[TeddyandTiffy]

Originally Posted by jeanietoo

My daughter has a cleft palate puppy. He is 17 months old now and doing fine. Lots of breeders have them put down but most could be saved if someone takes the time to work with them. They can be corrected but the surgeries are complicated and expensive and the vets we've been to have said his would probably take at least 3 surgeries and there was no garantee it would work. The biggest danger is inhalation pneumonia. We looked at it this way. He's having a very spoiled wonderful life no matter how short it may be, at least he was given a chance

Thanks so much for sharing, I love to learn and I feel sometimes U can learn more by people who have lived through them theirselves.

Can U explain the "Inhalation Pneumonia" more, I know nothing of this and would like to learn some on it too.