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Breed library

Find your kind of dog.

200 breeds with honest profiles: real sizes, daily exercise, grooming time and how they live with children, other dogs and small homes.

Your lifestyle shortlist

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Tell us about everyday life with your future dog. We’ll explain the matches, the trade-offs and what we don’t know.

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How matching works & data limitations

“Lifestyle fit” puts fewer flagged trade-offs first, then fewer missing data points, then more matching preferences. Ties are alphabetical. Hard filters are never silently relaxed. This is a shortlist, not a suitability percentage or a behavioural prediction.

We use the existing 1–5 breed-profile scores. Higher scores (4–5) are used for apartment living, trainability, children, other dogs and alone tolerance; lower scores (1–2) for grooming, shedding and barking. Gentle activity matches energy 1–2, regular activity 1–3, and an active routine 4–5. Unanswered questions and unrestricted preferences do not add points. House size and previous experience are context, not automatic bonuses.

Breed scores are awaiting editorial verification. Health, costs, the dog’s age, history and individual temperament are not assessed here. Cat compatibility is unknown. Meet the individual dog and discuss its needs with the rescue or responsible breeder.

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