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Afghan Hound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Aidi Lower risk: Epilepsy Airedale Terrier High risk: Cancer Akbash High risk: Heart disease Akita Inu Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog High risk: BOAS Alaskan Klee Kai Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Alaskan Malamute Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Alpine Dachsbracke Moderate: Cancer American Akita Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy American Bulldog High risk: Cancer American Cocker Spaniel Moderate: Cancer American Eskimo Dog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy American Foxhound Moderate: Cancer American Hairless Terrier Moderate: Heart disease American Staffordshire Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease American Water Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Anatolian Shepherd Dog High risk: Heart disease Anglo French Hound De Petite Venerie Moderate: Cancer Appenzeller Sennenhund High risk: Heart disease Ariegeois Moderate: Cancer Ariegeois Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Artesien Normand Basset Moderate: Cancer Artois Basset Moderate: Cancer Artois Hound Moderate: Cancer Australian Cattle Dog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Australian Kelpie Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Australian Shepherd Lower risk: Cancer Australian Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Austrian Short Haired Hound Moderate: Cancer Austrian Short Haired Pinscher Lower risk: Epilepsy Auvergne Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Azawakh Moderate: Cardiomyopathy

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Barbet Moderate: Cancer Basenji Lower risk: Epilepsy Basque Shepherd Dog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Basset Hound Moderate: Cancer Bavarian Mountain Hound Moderate: Cancer Beagle Lower risk: Epilepsy Beagle Harrier Moderate: Cancer Bearded Collie Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Beauceron Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Bedlington Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Belgian Griffon Lower risk: Heart disease Belgian Shepherd Dog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Belgian Shepherd Groenendael Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Belgian Shepherd Laekenois Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Belgian Shepherd Malinois Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Belgian Shepherd Tervuren Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Bergamasco Shepherd Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Bernese Mountain Dog High risk: Cancer Bichon Frise Lower risk: Heart disease Billy Moderate: Cancer Black And Tan Coonhound Moderate: Cancer Black Russian Terrier High risk: Cancer Blond Brittany Basset Moderate: Cancer Blond Brittany Hound Moderate: Cancer Bloodhound Moderate: Cancer Blue Coonhound Moderate: Cancer Blue Gascony Basset Moderate: Cancer Blue Lacy Moderate: Cancer Blue Picardy Long Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Bolognese Lower risk: Heart disease Border Collie Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Border Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Borzoi Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Bosnian Rough Haired Hound Moderate: Cancer Boston Terrier High risk: BOAS Bourbonnais Pointer Moderate: Cancer Bouvier des Flandres Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Brabant Hound Moderate: Cancer Braque Dupuy Moderate: Cancer Brazilian Fila Moderate: Cancer Brazilian Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Briard Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Briquet Griffon Vendeen Moderate: Cancer Brittany Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Brussels Griffon Lower risk: Heart disease Bull Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Bullmastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy Burgos Perdiquero Moderate: Cancer

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Cairn Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Canaan Dog Lower risk: Epilepsy Canadian Eskimo Dog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Canary Dog High risk: Cardiomyopathy Cao de Castro Laboreiro High risk: Heart disease Catalan Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Caucasian Shepherd Dog High risk: Heart disease Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Moderate: Heart disease Central Asian Shepherd Dog High risk: Heart disease Chesapeake Bay Retriever Moderate: Cancer Chihuahua Moderate: Heart disease Chinese Crested Moderate: Heart disease Chinook High risk: Cancer Chodsky Pes Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Chortaja Borzaja Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Chow Chow Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Clumber Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Continental Bulldog High risk: BOAS Coton de Tulear Lower risk: Heart disease Croatian Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Curly Coated Retriever Moderate: Cancer Czech Fousek Moderate: Cancer Czech Mountain Dog High risk: Heart disease Czech Spotted Dog Lower risk: Epilepsy Czech Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Czechoslovakian Wolfdog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy

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Dachshund Moderate: IVDD Dalmatian Lower risk: Epilepsy Dandie Dinmont Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Danish Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy Danish Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Danish Swedish Farmdog Lower risk: Heart disease Deerhound High risk: Cardiomyopathy Doberman High risk: Wobbler syndrome Dogo Argentino High risk: Cardiomyopathy Dogue de Bordeaux High risk: Cardiomyopathy Drentsche Patrijshond Moderate: Cancer Drever Moderate: Cancer Dunker Moderate: Cancer Dutch Pinch Lower risk: Epilepsy Dutch Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Dutch Shepherd Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy

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East European Shepherd Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy East Siberian Laika Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy English Bulldog High risk: BOAS English Cocker Spaniel Moderate: Cancer English Foxhound Moderate: Cancer English Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy English Setter Moderate: Cancer English Springer Spaniel Moderate: Cancer English Toy Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Entlebucher Mountain Dog High risk: Heart disease Estrela Mountain Dog High risk: Heart disease Eurasier Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Eurohound Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy

