IS THE CANAAN DOG A HEALTHY BREED?
Due to natural selection and because the breeders in Israel still introduce wild-born Canaans into the genepool whenever possible, the Canaan Dog has remained a healthy breed, relatively free of debilitating genetic defects. That is not to say that your Canaan will never get ill, but the breed has no predisposition to any health problems which riddle most pure-bred dogs. They are generally a very long-lived breed with 15 years being a reasonable life expectancy.