Health
The average life expectancy for this breed is between 12 and 15 years. Breed health concerns may include sick sinus syndrome, patent ductus arteriosus, pattern baldness, cutaneous asthenia, immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, lipomas, liposarcoma, congenital deafness, intervertebral disc disease, atlantoaxial subluxation and a number of ocular disorders or conditions.