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API Endpoint: List of Dog Breeds

This endpoint is used to retrieve a list of breeds that can be used in various parts of the application such as search functionality, creating a new pet profile and more. The list of breeds returned by this endpoint can be used as a reference for input validation and also for providing options to the end user.

Endpoint

GET /api/breeds

Parameters

None

Example Request

GET /api/breeds

200 OK

Response

  • 200 OK on success.
  • 404 Not Found if no breeds are available.

Body

[
"affenpinscher",
"afghan-hound",
"airedale-terrier",
"akita",
"alaskan-klee-kai",
"alaskan-malamute",
"american-bulldog",
"american-english-coonhound",
"american-eskimo-dog",
"american-foxhound",
"american-hairless-terrier",
"american-leopard-hound",
"american-staffordshire-terrier",
"american-water-spaniel",
"anatolian-shepherd-dog",
"appenzeller-sennenhund",
"australian-cattle-dog",
"australian-kelpie",
"australian-shepherd",
"australian-stumpy-tail-cattle-dog",
"australian-terrier",
"azawakh",
"barbado-da-terceira",
"barbet",
"basenji",
"basset-fauve-de-bretagne",
"basset-hound",
"bavarian-mountain-scent-hound",
"beagle",
"bearded-collie",
"beauceron",
"bedlington-terrier",
"belgian-laekenois",
"belgian-malinois",
"belgian-sheepdog",
"belgian-tervuren",
"bergamasco-sheepdog",
"berger-picard",
"bernese-mountain-dog",
"bichon-frise",
"biewer-terrier",
"black-and-tan-coonhound",
"black-russian-terrier",
"bloodhound",
"bluetick-coonhound",
"boerboel",
"bohemian-shepherd",
"bolognese",
"border-collie",
"border-terrier",
"borzoi",
"boston-terrier",
"bouvier-des-flandres",
"boxer",
"boykin-spaniel",
"bracco-italiano",
"braque-du-bourbonnais",
"braque-francais-pyrenean",
"briard",
"brittany",
"broholmer",
"brussels-griffon",
"bull-terrier",
"bulldog",
"bullmastiff",
"cairn-terrier",
"canaan-dog",
"cane-corso",
"cardigan-welsh-corgi",
"carolina-dog",
"catahoula-leopard-dog",
"caucasian-shepherd-dog",
"cavalier-king-charles-spaniel",
"central-asian-shepherd-dog",
"cesky-terrier",
"chesapeake-bay-retriever",
"chihuahua",
"chinese-crested",
"chinese-shar-pei",
"chinook",
"chow-chow",
"cirneco-dell'etna",
"clumber-spaniel",
"cocker-spaniel",
"collie",
"coton-de-tulear",
"croatian-sheepdog",
"curly-coated-retriever",
"czechoslovakian-vlcak",
"dachshund",
"dalmatian",
"dandie-dinmont-terrier",
"danish-swedish-farmdog",
"deutscher-wachtelhund",
"doberman-pinscher",
"dogo-argentino",
"dogue-de-bordeaux",
"drentsche-patrijshond",
"drever",
"dutch-shepherd",
"english-cocker-spaniel",
"english-foxhound",
"english-setter",
"english-springer-spaniel",
"english-toy-spaniel",
"entlebucher-mountain-dog",
"estrela-mountain-dog",
"eurasier",
"field-spaniel",
"finnish-lapphund",
"finnish-spitz",
"flat-coated-retriever",
"french-bulldog",
"french-spaniel",
"german-longhaired-pointer",
"german-pinscher",
"german-shepherd-dog",
"german-shorthaired-pointer",
"german-spitz",
"german-wirehaired-pointer",
"giant-schnauzer",
"glen-of-imaal-terrier",
"golden-retriever",
"gordon-setter",
"grand-basset-griffon-vendeen",
