docs: def _parse_pet_record(self, root):
          """
          Given a <pet> Element from a pet.get or pet.getRandom response, pluck
          out the pet record.
  
          :param lxml.etree._Element root: A <pet> tag Element.
          :rtype: dict
          :returns: An assembled pet record.
          """
          record = {
              "breeds": [],
              "photos": [],
              "options": [],
              "contact": {},
          }
  
          # These fields can just have their keys and text values copied
          # straight over to the dict record.
          straight_copy_fields = [
              "id", "shelterId", "shelterPetId", "name", "animal", "mix",
              "age", "sex", "size", "description", "status", "lastUpdate",
          ]
  
          for field in straight_copy_fields:
              # For each field, just take the tag name and the text value to
              # copy to the record as key/val.
              node = root.find(field)
              if node is None:
                  print("SKIPPING %s" % field)
                  continue
              record[field] = node.text
  
          # Pets can be of multiple breeds. Find all of the <breed> tags and
          # stuff their text (breed names) into the record.
          for breed in root.findall("breeds/breed"):
              record["breeds"].append(breed.text)
  
          # We'll deviate slightly from the XML format here, and simply append
          # each photo entry to the record's "photo" key.
          for photo in root.findall("media/photos/photo"):
              photo = {
                  "id": photo.get("id"),
                  "size": photo.get("size"),
                  "url": photo.text,
              }
              record["photos"].append(photo)
  
          # Has shots, no cats, altered, etc.
          for option in root.findall("options/option"):
              record["options"].append(option.text)
  
          # <contact> tag has some sub-tags that can be straight copied over.
          contact = root.find("contact")
          if contact is not None:
              for field in contact:
                  record["contact"][field.tag] = field.text
  
          # Parse lastUpdate so we have a useable datetime.datime object.
          record["lastUpdate"] = self._parse_datetime_str(record["lastUpdate"])
  
          return record