When we see inside the throat we are supposed to see their AIRWAY ENTRANCE (where we place the endotracheal tube that provides oxygen) but this is CHALLENGING in EXTREME BRACHYCEPHALIC BREEDS due to ELONGATED SOFT PALATE. The SOFT PALATE = soft part in the back of the roof of your dog’s mouth that separates the [...]

From Snoring sleeping to Soaring Airplane Broly is thriving just 12 days after BOAS laser surgery ! When Broly came for a BOAS consult he was overheating & in respiratory lungs distress down thumb. It’s been 12 days since his surgery & he is leaping for joy back at home in New Jersey where he [...]

Broly’s virtual progress Checkbox from New Jersey 1 week after BOAS is AMAZING! When Broly came for a BOAS consult he was overheating & in respiratory lungs distress down thumb. It’s been a week since his surgery & he is breathing lungs great back at home where he belongs. We hope you enjoy his before [...]

Roberta Trollinger, a client service representative with Boca Midtowne Animal Hospital doesn’t feel like a hero. “I’m just doing my job,” she humbly said. With more than 35 years of experience in the veterinary field, Trollinger started out in a kennel job & worked her way up to veterinary assistant and, ultimately, a hospital manager. [...]

Piglet the frenchy suffered from a Narrow Nose (Stenotic Nares) & Throat Blockage (Elongated Soft Palate) Airflow & Oxygen should NOT be considered “OPTIONS” for our Flat Faced Fur Babies ! Imagine living with an lungs AIRWAY BLOCKAGE The SOFT PALATE= soft part in the back of the roof of the mouth that separates the [...]

Before BOAS Surgery Archie was PANTING , MOUTH BREATHING, TONGUE OUT, BELLY lungs BREATHING, GAGGING , & STRESSED down thumb because he was OXYGEN DEPRIVED 3 weeks after BOAS Surgery Archie is CALM, has a CLOSED mouth, TONGUE is TUCKED away, & he’s Grinning to have OXYGEN & AIRFLOW through his NOSE nose & THROAT [...]

Stenotic Nares corrective surgery involves enlarging the nasal openings (from the outside by enlarging the entrance into the nostril & from the inside by removing the alar fold within the nostril) & is a highly effective procedure that helps alleviate Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) Stenotic Nares (narrowing of the nostrils) seen in brachycephalic breeds [...]

Before BOAS Surgery Archie was PANTING , MOUTH BREATHING, TONGUE OUT, BELLY 🫁 BREATHING, GAGGING , & STRESSED down thumb because he was OXYGEN DEPRIVED 3 weeks after BOAS Surgery Archie is CALM, has a CLOSED mouth, TONGUE is TUCKED away, & he’s Grinning to have OXYGEN & AIRFLOW through his NOSE & THROAT & [...]