Juvenile renal disease and other familial and congenital renal diseases are seen in more than thirty breeds of dogs. Twenty two of these breeds have a renal dysplasia.   (RD) = renal dysplasia after their breed names. Even in breeds with the same type of JRD, such as renal dysplasia, the modes of inheritance can be different. Ages at onset of symptoms can vary from a few weeks (Cairn terriers) to 5 - 11 years (German Shepherds, Welsh Corgis, Beagles). Modes of inheritance can vary from X linked dominant (Samoyed) to autosomal recessive (Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Shih-Tzu), autosomal dominant (Bull Terrier), to unknown familial (most of the others).

The following breeds are some of those in which familial and other renal diseases are seen:
 

Airedale Terriers (RD)
Alaskan Malamutes (RD)
Basenjis (Fanconi-like syndrome)
Beagles (unilateral agenesis, dysplasia, & polycystic kidneys)
Bedlington Terriers (RD)
Boxers (RD)
Bulldogs (RD)
Bull Terriers (glomerulopathy)
Cairn Terriers (polycystic kidneys)
Chinese Shar-Pei (amyloidosis)
Chow Chows (RD)
Cocker Spaniels (glomerulopathy)
Collies (glomerulopathy)
Doberman Pinschers (unilateral agenesis and glomerulopathy)
Golden Retrievers (RD)
Great Danes (RD)
Great Pyrenees (RD)
Irish Wolfhounds (RD)
Keeshonds (RD)
King Charles Spaniels (RD)
Lhasa Apso (RD)
Miniature Poodles (polycystic kidneys)
Miniature Schnauzers (RD and Fanconi-like syndrome)
Newfoundlands (glomerulopathy)
Norwegian Elkhounds (tubulointerstitial nephropathy and Fanconi-like syndrome
Old English Sheepdogs (RD)
Pekingese (unilateral agenesis and RD)
Samoyeds (glomerulopathy)
Shetland Sheepdogs (unilateral agenesis, medullary cystic disease and Fanconi-like syndrome)
Shih Tzus (RD)
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers (RD)
Standard Poodles (RD)
Swedish Foxhounds (RD)
Welsh Corgis (telangiectasia)
Yorkshire Terriers (RD)
Reference: 1. Kruger, J.M., Osborne, C.A., et al. : Congenital and Hereditary Disorders of the Kidney. Veterinary Pediatrics Dogs & Cats from Birth to Six Months., 2nd edition. (J.D. Hoskins, ed.) W.B.Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa, 1995: pp 401-406