Common Diseases By Breed
Find your breed of dog in the list below to see which diseases your pet is prone to. Then you can read about them and ask us what we recommend to help decrease the chances of those diseases in your dog! This is not a comprehensive list - it is the breeds we most commonly see at CCPH with the diseases we most commonly diagnose in them. If your breed is not represented, please call us and we will add it in!
Akita
- Elbow dysplasia, hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament rupture
- Hypothyroidism
- Progressive Retinal Atrophy
Alaskan Malamute
- Hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament rupture
- Zinc-responsive skin diseases
American Staffordshire Terrier
- Cleft palate, cleft lip
- Cutaneous mast cell tumors
Australian Shepherd
- Collie eye anomaly
- Epilepsy
- Hereditary deafness
- Hip dysplasia
- Ivermectin sensitivity
- Progressive retinal atrophy
Basset Hound
- Allergies and ear infections
- Entropion, ectropion
- Primary glaucoma
- Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) in shoulder
Beagle
- Allergies
- Bladder cancer
- Chronic hepatitis (liver disease)
- Epilepsy
- Intervertebral disc disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Cushing's disease
Bichon Frise
- Luxating patellas
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Dental disease
Bloodhound
- Bloat
- Ectropion, entropion
- Recurrent skin diseases
Border Collie
- Progressive retinal atrophy
- Deafness
- Cryptorchidism
- Cruciate ligament rupture
- Epilepsy
Boston Terrier
- Allergies
- Cushing's disease
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Demodectic mange
- Luxating patellas
- Cherry eye
- Stenotic nares
- Dental disease
- Cryptorchidism
Boxer
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Mast cell tumors
- Allergies
- Gingival hyperplasia
- Cushing's disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Ulcerative keratitis (eye ulcers)
- Vaccine reactions
- Epilepsy
Brittany Spaniel
- Epilepsy
- Hip dysplasia
Bullmastiff
- Bloat
- Allergies
- Entropion
- Cherry eye
- Glaucoma
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Congenital heart disease
- Epilepsy
- Dental disease
- Patellar luxation
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
Chihuahua
- Dental disease
- Collapsing trachea
- Luxating patellas
- Hydrocephalus
- Vaccine reactions
- Cryptorchidism
Chow Chow
- Bloat
- Entropion, abnormal eyelash growth
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia
- Hypothyroidism
Cocker Spaniel
- Allergies, ear infections
- Chronic hepatitis (liver disease)
- Glaucoma
- Entropion, ectropion, abnormal eyelash growth
- Hypothyroidism
- Intervertebral disc disease
- Chronic skin diseases
- Patellar luxation
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia
- Epilepsy
Collie
- Collie eye anomaly and other eye conditions
- Bladder cancer
- Dental disease
- Deafness
- Autoimmune skin diseases
- Ivermectin sensitivity
- Epilepsy
Dachshund
- Intervertebral disc disease
- Dental disease
- Cushing's disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Color dilution alopecia, pattern baldness
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Degenerative joint disease, arthritis
- Vaccine reactions
- Epilepsy
Dalmatian
- Deafness
- Bladder stones
- Allergies
Doberman Pinscher
- Heart disease, especially dilated cardiomyopathy
- Color dilution alopecia
- Chronic hepatitis (liver disease)
- Osteosarcoma
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia
- Hypothyroidism
- Von Willebrand's Disease (platelet defect causing bleeding tendencies)
- Wobbler's syndrome (spinal abnormality)
English Bulldog
- Brachycephalic syndrome - stenotic nares, elongated soft palate, small trachea all causing breathing abnormalities
- Allergies
- Hypothyroidism
- Chronic skin and ear conditions
- Heat stroke
- Cryptorchidism
Fox Terrier
- Allergies
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Legg-Perthes disease
- Glaucoma
French Bulldog
- Elongated soft palate
- Hemophilia (bleeding disorder)
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
German Shepherd
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, cruciate ligament rupture
- Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
- Autoimmune diseases
- Epilepsy
- Hypothyroidism
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Osteosarcoma
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Several forms of heart disease
- Cryptorchidism
Giant Schnauzer
- Hip dysplasia, osteochondritis dissecans
- Bloat
- Bladder stones
- Pancreatitis, gastrointestinal upset
- Hypothyroidism
Golden Retriever
- Allergies, recurrent skin and ear infections
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia
- Many forms of cancers, especially mast cell tumors, melanoma, hemangiosarcoma, osteosarcoma
- Hypothyroidism
- Progressive retinal atrophy
- Degenerative valvular disease, dilated cardiomyopathy (heart disease)
- Epilepsy
Great Dane
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, osteochondritis dissecans