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Field Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Finnish Hound Moderate: Cancer Finnish Spitz Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Flat Coated Retriever Moderate: Cancer French Bulldog High risk: BOAS French Gascony Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer French Long Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer French Pyrenean Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer French Tricolor Hound Moderate: Cancer French White And Black Hound Moderate: Cancer French White And Orange Hound Moderate: Cancer

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Gascony Saintongeois Hound Moderate: Cancer German Boxer High risk: Cardiomyopathy German Bracke Moderate: Cancer German Hunting Terrier Moderate: Cancer German Long Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer German Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy German Pinscher Lower risk: Epilepsy German Quail Dog Moderate: Cancer German Rough Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer German Shepherd High risk: Degenerative myelopathy German Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer German Spitz Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy German Wire Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Giant Schnauzer Moderate: Pancreatitis Golden Retriever Moderate: Cancer Gordon Setter Moderate: Cancer Grand Anglo French Tricolor Hound Moderate: Cancer Grand Anglo French White And Black Hound Moderate: Cancer Grand Anglo French White And Orange Hound Moderate: Cancer Grand Blue Gascony Hound Moderate: Cancer Grand Gascony Saintongeois Hound Moderate: Cancer Grand Munsterlander Moderate: Cancer Grand Vendeen Rough Haired Basset Moderate: Cancer Grand Vendeen Rough Haired Hound Moderate: Cancer Greater Swiss Mountain Dog High risk: Heart disease Greek Hound Moderate: Cancer Greek Shepherd Dog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Greenland Dog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Greyhound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy

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Halden Hound Moderate: Cancer Hamilton Hound Moderate: Cancer Hanoverian Hound Moderate: Cancer Harrier Moderate: Cancer Havanese Lower risk: Heart disease Himalayan Shepherd Dog High risk: Heart disease Hokkaido Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Hovawart High risk: Cancer Hungarian Greyhound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Hungarian Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Hungarian Wire Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Hygen Hound Moderate: Cancer

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Ibizan Hound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Icelandic Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Irish Glen Of Imaal Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Irish Red And White Setter Moderate: Cancer Irish Setter Moderate: Cancer Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Irish Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Irish Water Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Irish Wolfhound High risk: Cardiomyopathy Istrian Coarse Haired Hound Moderate: Cancer Istrian Short Haired Hound Moderate: Cancer Italian Corso Dog High risk: Cardiomyopathy Italian Greyhound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Italian Pointer Moderate: Cancer Italian Segugio Moderate: Cancer Italian Spinone Moderate: Cancer Italian Volpino Lower risk: Heart disease

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Jack Russell Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Jamthund Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Japanese Chin High risk: BOAS Japanese Spitz Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Japanese Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease

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Kai Inu Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Kangal High risk: Heart disease Karelian Bear Dog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Karst Shepherd High risk: Heart disease Kerry Beagle Moderate: Cancer Kerry Blue Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease King Charles Spaniel Lower risk: Heart disease Kishu Inu Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Komondor High risk: Heart disease Kooikerhondje Moderate: Cancer Korean Jindo Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Kromfohrlander Lower risk: Heart disease Kuvasz High risk: Heart disease Kyi Leo Lower risk: Heart disease

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Labrador Retriever Moderate: Cancer Lagotto Romagnolo Moderate: Cancer Lakeland Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Lancashire Heeler Lower risk: Heart disease Landseer High risk: Cardiomyopathy Lapinkoira Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Lapphund Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Lapponian Herder Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Leavitt Bulldog High risk: BOAS Leonberger High risk: Cardiomyopathy Lhasa Apso Lower risk: Heart disease Lhasa Apso Mix Lower risk: Heart disease Lion Dog Lower risk: Heart disease Long Haired Collie Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog High risk: Cancer

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Majorca Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy Majorca Ratter Lower risk: Epilepsy Majorca Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Maltese Lower risk: Heart disease Manchester Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Maremma Abruzzese Sheepdog High risk: Heart disease Mexican Hairless Dog Moderate: Heart disease Miniature Bull Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Miniature Pinscher Lower risk: Heart disease Miniature Poodle Lower risk: Addison's disease Miniature Schnauzer Lower risk: Pancreatitis Monkey Pinscher Lower risk: Heart disease Moscow Watchdog High risk: Cardiomyopathy Mudi Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy

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Neapolitan Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy Newfoundland High risk: Cardiomyopathy Nivernais Rough Haired Hound Moderate: Cancer Norbotten Spitz Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Norfolk Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Norwegian Buhund Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Norwegian Elkhound Black Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Norwegian Elkhound Grey Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Norwegian Lundehund Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Norwich Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Moderate: Cancer

