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the first thing we did for her along with teeth cleaning.  She sounded like a freight train when she got excited and had trouble catching her breath,  She had a couple of rough days after, coughing mostly from the breathing tube, but she is so much better now and I don't worry about her getting too excited or stressed.  Chester never had signs of elongated palate, no snoring, etc, but one day he was at the park and something must have set off an allergy attack.  He started throwing up foamy stuff and had trouble breathing.  It got worse and we took him to an emergency vet who gave him a steroid shot and finally had to intubate him overnight until we could find a vet open on superbowl sunday.  We finally found someone and transported him totally sedated to his facility, and he took one look and said his palate was severly elongated and that's what had caused the whole episode.  He did a palate resection and Chester has been fine ever since.  Had I had any idea he had that problem, I would have done it years before.  His only symptom was that he would frequently throw up bits of water and food when he ate and drank.  Anyway, long story short, if Fatboy needs it, I wouldn't hesitate to do it.  I'm sure you have a bulldog vet and make sure they use Isoflurane gas for anesthetic, have someone with him until the breathing tube is out and don't feed him to at least 12 hours before surgery.  If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

when he had the surgery, and he badly needed it. We got him through rescue, broke my heart to think he lived all those years struggling to breathe. He did great, no problems. After healing, he was a changed dog, so much more relaxed.

Good luck