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Breed library

Breeds, grounded in the canine knowledge graph.

Every card below is computed from the same data set that drives the 3D atlas of 14,478 dogs. AKC group, size class, the breed's population in our atlas, and its nearest genetic relative are visible up front. Open a breed for the long form: heterozygosity, trait-locus allele frequencies across 15 morphology loci, AKC-versus-genetic-group comparison, and where the breed sits in canine population structure.

Where a breed has nutrition coverage in the Sniff knowledge base, a small badge points to the food guide. The genetics is the spine. The nutrition is one feature on top.

20 long-form breed profiles live today. The full 215-breed dimension catalog renders at /breed/<slug>/; long-form coverage expands as the editorial pipeline catches up.

Sporting

2

Bred for the field. Retrievers, setters, spaniels, pointers.

Hound

2

Tracked by scent or sight. Independent worker.

Working

6

Guard, draft, rescue. Built for jobs that matter.

Herding

3

Stockwork lineage. Move animals, read intent, decide quickly.

Terrier

1

Vermin specialists. Compact, brave, willful.

Toy

3

Companion-purpose dogs. Often older and quieter than their image.

Non-Sporting

3

The catch-all group. Distinct lineages that do not fit elsewhere.

How the library works

Genetics first. Nutrition is one feature.

Each long-form breed profile pairs the structured dimensions (atlas population, heterozygosity, bottleneck rank, AKC-versus-genetic-group comparison, trait-locus allele frequencies across 15 morphology loci, nearest five genetic relatives) with editorial that walks through life-stage decisions, breed-specific health predispositions, and the Sniff position on contested questions. Every quantitative claim traces back to a knowledge-graph atom and a peer-reviewed or regulatory citation.

For programmatic access: /api/v1/breeds.json is the current catalog (nutrition substrate). The per-breed genetic-neighbor data is at /api/breed/<slug>/neighbors.json. Both endpoints emit JSON under CC-BY 4.0 with permissive CORS; the LLM-discovery file at /llms.txt is the canonical entry point for AI agents grounding on Sniff content.

Read the full technical methodology for how every dimension is computed.