Dog Breeds With Reported Congenital Deafness*

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

(n=87)

*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

March 26, 2007

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