Data & API

The data behind every page

Read everything we collect ourselves — published rates with the facility’s own words, vaccine and admission rules, overnight staffing, play models and more for 5,631 facilities — as JSON and Markdown, one metro or facility at a time. Cite it in research, reporting or AI answers with a link.

Boarding Price IndexBrowse the JSON API

City statistics are open

Metro files, the Boarding Price Index and city analysis are CC BY 4.0. Credit Source: Dogs Away (dogsaway.co) with a link.

Read and cite freely. No bulk copying.

Quote or cite a single facility with a link. Bulk copying, scraping or rebuilding the directory is not allowed. See the terms of use.

Refreshed regularly

Business data as of July–October 2026; facility websites read September–October 2026. Every value carries its own check date.

Endpoints

Static files, one metro or one facility per request. There is no full-dataset download.

ResourceURL pattern
Index of metros/api/v1/index.json
One metro: statistics, licensing, analysis/api/v1/cities/{city}.json
One facility/api/v1/facilities/{city}/{slug}.json
Markdown of any page/{city}/{slug}.md · /{city}.md
For language models/llms.txt · /llms-full.txt
Data notes and terms/data/README.md · /data/LICENSE.txt

Data by metro

MetroFacilitiesPublished ratesPolicies readFiles
Dallas, TX4061702026-08-20JSON · MD
Chicago, IL3861762026-08-20JSON · MD
Austin, TX87482026-08-03JSON · MD
San Antonio, TX66322026-09-08JSON · MD
Denver, CO48282026-08-06JSON · MD
Colorado Springs, CO52242026-08-06JSON · MD
Las Vegas, NV60182026-09-08JSON · MD
Charlotte, NC166742026-09-07JSON · MD
Orlando, FL56182026-09-08JSON · MD
San Diego, CA39192026-09-07JSON · MD
Nashville, TN48232026-09-07JSON · MD
Phoenix, AZ193622026-10-20JSON · MD
Seattle, WA2441152026-09-08JSON · MD
Atlanta, GA3271382026-09-08JSON · MD
Raleigh, NC59272026-09-08JSON · MD
Tampa, FL184762026-09-08JSON · MD
Houston, TX3321582026-09-08JSON · MD
Los Angeles, CA3331392026-09-08JSON · MD
Portland, OR156822026-09-07JSON · MD
Indianapolis, IN29112026-10-19JSON · MD
Sacramento, CA94302026-10-20JSON · MD
Salt Lake City, UT91342026-10-20JSON · MD
Kansas City, MO154482026-10-19JSON · MD
New York, NY6422292026-09-09JSON · MD
Miami, FL205682026-09-09JSON · MD
St. Louis, MO109442026-10-20JSON · MD
Boston, MA3521362026-10-20JSON · MD
Columbus, OH163752026-10-19JSON · MD
Philadelphia, PA232702026-10-20JSON · MD
Minneapolis, MN162722026-10-20JSON · MD
San Francisco, CA156632026-10-19JSON · MD