04/20/2025
Please welcome Beary Blue Bear. He is a fluffy Frenchie who came in on Sunday. He has a flat chest, swimmers syndrome, pneumonia, and a cleft palate
Immediately when he got here I casted his chest with our casts from . Started him on meds and oxygen and today he is already breathing so much better. He still needs his back legs taped but I felt that was too much to start with. Now that he is breathing better and no longer struggling to get oxygen, I can work on taping his legs into the correct position to help him be able to walk.
Flat chests in puppies can lead to swimmers syndrome and can cause pneumonia. Ultimately, without treatment it can even take a puppies life.
Puppies need soft “hills and valleys” under their blankets to help prevent flat chest by taking them off of a flat surface.
thankfully, bones are very malleable at this age and this is something that can be corrected if taken care of early on I’m already seeing a huge difference in his rib cage. These casts are round and they allow the chest to “fall “into the cast in order to round out the bones.
Also, the little neck pillows we received as a donation are really awesome in helping our puppies have a place to prop up on, so thank you very much to our donors for supplying these to our puppies
Send this sweet little bear all the love and prayers and good vibes.
