Dog Breeds With Reported Congenital Deafness*

Akita Dappled Dachshund Papillon
American Bulldog Doberman Pinscher Perro de Carea Leonés
American-Canadian Shepherd Dogo Argentino Pit Bull Terrier
American Eskimo English Bulldog Pointer/English Pointer
American Hairless Terrier English Cocker Spaniel Presa Canario
American Staffordshire Terrier English Setter Puli
Anatolian Shepherd Foxhound Rhodesian Ridgeback
Australian Cattle Dog Fox Terrier Rat Terrier
Australian Shepherd French Bulldog Rottweiler
Beagle German Shepherd Saint Bernard
Bichon Frise German Shorthaired Pointer Samoyed
Border Collie Great Dane Schnauzer
Borzoi Great Pyrenees Scottish Terrier
Boston Terrier Greyhound Sealyham Terrier
Boxer Havanese Shetland Sheepdog
Brittney Spaniel Ibizan Hound Shih Tzû
Bulldog Italian Greyhound Shropshire Terrier
Bull Terrier Jack/Parson Russell Terrier Siberian Husky
Canaan Dog Japanese Chin Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Cardigan Welsh Corgi Kuvasz Springer Spaniel
Catahoula Leopard Dog Labrador Retriever Sussex Spaniel
Catalan Shepherd Löwchen Tibetan Spaniel
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Maltese Tibetan Terrier
Chihuahua Miniature Pinscher Toy Fox Terrier
Chinese Crested Miniature Poodle Toy Poodle
Chow Chow mongrel Walker American Foxhound
Cocker Spaniel Newfoundland Landseer West Highland White Terrier
Collie Norwegian Dunkerhound Whippet
Coton de Tulear Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Yorkshire Terrier
Dalmatian Old English Sheepdog

(n=89)

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


Dr. George M. Strain
Louisiana State University
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Phone: 225-578-9758
Fax: 225-578-9895
E-mail: strain@lsu.edu

June 9, 2008

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