CANINE HEARING TESTS

DOG BREEDS WITH REPORTED CONGENITAL DEAFNESS

By Professor George Strain

*Note: dogs of any breed can have congenital deafness, from a variety of causes, both hereditary and acquired. Breeds with white pigmentation are most often affected.

*High-risk breeds are in red* 

Akita

Dalmatian

Norwegian Dunkerhound

Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog/Otto Bulldog

Dachshund Dappled

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

American Bulldog

Doberman Pinscher

Old English Sheepdog

American-Canadian Shepherd

Dogo Argentino

Papillon

American Eskimo

British Bulldog

Pekingese

American Hairless Terrier

English Cocker Spaniel

Perro de Carea Leones

American Staffordshire Terrier

English Setter

Pit Bull Terrier

Anatolian Shepherd

Foxhound

English Pointer

Australian Cattle Dog

Fox Terrier

Presa Canario

Australian Kelpie

French Bulldog

Puli

Australian Shepherd

German Shepherd

Rhodesian Ridgeback

Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog

German Shorthaired Pointer

Rat Terrier

Beagle

Great Dane

Rottweiler

Belgian Shepherd all varieties

Great Pyrenees

Saint Bernard

Coton de Tulear

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Saluki

Bichon Frise

Greyhound

Samoyed

Border Collie

Havanese

Schnauzer

Borzoi

Ibizan Hound

Scottish Terrier

Boston Terrier

Icelandic Sheepdog

Sealyham Terrier

Boxer

Italian Greyhound

Shetland Sheepdog

Brittney Spaniel

Jack/Parson Russell Terrier

Shih Tzu

Bulldog

Japanese Chin

Shropshire Terrier

Bullmastiff

Kangal Shepherd Dog

Siberian Husky

Bull Terrier both sizes

Keeshond

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Canaan Dog

Kuvasz

Springer Spaniel English and Welsh

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Labrador Retriever

Sussex Spaniel

Catahoula Leopard Dog

Lhasa Apso

Tibetan Spaniel

Catalan Shepherd

Lowchen

Tibetan Terrier

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Maltese

Toy Fox Terrier

Chihuahua

Manchester Terrier

Toy Poodle

Chinese Crested

Miniature Pinscher

Walker American Foxhound

Chow Chow

Miniature Poodle

West Highland White Terrier

Cocker Spaniel

Landseer ECT

Whippet

Collie

 

Yorkshire Terrier  


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