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A century after Thomas Addison discovered Addison's disease in humans, the first case of Addison’s disease in dogs was recorded, in 1953.

Addison’s disease is thought to occur one hundred times more often in the canine population than in humans. Young to middle-age female dogs (2/3 of canine Addison's patients are female). susceptible breeds include:

Great Danes Portuguese water dogs Standard poodles West Highland white terriers Bearded collies Rottweilers Springer spaniels, German Shorthaired Pointers Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.

Several breeds are particularly not susceptible: American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Chihuahua, Cocker Spaniel, Golden Retriever, Lhasa Apso, Schnauzer, Yorkshire Terrier.