Editing Border Terrier (section)

== Health ==
[[Image:Border-terrier-bitch.jpg|right|thumb|Female red Border Terrier.]]
[[File:Buster the red grizzle border terrier (2006).jpg|thumb|Red Grizzled Border Terrier]]
[[File:Border Terrier Fond Du Lac County Kennel Club.jpg|right|thumb|Border Terrier performing jump in Dog Agility]]
[[Canine epileptoid cramping syndrome]] is a condition that is recognised to occur in the Border Terrier.<ref>{{cite web |author=Marilyn A Reed - Small World Web Design |url=http://www.borderterrier-cecs.com |title=Canine Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome |publisher=Borderterrier-cecs.com |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228183921/http://borderterrier-cecs.com/ |archive-date=28 February 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ufaw.org.uk/CANINEEPILEPTOIDCRAMPINGBORDERTERRIER.php|title=Canine Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome|work=Genetic Welfare Problems of Companion Animals|publisher=Universities Federation for Animal Welfare|location=ufaw.org.uk|access-date=10 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308170529/http://www.ufaw.org.uk/CANINEEPILEPTOIDCRAMPINGBORDERTERRIER.php|archive-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

A 2024 UK study found a life expectancy of 14.2 years for the breed compared to an average of 12.7 for purebreeds and 12 for [[Mongrel|crossbreeds]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=McMillan | first=Kirsten M. | last2=Bielby | first2=Jon | last3=Williams | first3=Carys L. | last4=Upjohn | first4=Melissa M. | last5=Casey | first5=Rachel A. | last6=Christley | first6=Robert M. | title=Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death | journal=Scientific Reports | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=14 | issue=1 | date=2024-02-01 | issn=2045-2322 | doi=10.1038/s41598-023-50458-w | page=| pmc=10834484 }}</ref>

A UK study found a predisposition to gall bladder disease in the Border Terrier. The breed was found to be 86.48 times more likely to acquire [[gall bladder mucocele]] and 28.7 times more likely to acquire other forms of [[gall bladder disease]] compared to other dogs. The study also found a predisposition to neutrophilic [[cholangitis]], with the breed being 12.07 times more likely to acquire it.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bandara | first=Y. | last2=Bayton | first2=W. A. | last3=Williams | first3=T. L. | last4=Scase | first4=T. | last5=Bexfield | first5=N. H. | title=Histopathological frequency of canine hepatobiliary disease in the United Kingdom | journal=Journal of Small Animal Practice | volume=62 | issue=9 | date=2021 | issn=0022-4510 | doi=10.1111/jsap.13354 | pages=730–736}}</ref>