Dog Breeds With Reported Congenital Deafness* |
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Akita |
Coton de Tulear |
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever |
American Bulldog |
Dalmatian |
Old English Sheepdog |
American-Canadian Shepherd |
Dappled Dachshund |
Papillon |
American Eskimo |
Doberman Pinscher |
Pekingese |
American Hairless Terrier |
Dogo Argentino |
Perro de Carea Leonés |
American Staffordshire Terrier |
English Bulldog |
Pit Bull Terrier |
Anatolian Shepherd |
English Cocker Spaniel |
Pointer/English Pointer |
Australian Cattle Dog |
English Setter |
Presa Canario |
Australian Kelpie |
Foxhound |
Puli |
Australian Shepherd |
Fox Terrier |
Rhodesian Ridgeback |
Australian Stumpy-tail Cattle Dog |
French Bulldog |
Rat Terrier |
Beagle |
German Shepherd |
Rottweiler |
Belgian Sheepdog/Groenendael |
German Shorthaired Pointer |
Saint Bernard |
Belgian Tervuren |
Great Dane |
Samoyed |
Bichon Frise |
Great Pyrenees |
Schnauzer |
Border Collie |
Greyhound |
Scottish Terrier |
Borzoi |
Havanese |
Sealyham Terrier |
Boston Terrier |
Ibizan Hound |
Shetland Sheepdog |
Boxer |
Icelandic Sheepdog |
Shih Tzû |
Brittney Spaniel |
Italian Greyhound |
Shropshire Terrier |
Bulldog |
Jack/Parson Russell Terrier |
Siberian Husky |
Bullmastiff |
Japanese Chin |
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier |
Bull Terrier |
Keeshond |
Springer Spaniel |
Canaan Dog |
Kuvasz |
Sussex Spaniel |
Cardigan Welsh Corgi |
Labrador Retriever |
Tibetan Spaniel |
Catahoula Leopard Dog |
Lhasa Apso |
Tibetan Terrier |
Catalan Shepherd |
Löwchen |
Toy Fox Terrier |
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel |
Maltese |
Toy Poodle |
Chihuahua |
Miniature Pinscher |
Walker American Foxhound |
Chinese Crested |
Miniature Poodle |
West Highland White Terrier |
Chow Chow |
mongrel |
Whippet |
Cocker Spaniel |
Newfoundland Landseer |
Yorkshire Terrier |
Collie |
Norwegian Dunkerhound |
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*Note: dogs of any breed can have congenital deafness, from a variety of causes. Breeds with white pigmentation are most affected.
Used with permission from:
Dr. George M. Strain. Deafness in dogs and cats. Available at http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/breeds.htm