Hi everyone this is my first post on this site ...
I have a 5and half month old bulldog puppy after having him for around 2 weeks he developed a cough which initially I thought was kennel cough I took him to my local vet and she prescribed antibiotics and anti inflamatories and sent him home 2 weeks later still had cough but now sounds like a Phlemy cough took him back to vets and she prescribed more antibiotics and anti inflamatories after few weeks still no improvement so took him back again different vet this time and she has said she thinks it may be elongated palete andshe needs to put him under anisthetic to do xray and if thereās a problem to do surgery on it straight away .. now Iāve spoken to few people who breed bulldogs who say that I should leave it until he is at least a year old before this type of surgery as his head hasnāt started to grow or split yet ..and sometimes they grow out of this palete problem and thereās no need for this risky operation .any help on this matter would be great as Iām very worried about the risk of him going under anisthetic heās so precious to me
Thanks for any help
I have a 5and half month old bulldog puppy after having him for around 2 weeks he developed a cough which initially I thought was kennel cough I took him to my local vet and she prescribed antibiotics and anti inflamatories and sent him home 2 weeks later still had cough but now sounds like a Phlemy cough took him back to vets and she prescribed more antibiotics and anti inflamatories after few weeks still no improvement so took him back again different vet this time and she has said she thinks it may be elongated palete andshe needs to put him under anisthetic to do xray and if thereās a problem to do surgery on it straight away .. now Iāve spoken to few people who breed bulldogs who say that I should leave it until he is at least a year old before this type of surgery as his head hasnāt started to grow or split yet ..and sometimes they grow out of this palete problem and thereās no need for this risky operation .any help on this matter would be great as Iām very worried about the risk of him going under anisthetic heās so precious to me
Thanks for any help