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Breed Specific Health Concerns

Dogs

Each year the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) polls breed parent clubs about their top health concerns and research interests. The primary purpose of this poll is to give researchers information about the health priorities of each of the parent clubs. Additionally, the poll results can be helpful for prospective pet owners because they indicate what diseases affect each breed or are of greatest concern to owners of a breed. It is important to remember that any dog can come down with a particular disease. And a particular dog can be very healthy throughout life even if specific diseases are listed as concerns for the breed. Finally, our poll is not scientific. It represents the opinions of one or a group of representatives from the breed's parent club.

Breed

D

Dermatomyositis: Collie, Shetland Sheepdog

Dermoid Sinus: Neapolitan Mastiff, Rhodesian Ridgeback

Diabetes Mellitus: American Eskimo Dog, Australian Terrier, Giant Schnauzer, Great Dane, Miniature Schnauzer, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Samoyed, Schipperke, Small Munsterlander Pointer, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Beauceron, Borzoi, Dalmatian, Doberman Pinscher, Dogue de Bordeaux, German Shorthaired Pointer, Great Dane, Irish Wolfhound, Neapolitan Mastiff, Portuguese Water Dog, Saint Bernard, Standard Schnauzer, Yorkshire Terrier

Dirofilariasis: Tibetan Mastiff

Distichiasis: Beagle, Icelandic Sheepdog

Dystocia: Affenpinscher, Boston Terrier

E

Ear Infections: Affenpinscher, American Foxhound, Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Chow Chow, Cocker Spaniel, Glen of Imaal Terrier, Irish Water Spaniel, Mastiff, Otterhound, Sealyham Terrier, Shih Tzu, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Ectopic Ureter: Glen of Imaal Terrier, Siberian Husky

Ehrlichiosis: English Springer Spaniel

Elbow Dysplasia: Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Australian Shepherd, Belgian Malinois, Bernese Mountain Dog, Black Russian Terrier, Bloodhound, Bouvier des Flandres, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Chinese Shar-Pei, Chow Chow, Dogue de Bordeaux, English Setter, English Springer Spaniel, Giant Schnauzer, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Irish Water Spaniel, Keeshond, Kuvasz, Labrador Retriever, Neapolitan Mastiff, Otterhound, Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Spinone, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Tibetan Mastiff, Welsh Springer Spaniel, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Entropion: Black and Tan Coonhound, Cane Corso, Chow Chow, Mastiff

Epilepsy: Airedale Terrier, Akita, Alaskan Malamute, American Eskimo Dog, American Water Spaniel, Australian Shepherd, Beagle, Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Tervuren, Bloodhound, Border Terrier, Boston Terrier, Brittany, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Chihuahua, Chinese Crested, Chinook, Cocker Spaniel, Collie, Curly-Coated Retriever, Dalmatian, English Foxhound, English Springer Spaniel, Finnish Spitz, German Shorthaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer, Giant Schnauzer, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Greyhound, Irish Setter, Irish Water Spaniel, Italian Greyhound, Japanese Chin, Keeshond, Manchester Terrier, Mastiff, Miniature Pinscher, Miniature Poodle, Norwich Terrier, Otterhound, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Pointer, Poodle, Pyrenean Shepherd, Saint Bernard, Schipperke, Sealyham Terrier, Shetland Sheepdog, Shiba Inu, Siberian Husky, Silky Terrier, Small Munsterlander Pointer, Spinone, Standard Poodle, Standard Schnauzer, Tibetan Mastiff, Vizsla, Welsh Springer Spaniel, Welsh Terrier

Episodic Falling: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Everted Laryngeal Saccules: Norwich Terrier

Exercised Induced Collapse: Bearded Collie, Border Collie, Boykin Spaniel, Curly-Coated Retriever

F

Fanconi Syndrome: Basenji

Fetal Anasarca: Bulldog

Fibrosarcoma: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Flat-Coated Retriever, Pharaoh Hound

Follicle Dysplasia: American Water Spaniel, Portuguese Water Dog

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