- Allergies
- Bloat
- Osteosarcoma
- Wobblers syndrome (spinal abnormality)
- Hypothyroidism
- Congenital and degenerative heart disease
Great Pyrenees
- Hip dysplasia
- Cryptorchidism
Greyhound
- Bloat
- Dental disease
- Lens luxation
- Increased risk for certain anesthetics
- Hypothyroidism
Irish Setter
- Allergies
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Myopathies (muscle disorders)
- Progressive retinal atrophy
- Hip dysplasia, osteochondritis dissecans
- Hypothyroidism
- Epilepsy
Jack Russell Terrier
- Luxating patellas
- Dental disease
- Allergies
Keeshond
- Epilepsy
- Hypothyroidism
- Melanoma
- Congenital heart defects
Labrador Retriever
- Allergies
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, osteochondritis dissecans, cruciate ligament rupture
- Hypothyroidism
- Progressive retinal atrophy
- Chronic hepatitis (liver disease)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Epilepsy
Lhasa Apso
- Allergies
- Corneal ulcers
- Glaucoma
- Dental disease
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Luxating patellas
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye)
Maltese
- Dental disease
- Luxating patellas
- Cryptorchidism
- Vaccine reactions
Miniature Pinscher
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Dental disease
Miniature Schnauzer
- Allergies
- Intestinal upset, pancreatitis
- Bladder stones
- Diabetes mellitus
- Dental disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Portosystemic shunt
- Schnauzer comedo syndrome (skin disease)
- Degenerative valvular disease, sick sinus syndrome (heart disease)
- Cryptorchidism
Newfoundland
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, cruciate ligament rupture
- Bloat
- Dilated cardiomyopathy, congential heart defects, degenerative valvular disease
- Entropion, ectropion, cherry eye
Old English Sheepdog
- Allergies
- Bloat
- Hip Dysplasia
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Wobblers syndrome (spinal abnormality)
Papillon
- Luxating patellas
- Dental disease
Pekinese
- Corneal ulceration, abnormal eyelash growth
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Dental disease
- Intervertebral disc disease
- Cryptorchidism
Pomeranian
- Dental disease
- Luxating patellas
- Cryptorchidism
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Collapsing trachea
Poodle - Toy and Miniature
- Allergies
- Dental disease
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Cushing's disease
- Epilepsy
- Hypothyroidism
- Legg-Perthes disease
- Luxating patellas
- Cryptorchidism
Poodle - Standard
- Bloat
- Addison's disease
- Allergies
- Epilepsy
- Hypothyroidism
- Cushing's disease
Pug
- Allergies
- Corneal ulceration, entropion, abnormal eyelash growth
- Elongated soft palate, long tongue (abnormalities when breathing)
- Luxating patellas
- Bladder stones
- Dental disease
- Cryptorchidism
Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Dermoid sinus
- Hip dysplasia
- Hypothyroidism
Rottweiler
- Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, osteochondritis dissecans, cruciate ligament rupture
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Prone to parvovirus
- Entropion, ectropion
Samoyed
- Dwarfism
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hip dysplasia
- Glaucoma
Schipperke
- Entropion
- Hypothroidism
- Legg-Perthes disease
- Allergies
- Dental disease
Scottish Terrier
- Allergies
- Bladder stones, bladder cancer
- Intervertebral disc disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Deafness
Shetland Sheepdog
- Collie eye anomaly
- Progressive retinal atrophy
- Dental disease
- Autoimmune skin diseases
- Ivermectin sensitivity
- Hip dysplasia
- Hypothyroidism
- Epilepsy
- Cryptorchidism
Shih Tzu
- Corneal ulcerations
- Dental disease
- Glaucoma
- Luxating patellas
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Bladder stones
- Allergies
Siberian Husky
- Hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament rupture
- Autoimmune skin diseases
- Epilepsy
- Cryptorchidism
Springer Spaniels
- Epilepsy ("Springer Rage")
- Progressive retinal atrophy, congenital eye abnormalites
- Hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament rupture
Vizsla
- Demodectic mange
- Separation anxiety
- Hemangiosarcoma
- Hip dysplasia, osteochondritis dissecans
- Epilepsy
Weimeraner
- Bloat
- Separation anxiety
- Cryptorchidism
- Hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament rupture
- Several types of skin cancer
Welsh Corgi
- Degenerative myelopathy
- Degenerative joint disease, arthritis
- Dental disease
- Epilepsy
West Highland White Terrier
- Allergies
- Chronic hepatitis (liver disease)
- Degenerative valvular disease
- Dental disease
- Luxating patellas
Whippet
- Cryptorchidism
- Ivermectin sensitivity
- Dental disease
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
Yorkshire Terrier
- Dental disease
- Luxating patellas
- Portosystemic shunts
- Degenerative valvular disease (heart disease)
- Vaccine reactions
- Legg-Perthes disease
- Cryptorchidism