When Dr. Bryden Stanley, a veterinarian, saw Mr. Moo, a 9-month-old dog with a cleft palate, for the first time, she wasn't sure how she was going to treat him. The head of surgery for small animals ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --Dogs make people feel loved; some act as guard dogs; and a growing number of them are becoming service animals. The pups that will be present at Penn Vet's Best Friends Bash will ...

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have identified the genetic mutation responsible for a form of cleft palate in the dog breed Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. They hope that the ...

LOS ANGELES – Dogs, like people, can be born with cleft palates. Some die from pneumonia or malnourishment. Some with the defect, which is basically a hole in the mouth, are euthanized. But the same ...

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Clefford has had surgery on his cleft palate and is now working to overcome his fears with help from his new owner Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

When Alicia Simatos saw a picture of Sophie posted by the local Humane Society, she knew she had to find a way to bring home this little dog who had lingered in shelters for months. But it wasn't just ...

Discovery of a genetic mutation that causes a form of cleft palate in a retriever breed provides the first dog model for this craniofacial defect and offers a tool for better understanding cleft ...