A French bulldog owner was left with ‘no choice’ but to send her beloved dog, Frankie, for surgery after a 15-minute walk left him struggling to breathe. Barbara McKernan later discovered her dog actually had no nasal passage at all.
The owner noticed from when she first got him as a puppy that he struggled to breathe, and when he was one year old, she was so worried about his health that he had to have veterinary intervention so he could breathe properly.
Frankie was diagnosed with a condition called Brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome (BOAS), and needed surgery to widen his nostrils and shorten his soft palate to give him a better airflow.
