The healthiest medium dog breeds

Medium breeds ranked by overall Breed Health Score.

1 Australian Cattle Dogmedium 14.0 yr 88A 2 Finnish Lapphundmedium 13.8 yr 86A 3 Tibetan Terriermedium 13.8 yr 86A 4 Welsh Springer Spanielmedium 14.0 yr 86A 5 Spanish Water Dogmedium 13.7 yr 85A 6 Bearded Colliemedium 13.9 yr 85A 7 English Springer Spanielmedium 13.5 yr 83A 8 Australian Shepherdmedium 13.7 yr 83A 9 American Cocker Spanielmedium 13.3 yr 81A 10 Pulimedium 13.3 yr 81A 11 Irish Terriermedium 13.5 yr 81A 12 Sussex Spanielmedium 13.5 yr 81A 13 Polish Lowland Sheepdogmedium 13.2 yr 80A 14 English Cocker Spanielmedium 13.3 yr 80A 15 Whippetmedium 13.4 yr 80A 16 Soft Coated Wheaten Terriermedium 13.7 yr 80A 17 Field Spanielmedium 13.1 yr 79A 18 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievermedium 13.2 yr 79A 19 Norwegian Elkhoundmedium 12.9 yr 78A 20 Border Colliemedium 13.1 yr 78A 21 Standard Schnauzermedium 13.0 yr 77A 22 Samoyedmedium 13.1 yr 76A 23 Portuguese Water Dogmedium 13.0 yr 75A 24 Kerry Blue Terriermedium 12.4 yr 73B 25 Clumber Spanielmedium 12.3 yr 70B 26 Keeshondmedium 12.3 yr 70B 27 American Staffordshire Terriermedium 12.5 yr 70B 28 Basset Houndmedium 12.5 yr 70B 29 Beaglemedium 12.5 yr 70B 30 Siberian Huskymedium 11.9 yr 68B 31 Canaan Dogmedium 12.0 yr 67B 32 Staffordshire Bull Terriermedium 12.0 yr 67B 33 Bull Terriermedium 12.0 yr 64B 34 Chow Chowmedium · flat-faced 12.1 yr 63B 35 Brittanymedium 11.1 yr 59C 36 Pharaoh Houndmedium 10.0 yr 51C 37 Chinese Shar Peimedium · flat-faced 10.6 yr 47D 38 Bulldogmedium · flat-faced 9.8 yr 38D

Showing 38 breeds. Score is 65% longevity, 20% conformation and 15% hereditary burden (methodology). Lifespan: McMillan 2024, CC-BY. See the full directory or other leaderboards.