We extract dog profiles, breeder directories, health test results, and show records from The Kennel Club. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.
Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.
Complete list of extractable fields for Breed Standards objects from thekennelclub.org.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"breed_name": "Labrador Retriever", "breed_group": "Gundog", "size_category": "Large", "coat_type": "Short, dense, weather-resistant", "exercise_needs": "Over 2 hours per day", "lifespan_range": "10 to 12 years", "grooming_requirements": "More than once a week"
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Complete list of extractable fields for Breeder Profiles objects from thekennelclub.org.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"breeder_id": "KC782910", "breeder_name": "Sarah Jenkins", "kennel_name": "Oakhaven Labradors", "location_county": "Surrey", "assured_breeder_status": true, "puppies_currently_available": false, "membership_years": 14
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Complete list of extractable fields for Health Tests objects from thekennelclub.org.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"dog_registered_name": "Oakhaven Star Catcher", "registration_number": "AQ01829302", "test_category": "Hip Dysplasia", "test_date": "2024-11-12", "test_result": "4/5 = 9", "age_at_test": "24 months", "sire_registration": "AP09283711"
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Complete list of extractable fields for Show Results objects from thekennelclub.org.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"show_name": "Crufts 2025", "show_date": "2025-03-08", "breed": "Golden Retriever", "class_name": "Open Dog", "placement": 1, "dog_registered_name": "Meadowbrook Golden Boy", "award_type": "Challenge Certificate"
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Complete list of extractable fields for Judges Directory objects from thekennelclub.org.uk. All fields typed and schema-versioned.
"judge_name": "Robert Vance", "judge_id": "J-4921", "location_region": "Yorkshire", "championship_status": true, "approved_breeds": "['Labrador Retriever', 'Golden Retriever', 'Flat Coated Retriever']", "judging_history_count": 42, "last_updated": "2025-01-15T14:30:00Z"
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Our scraper handles the specific challenges of thekennelclub.org.uk. We manage session state for search forms, paginate through extensive health records, and normalise breeder directories.
Capture physical characteristics, temperament traits, grooming needs, and health predispositions across all recognised breeds.
Extract hip scores, elbow grades, DNA screening results, and eye examination certificates tied to specific registration numbers.
Compile historical placements, Challenge Certificates, and Best in Show awards from regional and championship events.
Monitor the Assured Breeders directory for new additions, status changes, and contact information updates.
Trace sire and dam relationships through multi-generational pedigree records to map genetic lines.
Extract approved judges, their qualified breeds, championship status, and contact details for event planning.
Monitor litters registered on the Find a Puppy service, including birth dates, available counts, and asking prices.
Automate POST requests and maintain cookie sessions required to query the Health Test Results Finder.
Run pipelines at weekly or monthly cadences to capture new litter registrations and health test publications.
Brief in. Clean data out.
Specify target breeds, breeder regions, or health test categories. We design the extraction schema together.
We configure Scrapy crawlers, manage session state for search forms, and set up proxy rotation for thekennelclub.org.uk.
Schema validation, null-rate checks, and lineage verification before full launch.
JSON, CSV, or Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.
The Kennel Club relies heavily on stateful search forms and paginated directories. Here is how we extract the data reliably.
Accessing health test results requires submitting specific POST payloads and maintaining session cookies. Our crawlers manage cookie jars and CSRF tokens to traverse these gated search results.
Breeder directories and show results span thousands of paginated pages. We use state-aware pagination logic to ensure complete extraction without dropping records during network timeouts.
Historical show results and health tests often feature inconsistent formatting. We apply regex-based normalisation pipelines to output clean, strictly typed dates and scoring metrics.
We distribute requests across UK-based residential proxies and throttle concurrency to avoid triggering firewall blocks or degrading the target server performance.
For breeder directories, we maintain a hash index of last-seen values per field. Subsequent runs only push diffs, reducing compute cost and downstream processing load.
Insurance providers ingest breed health predispositions and historical test results to calculate accurate risk premiums.
Academic researchers track the prevalence of genetic conditions like hip dysplasia across specific lineages over time.
Nutrition brands identify assured breeders to distribute breed-specific puppy packs and establish early brand loyalty.
Pet marketplaces cross-reference seller profiles against the Assured Breeder database to prevent puppy farming.
Exhibitors analyse historical placements and judge preferences to optimise their entry strategies.
Pet industry analysts track litter registration volumes to forecast demographic shifts in the UK canine population.
"The Kennel Club holds the definitive registry of canine pedigree and health records in the UK, but extracting cohort data requires navigating complex form state."
Most teams underestimate the investment required. Reliable data extraction from thekennelclub.org.uk requires managing session cookies, handling multi-step POST requests for pedigree searches, and normalising inconsistent historical records. DataFlirt absorbs that complexity so your engineers can focus on the analysis, not the infrastructure.
Everything supported by our thekennelclub.org.uk scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.
Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.
Scrapy handles crawl orchestration, deduplication, and retry logic. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering, cookie sessions, and interaction flows. Combined via scrapy-playwright middleware.
We maintain pools of residential ISP proxies across UK regions. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions where required. IP score monitoring prevents blacklisted pool contamination.
Pipelines run on AWS Lambda and ECS. Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state stored in managed Postgres.
Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.
About thekennelclub.org.uk scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.
Ask us directly →Scraping publicly available information is generally permissible under UK law. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated breed standards, health records, and directory data. We do not extract personal data beyond publicly listed business contact details for breeders. Clients should review terms of service and consult legal counsel.
The health test finder requires submitting specific POST requests with valid session tokens. Our pipeline automates this form submission, manages the cookie jar, and parses the resulting data tables into structured JSON.
We can extract sire and dam relationships listed on public profiles. Building deep multi-generational trees requires recursive crawling of these relationships, which we support via custom pipeline logic.
We typically configure Kennel Club pipelines to run on a weekly or monthly cadence, as registry updates and show results are published in batches. Daily runs are available for the puppy availability directory.
No. The MyKC portal requires authenticated user access and contains private ownership data. We only extract publicly accessible directories and search tools on the main thekennelclub.org.uk domain.
Our minimum engagement typically starts with a full extraction of the Assured Breeder directory or the health test records for a defined set of popular breeds. Contact us for volume pricing.
Absolutely. We provide a sample run of up to 500 breeder profiles or health test records as part of the pre-engagement scoping process. This allows you to validate schema fit and data quality.
20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off breed standard export or continuous monitoring of health test results across 100 breeds, we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.