"great-dane",
"great-pyrenees",
"greater-swiss-mountain-dog",
"greyhound",
"hamiltonstovare",
"hanoverian-scenthound",
"harrier",
"havanese",
"hokkaido",
"hovawart",
"ibizan-hound",
"icelandic-sheepdog",
"irish-red-and-white-setter",
"irish-setter",
"irish-terrier",
"irish-water-spaniel",
"irish-wolfhound",
"italian-greyhound",
"jagdterrier",
"japanese-akitainu",
"japanese-chin",
"japanese-spitz",
"japanese-terrier",
"jindo",
"kai-ken",
"karelian-bear-dog",
"keeshond",
"kerry-blue-terrier",
"kishu-ken",
"komondor",
"kromfohrlander",
"kuvasz",
"labrador-retriever",
"lagotto-romagnolo",
"lakeland-terrier",
"lancashire-heeler",
"lapponian-herder",
"leonberger",
"lhasa-apso",
"lowchen",
"maltese",
"manchester-terrier-(standard)",
"manchester-terrier-(toy)",
"mastiff",
"miniature-american-shepherd",
"miniature-bull-terrier",
"miniature-pinscher",
"miniature-schnauzer",
"mountain-cur",
"mudi",
"neapolitan-mastiff",
"nederlandse-kooikerhondje",
"newfoundland",
"norfolk-terrier",
"norrbottenspets",
"norwegian-buhund",
"norwegian-elkhound",
"norwegian-lundehund",
"norwich-terrier",
"nova-scotia-duck-tolling-retriever",
"old-english-sheepdog",
"otterhound",
"papillon",
"parson-russell-terrier",
"pekingese",
"pembroke-welsh-corgi",
"perro-de-presa-canario",
"peruvian-inca-orchid",
"petit-basset-griffon-vendeen",
"pharaoh-hound",
"plott-hound",
"pointer",
"polish-lowland-sheepdog",
"pomeranian",
"poodle-(miniature)",
"poodle-(standard)",
"poodle-(toy)",
"porcelaine",
"portuguese-podengo",
"portuguese-podengo-pequeno",
"portuguese-pointer",
"portuguese-sheepdog",
"portuguese-water-dog",
"pudelpointer",
"pug",
"puli",
"pumi",
"pyrenean-mastiff",
"pyrenean-shepherd",
"rafeiro-do-alentejo",
"rat-terrier",
"redbone-coonhound",
"rhodesian-ridgeback",
"romanian-carpathian-shepherd",
"romanian-mioritic-shepherd-dog",
"rottweiler",
"russell-terrier",
"russian-toy",
"russian-tsvetnaya-bolonka",
"saint-bernard",
"saluki",
"samoyed",
"schapendoes",
"schipperke",
"scottish-deerhound",
"scottish-terrier",
"sealyham-terrier",
"segugio-italiano",
"shetland-sheepdog",
"shiba-inu",
"shih-tzu",
"shikoku",
"siberian-husky",
"silky-terrier",
"skye-terrier",
"sloughi",
"slovakian-wirehaired-pointer",
"slovensky-cuvac",
"slovensky-kopov",
"small-munsterlander",
"smooth-fox-terrier",
"soft-coated-wheaten-terrier",
"spanish-mastiff",
"spanish-water-dog",
"spinone-italiano",
"stabyhoun",
"staffordshire-bull-terrier",
"standard-schnauzer",
"sussex-spaniel",
"swedish-lapphund",
"swedish-vallhund",
"taiwan-dog",
"teddy-roosevelt-terrier",
"thai-ridgeback",
"tibetan-mastiff",
"tibetan-spaniel",
"tibetan-terrier",
"tornjak",
"tosa",
"toy-fox-terrier",
"transylvanian-hound",
"treeing-tennessee-brindle",
"treeing-walker-coonhound",
"vizsla",
"volpino-italiano",
"weimaraner",
"welsh-springer-spaniel",
"welsh-terrier",
"west-highland-white-terrier",
"wetterhoun",
"whippet",
"wire-fox-terrier",
"wirehaired-pointing-griffon",
"wirehaired-vizsla",
"working-kelpie",
"xoloitzcuintli",
"yakutian-laika",
"yorkshire-terrier"
]

An array of strings, where each string represents a breed.