Excluded breeds
We can’t cover the following dangerous dogs (as listed by the Dangerous Dogs Act) or any dog breeds crossed or mixed with this list:
- Pit Bull Terrier
- Dogo Argentino
- Japanese Tosa
- Fila Brasileiro
- XL Bully
The UK introduced the Dangerous Dogs Act in 1991 to try and stop illegal dog fighting. These dog breeds are not allowed to be kept in the UK and so can’t be insured.
Other dog breeds we’re unable to cover (including if your dog is crossed or mixed with the breed):
- Akita
- American Akita
- American Bulldog
- American Bullweiler
- American Bully
- American Foxhound
- American Johnson Bulldog
- American Staffordshire Terrier
- Anatolian Karabash Dog
- Anatolian Shepherd Dog
- Anglican Bulldogge
- Australian Dingo
- Aylestone Old Tyme Bulldog
- Blue Blood Cane Corso
- British Timber dog
- Bucovina Shepherd Dog
- Bullboxer
- Bull-Pei
- Cane Corso (Italian Mastiff)
- Chinese Red Dog
- Classic Bully
- Continental Landseer
- Czechoslovakian Wolfdog
- Dogo Canario
- Dorset Old Tyme Bulldog
- Extreme Bully
- Fox Hound
- Greek Harehound
- Greek Sheepdog
- Greek Shepherd
- Hellenic Hound
- Hellinikos Ichnilatis
- Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
- Istrian Shorthaired Hound
- Japanese Akita
- Johnson American Bulldog
- Kangal dog
- Karelian bear dog
- Korean Jindo
- Kutta/Indian or Pakistani
- Laizhou Hong
- Mastiff Bully
- Olde English Bulldogge
- Perro De Presa Canario
- Pocket Bully
- Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
- Saarloos Wolfhound/ Wolfdog
- Sabueso Espanol
- Shar Pei
- Shepherd Dog Caucasian
- Standard Bully
- Terrier American Staffordshire
- Thai Ridgeback
- Utonagan
- Victorian Bulldog
We’re unable to cover the following cat breeds (including if your cat is crossed or mixed with the breed):