Goose_the_DDB
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I have a DDB puppy thats almost 11 weeks now and seems to be in good health and is gaining weight ok. I was told by the breeder that he has a umbilical hernia and his chest is a little too narrow to show. It didn't take me long after he was with me to notice something weird with his chest near his sternum. I have experience with cardiac defects in children and it looked and felt to me like pectus (excavatum), which is different than swimmer puppy. I contacted the breeder immediately and she had never heard of it but offered to make it right however she could if this meant something serious. When I took him to my vet he thought I was putting a Harry Potter spell on him when I mentioned the pectus. Of course he wanted to to an ECHO and which I was not excited about and we agreed to put it off till he's symptomatic. There is limited info out there on this. Does anyone know about it? treatment or prognosis?