CanineIQ Tool Scores Dog Ownership Readiness to Curb Irresponsible Breed Choices

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Developer Anubhav Dash built CanineIQ, a free web app that assesses whether a prospective owner is genuinely prepared for a specific dog breed, inspired by a viral CCTV video of a couple attacked by an unsupervised pitbull in India. The tool asks eight questions covering living space, experience, budget, training plans, and household safety, then generates a deterministic readiness score between 0 and 100 with a verdict of READY, CAUTION, or NOT_READY. A scoring engine weighs each answer against documented breed-specific needs, while Google's Gemini AI is used only to write a personalised narrative and a letter voiced from the dog's perspective. The app also includes a breed health transparency page highlighting genetic issues in popular dogs, such as French Bulldogs requiring palate surgery and Pugs struggling to breathe during exercise. CanineIQ was released as an open-source React application on Vercel ahead of International Dog Day, aiming to reduce breed surrenders, neglect, and bite incidents linked to underprepared owners.

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