>PS.  I HAD A LADY @ THE CDC THE OTHER DAY ASK ME IF I COULD HAVE HELPED HER
>WITH HER PUPPY THAT HAD A CLEFT PALATE..IT DIED ON DAY THREE. (PROBABLY
>NOT)  I DID NOT KNOW DOGS HAD THOSE!!!

Another LC has a neighbor boy the age of her daughter.  He's grown up
around all her bfing and childbirth info.  When his dog had puppies, he
reported back to her:

"She seemed to be having trouble with one, so I put a hot compress on her
perineum.  Did I do the right thing?  Then I noticed that one of the
puppies wasn't sucking well."  The vet checked it out and found a cleft of
the soft palate.  How many 15 year old American boys could diagnose a
sucking problem in a puppy?

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY