AKC Plan Specific Exclusions

Specific Diseases/Illnesses that are always excluded:

  • Congenital/Inherited conditions
  • Aberrant cilia, dermoid, distichiasis, Entropion/Ectropion etc.
  • CDRM
  • Chronic renal (kidney) failure
  • Deciduous teeth(illness, disease, or trauma)
  • Diabetes (insipidus or mellitus)
  • Elbow dysplasia (OCD, FCP, UAP)
  • Hemophilia
  • Congenital Heart problems including murmurs, failure, cardiomegaly (enlargement of the heart), etc.
  • Hip dysplasia
  • Congenital Liver conditions
  • Obesity (not due to an underlying medical condition)
  • OCD (including but not limited to the hock, elbow, carpus, and shoulder)
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Congenital Shunts to include portosystemic shunt
  • Elongated Soft Palate
  • Stenotic Nares
  • Spondylosis
  • Von Willebrand's disease
  • Luxating patella
  • umbilical hernia