Canine Arthritis & Orthopedics
& Breeds at Risk
Research, Resources & Education
Table of Contents
Canine Arthritis & Orthopedics
& Breed Selection Table
Pet research & education on canine arthritis, as well as hip/elbow dysplasia, Legg-Calve-Perthes, osteochondritis and patella luxation and a chart of some dog breeds that are at risk due to genetic predisposition. Â
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This website is based on research and is NOT created to diagnose your pet.Â
Each animal is an individual and may exhibit symptoms in a different way.
It is advised that you ALWAYS CHECK WITH YOUR VETERINARIANÂ for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.
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Scroll down or click on CHART below to find breeds at risk for particular arthritis, dysplasia and luxation predispositions.Â
Canine Arthritis
Arthritis Description, Breeds at Risk, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis / Testing, Medications, Supplements, Treatment & Prevention.
Link to CAM (Canine Arthtitis Management website), Lifestyle Modfications, Managing Arthritis in Dogs, Alternative / Complimentary Therapies, & Surgical Options
This section includes Elbow Dysplasia Research in dogs including Description, Symptoms, Causes, Risks, Treatment, Surgeries, Prevention & Breeds at Risk
This section includes Elbow Dysplasia Research in dogs, including Description, Symptoms, Causes, Risks, Treatment, Surgeries, Prevention & Breeds at Risk
This section includes Patella Luxation Research in dogs including Description, Symptoms, Causes, Risks, Treatment, Surgeries, Prevention & Breeds at Risk
This section includes the description of Legg-Calve-Perthes, Causes, Breeds at Risk, Prevention, Management, Treatment and possible Surgeries.Â
This section includes the description of Osteochondrosis Causes, Breeds at Risk, Prevention, Signs & Symptoms, Treatment and possible Surgeries.
This section includes the description of Cranial Cruciate Ligament (CCL) Rupture, Causes, Breeds at Risk, Prevention, Signs & Symptoms, Treatment and possible Surgeries.Â
Arthritis / Breed Chart
SEARCH on the right top corner for a particular breed or cancer (such as oral)
| BREED | BRAIN | HEMANGIO- SARCOMA | LYMPHOMA | MAMMARY TUMORS | MAST CELL TUMOR | MELANOMA | NASAL TUMOR | ORAL | OSTEOSARCOMA | PERIANAL/ ANAL SAC | SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA | TRANSITIONAL (TCC) / UROTHELIAL (UC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airedale Terrier | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||||
| Basset Hound | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Nasal Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Bulldog, English | Brain | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Perianal/Anal Sac | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||
| Bullmastiff | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| St. Bernard | Lymphoma | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Golden Retriever | Brain | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||
| Labrador Retriever | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | ||||||
| Scottish Terrier | Brain | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||
| Boxer | Brain (Glioma) | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Mast Cell Tumor | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||
| Beagle | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Perianal/Anal Sac | TCC or UC | |||||||
| West Highland White Terrier | Lymphoma | |||||||||||
| Chow Chow | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Oral | |||||||||
| Poodle, Standard | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | ||||||||
| Rottweiler | Lymphoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||
| Poodle, Toy | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | ||||||||
| Yorkshire Terrier | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | ||||||||||
| German Shepherd | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | ||||
| Poodle, Miniature | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | |||||||
| Affenpinscher | ||||||||||||
| Afghan Hound | ||||||||||||
| Alaskan Malamute | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| American Eskimo, Toy and Standard | ||||||||||||
| American Foxhound | ||||||||||||
| American Pitt Bull Terrier | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| American Staffordshire Terrier | ||||||||||||
| American Water Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Anatolian Shepherd Dog | ||||||||||||
| Australian Cattle Dog | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Australian Shepherd | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Australian Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Basenji | ||||||||||||
| Bearded Collie | ||||||||||||
| Beauceron | ||||||||||||
| Bedlington Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Belgian Groenendael | ||||||||||||
| Belgian Malinois | ||||||||||||
| Belgian Tervuren | ||||||||||||
| Bernese Mountain Dog | Hemangiosarcoma | Melanoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Bichon Frise’ | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Black and Tan Coonhound | ||||||||||||
| Black Russian Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Bloodhound | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||||
| Boerboel | ||||||||||||
| Border Collie | Brain | TCC or UC | ||||||||||
| Border Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Borzoi | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Boston Terrier | Brain | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Bouvier des Flandres | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||||
| Briard | ||||||||||||
| Brussels Griffon | ||||||||||||
| Bull Terrier | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | ||||||||||
| Bull Terrier, Miniature | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | ||||||||||
| Cairn Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Canaan Dog | ||||||||||||
| Cane Corso (Italian Mastiff) | ||||||||||||
