Brazilian Terrier (Terrier Brasileiro); Calupoh (Mexican Wolfdog); Chilean Terrier (Fox Terrier Chileno); Dogo Argentino; Fila Brasileiro; Peruvian Inca Orchid (Perro Sin Pelo del Perú); Uruguayan Cimarron (Cimarron Uruguayo); Xoloitzcuintli (Mexican Hairless)
Nordic and cold-climate breeds (22) — Alaskan Klee Kai; American Akita; Canadian Eskimo Dog (Qimmiq); Chinook; East Siberian Laika; Eurasier; Finnish Lapphund; German Spitz (Mittel/Klein); Greenland Dog; Hokkaido; Japanese Spitz; Jämthund (Swedish Elkhound); Karelian Bear Dog; Lapponian Herder; Nenets Herding Laika; Norrbottenspets; Pomsky; Russo-European Laika; Swedish Lapphund; Volpino Italiano; West Siberian Laika; Yakutian Laika
Designer and hybrid breeds (11) — Aussiedoodle; Bernedoodle; Cavachon (Cavalier × Bichon Frise); Cavapoo; Chiweenie; Cockapoo (Cocker Spaniel × Poodle); Goldendoodle (Golden Retriever × Poodle); Labradoodle (Labrador × Poodle); Maltipoo; Morkie; Schnoodle