Rankings of Dog Breeds Suffering From Hip Dysplasia

If you are considering adding a new pup to your family or are concerned your dog may be suffering from hip problems, here's a breakdown of the top 100 breeds suffering from this problem the most. The rank is based on evaluations performed from 1974 through 2009. The following list starts with the dog breeds with the highest incident of hip dysplasia followed by the number of evaluations conducted and the percent of those evaluations where dysplasia was found. The breeds that suffer from the problem more than 20 percent of the time in the cited evalutaions are highlighted. Breeds BULLDOG - 467 evaluations: 73.2 percent of dogs PUG - 390 evaluations: 63.8 percent of dogs DOGUE DE BORDEAUX - 341 evaluations: 56.0 percent of dogs OTTERHOUND - 349 evaluations: 52.1 percent of dogs NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF - 149 evaluations: 48.3 percent of dogs ST. BERNARD - 2036 evaluations: 46.7 percent of dogs CLUMBER SPANIEL - 777 evaluations: 45.7 percent of dogs BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER - 323 evaluations: 43.0 percent of dogs SUSSEX SPANIEL - 241 evaluations: 41.5 percent of dogs CANE CORSO - 589 evaluations: 40.6 percent of dogs ARGENTINE DOGO - 178 evaluations: 39.3 percent of dogs BASSET HOUND - 195 evaluations: 37.4 percent of dogs BOYKIN SPANIEL - 2531 evaluations: 34.8 percent of dogs NORFOLK TERRIER - 234 evaluations: 34.2 percent of dogs PERRO DE PRESA CANARIO - 160 evaluations: 33.8 percent of dogs AMERICAN BULLDOG - 1598 evaluations: 33.1 percent of dogs FRENCH BULLDOG - 691 evaluations: 32.6 percent of dogs GLEN OF IMAAL TERRIER - 120 evaluations: 30.0 percent of dogs FILA BRASILEIRO - 588 evaluations: 29.6 percent of dogs BLOODHOUND - 2649 evaluations: 26.1 percent of dogs AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER - 2708 evaluations: 25.7 percent of dogs NEWFOUNDLAND - 13955 evaluations: 25.3 percent of dogs BULLMASTIFF - 5065 evaluations: 24.5 percent of dogs MAINE COON CAT - 1024 evaluations: 24.1 percent of dogs ENGLISH SHEPHERD - 268 evaluations: 23.9 percent of dogs AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER - 663 evaluations: 23.5 percent of dogs LOUISIANA CATAHOULA LEOPARD - 469 evaluations: 23.0 percent of dogs CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER - 11786 evaluations: 20.8 percent of dogs SHILOH SHEPHERD - 570 evaluations: 20.4 percent of dogs ROTTWEILER - 90125 evaluations: 20.3 percent of dogs HYBRID - 872 evaluations: 20.1 percent of dogs GOLDEN RETRIEVER - 124251 evaluations: 19.9 percent of dogs CHOW CHOW - 5070 evaluations: 19.6 percent of dogs GORDON SETTER - 5732 evaluations: 19.5 percent of dogs NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND - 3625 evaluations: 19.5 percent of dogs MASTIFF - 9893 evaluations: 19.4 percent of dogs SHIH TZU - 604 evaluations: 19.4 percent of dogs GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG - 2229 evaluations: 19.1 percent of dogs CARDIGAN WELSH CORGI - 1538 evaluations: 19.1 percent of dogs GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG - 97930 evaluations: 19.1 percent of dogs FIELD SPANIEL - 854 evaluations: 18.7 percent of dogs OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG - 10271 evaluations: 18.7 percent of dogs KUVASZ - 1659 evaluations: 18.4 percent of dogs PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI - 9890 evaluations: 18.3 percent of dogs GIANT SCHNAUZER - 4124 evaluations: 18.1 percent of dogs CHINOOK - 500 evaluations: 18.0 percent of dogs BEAGLE - 748 evaluations: 17.8 percent of dogs STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER - 493 evaluations: 17.6 percent of dogs ENTLEBUCHER - 262 evaluations: 17.2 percent of dogs ENGLISH SETTER - 9549 evaluations: 16.5 percent of dogs POLISH LOWLAND SHEEPDOG - 423 evaluations: 16.1 percent of dogs BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG - 14801 evaluations: 16.0 percent of dogs AFFENPINSCHER - 242 evaluations: 15.7 percent of dogs SPINONE ITALIANO - 978 evaluations: 15.5 percent of dogs AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG - 3032 evaluations: 15.3 percent CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER - 1058 evaluations: 15.3 percent of dogs BOUVIER DES FLANDRES - 7612 evaluations: 15.1 percent of dogs BRITTANY - 16819 evaluations: 14.9 percent of dogs BLACK AND TAN COONHOUND - 649 evaluations: 14.9