| Caucasian Shepherd | ||||||||||||
| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| Chesapeake Bay Retriever | Melanoma | |||||||||||
| Chinese Crested | ||||||||||||
| Chinese Shar-Pei | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||||||
| Clumber Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Curly Coated Retriever | ||||||||||||
| Dalmation | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Dandie Dinmont Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Dogo Argentino | ||||||||||||
| Dogue de Bordeaux | ||||||||||||
| English Foxhound | ||||||||||||
| English Toy Spaniel AKA King Charles Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Field Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Finnish Spitz | ||||||||||||
| Flat-Coated Retriever | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Fox Terrier, Smooth | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Fox Terrier, Toy | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Fox Terrier, Wire | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| French Bulldog | ||||||||||||
| German Pinscher | ||||||||||||
| German Wirehaired Pointer | ||||||||||||
| Glen of Imaal Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Great Dane | Brain | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Great Pyrenees | ||||||||||||
| Greater Swiss Mountain Dog | ||||||||||||
| Greyhound | Brain (Meningioma) | Hemangiosarcoma | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Harrier | ||||||||||||
| Havanese | ||||||||||||
| Ibizan Hound | ||||||||||||
| Irish Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Irish Water Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Irish Wolfhound | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Italian Greyhound | Brain | Hemangiosarcoma | ||||||||||
| Japanese Chin | ||||||||||||
| Keeshond | Nasal Tumor | |||||||||||
| Kerry Blue Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Komondor | ||||||||||||
| Kuvasz | ||||||||||||
| Lakeland Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Leonberger | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Lhasa Apso | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Lowchen | ||||||||||||
| Manchester Terrier Toy | ||||||||||||
| Manchester Terrier, Standard | ||||||||||||
| Mastiff | Brain | |||||||||||
| Miniature Pincher | ||||||||||||
| Neapolitan Mastiff | ||||||||||||
| Newfoundland | ||||||||||||
| Norfolk Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Norwegian Buhund | ||||||||||||
| Norwegian Elkhound | Brain | Nasal Tumor | ||||||||||
| Norwich Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | ||||||||||||
| Old English Sheepdog | Brain | |||||||||||
| Otterhound | ||||||||||||
| Papillon | ||||||||||||
| Parsons Russell Terrier | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Pekingese | Brain | |||||||||||
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen (PBGV) | ||||||||||||
| Pharaoh Hound | ||||||||||||
| Plott Hound | ||||||||||||
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | ||||||||||||
| Pomeranian | ||||||||||||
| Portuguese Water Dog | Brain | Hemangiosarcoma | ||||||||||
| Presa Canario | ||||||||||||
| Pug | Brain | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Puli | ||||||||||||
| Pyrenean Shepherd | ||||||||||||
| Rhodesian Ridgeback | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||||
| Saluki | ||||||||||||
| Samoyed | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| Schipperke | ||||||||||||
| Schnauzer, Miniature | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Schnauzer, Standard | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Sealyham Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Shiba Inu | ||||||||||||
| Shih Tzu | Brain | |||||||||||
| Siberian Husky | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| Silky Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Skye Terrier | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Spinone Italiano | ||||||||||||
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Sussex Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Swedish Vallhund | ||||||||||||
| Tibetan Mastiff | ||||||||||||
| Tibetan Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Tibetan Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Tosa | ||||||||||||
| Vizsla | Melanoma | |||||||||||
| Weimaraner | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Welsh Corgi, Cardigan | ||||||||||||
| Welsh Corgi, Pembroke | ||||||||||||
| Welsh Springer Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Welsh Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Whippet | Hemangiosarcoma | TCC or UC | ||||||||||
| Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | ||||||||||||
| Akita (American) | Oral | |||||||||||
| Collie, Rough / Smooth Coat | Brain (Meningioma) | Nasal Tumor | Oral | TCC or UC | ||||||||
| Gordon Setter | Melanoma | Oral | ||||||||||
| Irish Setter | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Schnauzer, Giant | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | |||||||||
| Scottish Deerhound | Brain | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||||
| Shetland Sheepdog | Nasal Tumor | Oral | TCC or UC | |||||||||
| Brittany | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| Chihuahua | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | ||||||||||
| English Cocker Spaniel | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| English Setter | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| English Springer Spaniel | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||
| Maltese | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| Pointer | Hemangiosarcoma | Mammary Tumor | ||||||||||
| Cocker Spaniel (American) | Mammary Tumor | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||
| Dachshund | Brain | Mammary Tumor | Mast Cell Tumor | Oral | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||
| Doberman Pinscher | Brain | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | |||||||
| German Shorthaired Pointer | Mammary Tumor | Nasal Tumor | Oral |