Severe BOAS “Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome” cases Sophie and Sam along with moderate BOAS case Eevee were luckily able to be fitted in for BOAS specialist surgery with Dr Ricky & The Melbourne Animal Referral Services Team today… It’s horrendous that we as a rescue group seem to be the first people to care about these dogs and are having to help literally a constant stream of these flat faced dogs breathe a better way… Poor Sophie has suffered with suffocating for 7 years and Sam ov

Yum, yum.. In our tums.. Hand feeding soft food and meds after BOAS surgery must be done… 5 more BOAS “Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome” specialist surgeries were completed in a massive surgery day on Friday… Big thanks to Dr Ricky and the Geelong Animal Referral Services Team for improving our quality of life Lilly, Wally, Zilly, Pippa and Cindy say… On each of the five pugs Dr Ricky performed a folded flap palatoplasty to thin and trim their soft palate, a tonsillectomy to remove ton