#4 No nā Golden Retrievers, pono ʻoe e manaʻo e hiki ke nānā i nā palapala hōʻoia olakino mai ka Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) no ka hip dysplasia (me ka helu ma waena o ka maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi), elbow dysplasia, hypothyroidism, a me Willebrand-Juergens syndrome; a mai ka Canine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF)" e hōʻoia ana he maʻamau nā maka.
#5 Pākuʻi Hip
ʻO ka hip dysplasia kahi maʻi hoʻoilina i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia ka femur i ka hui pūhaka. E hōʻike ana kekahi mau ʻīlio i ka ʻeha a me ka ʻoʻopa ma hoʻokahi a i ʻole nā wāwae hope ʻelua, akā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona ma kahi ʻīlio me ka hip dysplasia. Hiki ke ulu ka maʻi ʻeha i nā ʻīlio ʻelemakule. ʻO ka Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, e like me ke Kulanui o Pennsylvania Hip Improvement Program, e hana i nā ʻenehana x-ray no ka hip dysplasia. ʻAʻole pono e hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻīlio me ka hip dysplasia no ka hānau ʻana. Ke kūʻai ʻoe i kahi ʻīlio, e kiʻi i ka hōʻoia mai ka mea hānai ua hoʻāʻo ʻia lākou no ka dysplasia hip a ua olakino ka ʻīlio.
#6 Dysplasia kuʻekuʻe
He maʻi hoʻoilina kēia i maʻa mau i nā ʻīlio nui. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kumu o ka ulu ʻana o nā iwi ʻekolu i loko o ke kuʻekuʻe lima o ka ʻīlio, a hiki i ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana o ka hui. Hiki i kēia ke hopena i ka lolo ʻeha. Hiki paha i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i ka ʻokiʻoki e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻomalu i ka ʻeha.