Canine hip dysplasia has plagued many large breed dogs sense the early 1900’s. Before the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, PennHIP and the AKC, there were very little regulations on breeding. Many purebred bloodlines in the 1960’s fell victim to hip dysplasia due to inbreeding. Additionally, there were no regulations for testing a dogs hips before breeding so dogs with genetically incorrect growth were bred time and time again. Fortunately, knowledge is spreading and breeders are complying with OFA hip standards.
Hip Dysplasia Prone Breeds
-
Afghan Hound
Airedale Terrier
Akita
Alaskan Malamute
American Eskimo Dog
American Staffordshire Terrier
American Water Spaniel
Anatolian Shepherd
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Shepherd
Basset Hound
Beagle
Bearded Collie
Beauceron
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Sheepdog
Belgian Tervuren
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise
Black and Tan Coonhound
Black Russian Terrier
Bloodhound
Border Collie
Border Terrier
Bouvier des Flandres
Boxer
Briard
Brittany
Brussels Griffon
Bulldog
Bullmastiff
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Chinese Shar-Pei
Chow Chow
Collie
Curly-Coated Retriever
Dalmatian
Doberman Pinscher
English Cocker Spaniel
English Foxhound
English Setter
English Springer Spaniel
Field Spaniel
Finnish Spitz
Flat-coated Retriever
French Bulldog
German Shepherd
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Wirehaired Pointer
Giant Schnauzer
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Golden Retriever
Great Dane
-
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Harrier
Irish Setter
Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Wolfhound
Keeshond
Kerry Blue Terrier
Komondor
Kuvasz
Labrador Retriever
Lhasa Apso
Mastiff
Neapolitan Mastiff
Newfoundland
Norwegian Elkhound
Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Rtvr.
Old English Sheepdog
Otterhounds
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
Plott Hound
Pointer
Portuguese Water Dog
Pug
Puli
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rottweiler
Saint Bernard
Samoyed
Schipperke
Shetland Sheepdog
Shiba Inu
Shih Tzu
Siberian Husky
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Spinone Italiani
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Standard Schnauzer
Sussex Spaniel
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Terrier
Vizsla
Weimaraner
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon