Healthy dog breeds

[V8S]

All these dog threads over the years claiming that a certain breed is susceptible to this and that. Is there a breed that doesn't have heart, lung, joint and all manner of other ailments built in?

[scotal]

Mongrels?
It seems to be the "pedigreeification" process that magnifies these problems.

[TheCaseAce]

Inbreeding causes genetic errors - there's no real way of getting around that basic fact.

Some are not nearly as bad as others, of course.

[Risotto]

Despite appearances, whippets are a pretty robust breed.

[pies]

scotal said:

Mongrels?
It seems to be the "pedigreeification" process that magnifies these problems.

Yep

[roboxm3]

I think Spaniels (sp) are generally meant to be a pretty robust breed, can't remember which one cocker or springer in particular though.

My brother had one; absolute loonatic but soft as st and brilliant fun.

[RDMcG]

Standard Poodles are bulletproof..I have one. It has the personality of a gravedigger. I also have a Great Dane, (sheds,smells, gets all sorts of ailments, eats every piece of garbage it can find,Paris Hilton medical bills, )which has more personality in a whisker than a the poodle.
Still if you want robustness the poodle is good.

[rhinochopig]

To be fair though, if you buy from a decent breeder then the dog is usually pretty robust. Take Huskies for example, they must be pretty robust to be able to pull a sled for 100s of miles.

A lot of the ailments stem from crap breeding practices.

[Eddh]

My dog seems to be pretty healthy, hes a 'taffy' well thats what I call his breed as I have never seen another like him (His name is 'Taffy' )

Hes a Terrier crossed with a Corgie I think...

[prand]

All pure breeds of dogs will have something wrong withthem to a degree. Even the tough, hardy Border terriers can suffer from congenital heart issues.

[Jasandjules]

Estrela/Leonberger.

Other than that, as said, mongrels.

[pies]

roboxm3 said:

I think Spaniels (sp) are generally meant to be a pretty robust breed, can't remember which one cocker or springer in particular though.

My brother had one; absolute loonatic but soft as st and brilliant fun.

the suffer from a heart condition your pretty lucky if yours didn't

[Saskia7]

V8S said:

All these dog threads over the years claiming that a certain breed is susceptible to this and that. Is there a breed that doesn't have heart, lung, joint and all manner of other ailments built in?

Not when they are badly inbred, no.

[Fittster]

I thought Greyhounds were pretty good.

Actually most of the sight hounds, Afghan (although the coat is a killer to look after), Borzoi, whippet, Saluki, etc.