List of unexceptable defects and problems as
compiled from those reported in the breed

Disease/Defect	Description	Mode of Inheritance
Cleft Palette/Hair Lip	Cleft Palette is the nonclosure of bones of upper jaw and roof of mouth commonly associated with hair lip.	Unknown in most breeds
Color Mutant Alopecia	Loss of hair associated with the dilute color gene.	Recessive
Cryptorchidism	Undecended testicles.	Unknown
Demodectic Mange	Hairloss caused by a tiny mite "demodex canis"	Unknown
Entropion	Eyelids roll in, causing hair to rub on eye, can lead to blindness.	Recessive
Hernia Inguinal	Bulging of abdominal contents in groin area. Seen only in female dogs.	Recessive
Hernia Umbilical	Bulging of abdominal contents at umbilicus. Common usually harmless.	Recessive
Hip Dysplasia	Progressive, developmental deformity of hip joints; sysmtomless to crippling.	Polygenic? Unknown
Hydrocephalus	Increasef fluid pressure within rain damages and destroys nerves.	Several recessives
Long Hair	Hair that exceeds 1 inch in length	Recessive
Monorchidism	One testicle present in body that may or may not be decended.	Unknown
Patella Luxation	Knee cap slips out of its groove; symtomless to crippling, can be either outward or inward.	Recessive? Unknown
Perthe's Disease	Degeneration of the femoral head of the hip bone.	Simple autosomal recessive?
Retinal Atrophy	Retina degenerates, causing first night blindness then total blindness.	Recessive
Seizures/Fits/Epilepsy	Recurrent seizures, with onset at one to three years.	Unknown