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Originally Posted by yorkielady06  I have had a pup do the exact same thing. At 3 days vet said no cleft, at 2 weeks no cleft, then at 6 weeks a cleft was noted. I knew there was something because the pup just would not latch on. I tube fed also and the pup grew slower than the rest of the littermates but grew regardless. At 6 weeks I knew for sure it was a cleft because when I attempted to add the rice cereal to the goats milk and let her eat the mush it came out her nose. She ended up with pneumonia and we went back to the vets and then a "huge" cleft was noticed. There was no other option at that point than to put her down.I will tell you I had her many times when she did the mouth breathing in an ICU set up that I have made with oxygen going also. But looking back I think I did her more harm than good, but you just never know.
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I'm so sad that you had to put your cleft puppy down. Zaccheus had pneumonia twice, but we managed to pull him through. He was such a little fighter.