Eurasian — questions to ask before paying a deposit
A responsible breeder will have these readily available. Deflection is a red flag.
Hip and elbow dysplasiacan shorten life or cause chronic pain
Malformation of the hip and/or elbow joints causing pain, lameness and early arthritis; less common in this breed than in many others, but still real.
Ask to see: OFA (or PennHIP) hip evaluation and OFA elbow evaluation, on both parents, under the breed's CHIC programme (participating since November 2022)
United States Eurasier Club — Health (https://www.useurasierclub.org/health)
Patellar luxation
The kneecap slips out of its groove, causing an intermittent skipping gait; per the US breed club's own 2020 figures this is the most common of the skeletal conditions reported in the breed, at 7.6% of dogs evaluated.
Ask to see: OFA patella evaluation, on both parents, from one year old
United States Eurasier Club — Health (https://www.useurasierclub.org/health)
Autoimmune thyroiditis
The immune system attacks the thyroid gland; the US breed club's own figures make this the single most commonly reported condition in the breed (14.4% abnormal, a further 15.6% borderline), though it is manageable with lifelong medication once caught.
Ask to see: Full thyroid panel including TgAA from an OFA-partnered laboratory, on both parents, within one year of breeding
United States Eurasier Club — Health (https://www.useurasierclub.org/health)
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)can shorten life or cause chronic pain
A defect in the tiny hairs (cilia) that clear the airways, causing recurrent respiratory infections from puppyhood and, in some cases, infertility.
Ask to see: A DNA test became available in 2025 once a causal gene variant was identified in this breed specifically, but the testing laboratory's own note is that some Eurasiers with clinical signs test negative — meaning other, still-undiscovered variants likely also cause it in this breed, so a clear DNA result does not fully rule PCD out. Ask whether a puppy or its littermates have had recurrent chest infections.
LABOGEN — Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) now also in Eurasier (https://labogen.com/en/2025/10/09/primary-ciliary-dyskinesia-pcd-now-also-in-eurasier-and-nova-scotia-duck-trolling-retriever/) · United States Eurasier Club — Health (https://www.useurasierclub.org/health)