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Vet has already said he would not do the surgery as we're just a little country town in victoria( think he deals with a lot more sheep problems than dogs!). Guess i'll look towards a Ballarat vet to find a specialist or vet who is capable. After talking to the breeder (whose vet just happened to turn up) they say around 20% chance of passing this on to a pup. Got to say I'm confused about the breeding thing but leaning towards not being the best option. Bindy is looking better today got her spark back antibiotics must be doing the trick for now, can anyone tell me why it's not been a problem till now I mean we usuallly walk about 3-5 km most days of the week and have done since she was a pup we live inland and it gets up tound 45 some summer days.

My 2 yr old stafford bitch has just been diagnosed with an elongated soft palate she's always been a snorer and snuffles a lot but I didn't think anything of it till Sunday we went for our usual walk which is about 4 km about 1 km in she started to puff so we got her a drink and took the gentle leader off her as this is a new introduction and I thought maybe I hadn't fitted it right we ended up sitting down with her as the puffing had turned to an extreme shortness of breath it reminded me of an asthma attack in a person. while my hubbie ran home with the other dog and got the car it took me nearly 2 hours to settle her down my local vet was out of town and the nearest one said watch her as he thought she may need sedation to regulate her breathing again anyway next morning vet checked her out and says elongated soft palate and she has an infection in her lung.My main concern is she was due to go to stud in the next few weeks but if this is genetic or in any way damaging to her I intend to cancel. The vet couldn't detect any heart problems. Second worry is surgery the way to go? I'm told it can get worse with age. Any feedback would be great.

Thanks for the replies guys, I have her back in her own bed as sugested. Can anyone tell me why she suddenly just started doing it again? I thought we had sorted out who's boss. Just the last couple weeks this has started again.

Ahhh please can you help? I have a female Staffy who is around 14 months old. While she was an absolute terror puppy I thought we had gotten past it but the last fortnight she has been unbearable ...pulling washing off the line, mouthing people, giving the kids hell(not nasty but mouthing getting over them)), but the chewing is driving me nuts i mean I went to the bakery 10 minutes tops she ate my wallet, next day I had a shower she ate my sunnies(that would be the third pair since we got her it cost me 500+ to replace my reading glasses) we hve another staffy Paddy who is very close to angelic. So today we were going visiting so I packed them off to Grandma and Grandpas who love them like children(starting to think that might be part of my problem!) bought them home and they were home about an hour or so alone and she ate my phone (hadn't even made a payment on it yet!) and my and my sons sneakers. Ohh my god this is getting ridiculous. Please don't say put things up and but her a toy she has toys, she can go in and out as she pleases and she climbs up on tables to pinch thigns. She has had one phantom pregnancy and I reckon she coming in season again at the moment. Please help she lives inside sleeps on the end of the bed (in the blanket if she likes( Is she just to spoilt? Can I help her? Is it seperation anxiety ? PLEASE HELP.