Reads pick the right dog
With two dogs in frame, the read gets a small photo of the one you meant plus their profile (breed, age, weight, energy), so it reads the right dog. Both only while Personalised insights is on.
AI breed check Tracker+
What’s in your dog’s mix, from one photo
One photo goes in. Out comes the breed the AI thinks is most likely, how confident it is, and the one to three breeds it reckons are in the mix. It’s an estimate from a photo, not a DNA test, and the app says so right under the result.
What it answers
The rehoming form just said “collie cross”
Rescue dogs arrive with a breed written down by someone who was, politely, guessing. Puppies bought as one thing grow into the shape of another. And every park has a man who is quite certain yours is a lurcher.
Dogoos answers it the way a photo can. One most-likely breed with a confidence score, then the makeup as one to three breeds (the top one included), each with its own 0–100. When the photo doesn’t support a call, the answer comes back “Mixed breed”, which is also what it says when your dog plainly is a mix. The confidence beside it tells you which.
The result lands on your dog’s profile as a card marked AI breed check and stays there. Two breeds or more and the breed guide opens the full breakdown: “What’s in Max’s mix?”, a bar for each breed, and a note underneath that it’s an estimate from photos. One breed and you get a verdict instead: Breed confirmed by AI, or The AI sees something else with a link back to the profile.
How it runs
What happens when you tap Run
It picks the best photo
A profile holds four photo slots, and the check uses “Clear face” first (front-on, good light, plain background), then the other slots in order, then the profile picture. So a good clear face shot is the one to add.
One photo, and a fresh pair of eyes
The AI gets the image and nothing else: no name, no age, no breed you’ve already typed in, no previous result. It names one breed or “Mixed breed”, gives its confidence, and breaks the makeup into one to three breeds.
The wording moves with the confidence
“That matches: Border Collie” when it agrees with the breed you set. “Looks like a…”, with a Use this breed button, when you haven’t set one. “We think it’s a…” when it’s over 90% sure and disagrees with you. “Might be a…” below that, and the profile keeps the breed you picked.
Nothing changes until you say so
The card offers; it never edits. Keep “Collie cross” on the profile if that’s who she is. The guess just sits alongside it.
The allowance
A small pool, so pick your best photo
Breed checks come from a lifetime pool rather than a daily allowance: three per dog, and three for every dog slot your plan allows across the account. A check is used the moment it runs, whatever the answer, so choose a clear, front-on shot before you tap Run.
Breed checks, by plan
Free
0
Tracker
6
Whisperer
15
Pack Leader
30
3 checksper dog, for the life of that dog’s profile.
6 on Trackeracross the account: three for every dog slot your plan allows. 15 on Whisperer, 30 on Pack Leader.
Tracker+The breed check is a paid feature. Your daily live read is free on every plan.
A used check is used. The count follows your account, so re-adding a deleted dog, swapping the photos or reinstalling doesn’t give one back, and a photo too poor to read (“Couldn’t read the breed. Try a clearer, front-on photo”) still counts. Pick your best front-on shot before you tap Run.
What a photo can tell you
A photograph can settle a lot, but not everything
What it does
- Names the single most likely breed, with a confidence score you can see
- Breaks the makeup into one to three breeds (the top one included), each with its own 0–100
- Answers “Mixed breed” when the photo doesn’t support anything sharper
- Tells you when it disagrees with the breed you set, then leaves the decision to you
- Carries “An estimate from photos, not a DNA test” on the share card itself
- Keeps the count with your account, so it follows you to a new phone
Good to know
- There’s no swab and no lab. It reads what your dog looks like
- It can’t tell you about inherited conditions, health risk, or how big a puppy will grow
- It can’t prove a pedigree or check a breeder’s claim
- The percentages are confidences, not slices of a dog, so they needn’t add up to 100
- A poor photo gets a low confidence and still uses a check
- It needs Tracker or above (a Tracker Pass counts)
Where a swab wins
What a photo can’t reach
A photo shows what your dog looks like they’re made of. It can’t show what they’re carrying. For an inherited condition or a real genetic breakdown, that’s a cheek swab and a lab.
The breed guide’s Health tab is general information about a breed: the conditions that breed is known for, written to help you ask better questions at the vet’s. It’s about the breed, not about your dog. If something’s worrying you, start with your vet.
What it changes
A breed on the profile does real work
The point isn’t the badge on the card. Four other parts of the app use that field the moment it’s filled in.
A guide written around your dog
93 breeds, five tabs, and your dog’s own name through the prose when the guide is their breed. The guide is free on every plan.
Mixes get a real guide too
“One of a kind, shaped by their own unique mix”, then proper advice on coat, exercise and training. Any breed without its own entry lands there too.
Ask Rex knows the breed
It sits in the profile he answers from, beside the weight trend and the week’s moods.
Questions, answered
Before you spend a check
Is this a DNA test?
No. It reads a picture: coat, ears, muzzle, proportions, the shape of the whole dog. Where it shows a mix, “An estimate from photos, not a DNA test” sits right under the breakdown, and the share card says the same. For a heritable disease, or a pedigree you have to prove, a cheek swab is the one you want.
How accurate is it?
Every result comes with a confidence score, and the wording moves with it: “That matches” at the top end, “Might be a…” at the bottom. A clear, front-on photo in good light gives it the most to go on. A high score on a poor photo is still a guess about a poor photo.
Which plan do I need?
Tracker or above, and a Tracker Pass counts, so the prize wheel’s jackpot, the Bone Shop’s seven-day Pass and a referral reward all open it for as long as they last. On Pup the card shows a lock and one sentence: “Unlock AI breed detection to guess your dog’s breed from their photos.” Your daily live read, your mood history and the breed guide itself are free.
How many checks do I actually get?
Three per dog, from an account pool of three for every dog slot your plan allows: six on Tracker, fifteen on Whisperer, thirty on Pack Leader. It’s a lifetime pool, not a monthly one, so a new month, a new phone or a fresh install doesn’t reset it.
Can I run it in my browser?
Yes, as long as the photo is already there. Adding or replacing a dog photo is a phone job, and the web app says so, but the check itself runs anywhere. Buying the plan happens in the Android app through Google Play, and the entitlement then follows your account wherever you sign in.
It disagrees with my rescue centre. Who’s right?
Possibly neither. You’re both working from the same evidence, which is what the dog looks like, and the AI is never told what the paperwork says. Where it matters, for a health question or a breed-specific risk, a vet and a DNA test are the two that can settle it.
Your dog is one of a kind. It’s still nice to know which kinds.
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