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Old English Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Otterhound Moderate: Cancer

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Pachon Navarro Moderate: Cancer Papillon Lower risk: Heart disease Parson Russell Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Patterdale Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Pekingese High risk: BOAS Peruvian Inca Orchid Moderate: Heart disease Petit Blue Gascony Hound Moderate: Cancer Petit Gascony Saintongeois Hound Moderate: Cancer Petit Vendeen Rough Haired Basset Moderate: Cancer Phalene Lower risk: Heart disease Pharaoh Hound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Picardy Shepherd Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Plott Hound Moderate: Cancer Plummer Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Podhale Sheepdog High risk: Heart disease Pointer Moderate: Cancer Poitevin Moderate: Cancer Polish Greyhound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Polish Lowland Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Polish Ogar Moderate: Cancer Pont Audemer Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Poodle Medium Lower risk: Epilepsy Poodlepointer Moderate: Cancer Porcelaine Moderate: Cancer Portuguese Podengo Moderate: Cancer Portuguese Pointer Moderate: Cancer Portuguese Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Portuguese Water Dog Moderate: Cancer Posavac Hound Moderate: Cancer Prague Ratter Moderate: Heart disease Pug High risk: BOAS Puli Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Pumi Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Pyrenean Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy Pyrenean Mountain Dog High risk: Heart disease Pyrenean Shepherd Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy

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Ratter Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Redbone Coonhound Moderate: Cancer Rhodesian Ridgeback High risk: Cancer Rottweiler High risk: Cancer Russo European Laika Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy

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Saarloos Wolfdog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Saint Bernard High risk: Cardiomyopathy Saint Germain Short Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Saluki Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Samoyed Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Sarplaninac High risk: Heart disease Schiller Hound Moderate: Cancer Scottish Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Sealyham Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Serbian Hound Moderate: Cancer Shar-Pei Lower risk: Epilepsy Shetland Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Shiba Inu Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Shih Tzu High risk: BOAS Shikoku Inu Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Shiloh Shepherd Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Short Haired Collie Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Siberian Husky Lower risk: Epilepsy Sicilian Hound Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Silky Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Siperka Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Skye Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Sloughi Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Slovak Cuvac High risk: Heart disease Slovak Kopov Moderate: Cancer Slovak Rough Haired Pointer Moderate: Cancer Smaland Hound Moderate: Cancer Small Munsterlander Moderate: Cancer Smooth Fox Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease South Russian Ovcharka High risk: Heart disease Spanish Alano Moderate: Cancer Spanish Galgo Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Spanish Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy Spanish Sabueso Moderate: Cancer Spanish Water Dog Moderate: Cancer Stabyhoun Moderate: Cancer Staffordshire Bull Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Standard Poodle Moderate: Addison's disease Standard Schnauzer Lower risk: Pancreatitis Styrian Hound Moderate: Cancer Sussex Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Swiss Hound Moderate: Cancer Swiss Hound Bernese Moderate: Cancer Swiss Hound Jura Moderate: Cancer Swiss Hound Lucerne Moderate: Cancer Swiss Hound Schwyz Moderate: Cancer Swiss Hound Short Legged Moderate: Cancer

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Taigan Moderate: Cardiomyopathy Taiwan Dog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Thai Bangkaew Dog Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Thai Ridgeback Lower risk: Epilepsy Tibetan Mastiff High risk: Cardiomyopathy Tibetan Spaniel Lower risk: Epilepsy Tibetan Terrier Lower risk: Epilepsy Tornjak High risk: Heart disease Tosa Inu High risk: Cardiomyopathy Toy Fox Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Toy Poodle Lower risk: Heart disease Transylvanian Hound Moderate: Cancer Tyrolean Hound Moderate: Cancer

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Uruguayan Cimarron Moderate: Cancer

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Vastgotaspets Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy

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Weimaraner High risk: Cancer Weimaraner Long Haired High risk: Cancer Weimaraner Short Haired High risk: Cancer Welsh Corgi Cardigan Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Welsh Corgi Pembroke Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Welsh Sheepdog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Welsh Springer Spaniel Moderate: Cancer Welsh Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease West Highland White Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease West Siberian Laika Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Westphalian Dachsbracke Moderate: Cancer Wetterhound Moderate: Cancer Whippet Moderate: Cardiomyopathy White Swiss Shepherd Dog Moderate: Degenerative myelopathy Wire Fox Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease

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Xoloitzcuintli Moderate: Heart disease

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Yakutian Laika Lower risk: Degenerative myelopathy Yorkshire Terrier Lower risk: Heart disease Yugoslavian Mountain Hound Moderate: Cancer Yugoslavian Tricolor Hound Moderate: Cancer

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