Certain lines do have
more allergic skin disease and allergies to vaccinations than dogs in general.
Unless purchased from hunting sources, they tend to have
more allergic skin diseases than other breeds so be sure that both parents are over 2.5 yrs old and have good coats.
Not exact matches
But when a pet is
allergic to fleas or has other types of
allergic skin disease, the need to control fleas is
more critical.
In fact, FAD is the most common
skin disease in dogs in the U.S. Flea allergies often spike in the summer, and pets that have seasonal allergies are
more likely to have an
allergic reaction to fleabites.
Secondary pyoderma is
more common as a complicating factor in
allergic disease, mange, low thyroid function, fungal
skin disease, etc..
The inherited conditions of aortic stenosis (a narrowing above the aortic heart valve or the aortic valve itself), atopy /
allergic dermatitis (
skin allergies), gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat / stomach dilation), early onset cataracts (a clouding of the lens inside the eye), dilated cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the chambers of the heart and thinning of the muscle wall), elbow dysplasia (abnormal growth of tissues that leads to malformation and degeneration of the joint), epilepsy (brain seizures), hypothyroidism (underactive production of thyroid hormones), intervertebral disk
disease (problems with the disks between the vertebrae of the spine leading to neurological problems), and hepatic portosystemic shunt (an abnormal blood circulation where blood is diverted around the liver rather than into it) are
more prevalent in purebred dogs than in mixed - breed.