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