This is Oscar He has had the worst start in life you could imagine - he was born with a defective Trachea which was too small which made breathing hard for him and he got out of breath quickly. The vets didn't give him a very good prognosis but we  decided to give him a chance. He went to stay in a foster home with other dogs and he became really close to a speyed  English Bull bitch, who decided he was her puppy and promptly started producing milk for him. Although he had already been weaned the vets said that would be good for him to get the extra nutrients. Oscar was also being sick sometimes after meals, having had a dog come into the rescue a while ago called Bear with the same symptoms we guessed the  problem was something called Megaesophagus  which we had diagnosed  with ultrasound and x-rays we asked the vets to  do the same for  him and sure enough he has this too. Although the news had mixed blessings as the Trachea had grown enough so as not to be a problem.

Megaesophagus (Mega-E),  is where the tube that carries the food to his stomach has no or very little cartilage to keep the shape and the tube turns into a floppy sack.

The food goes down so far and falls into the sack and stays there.  As they move around they are sick and most of the food isn't digested so they will usually starve to death early on.
As we learned with Bear a dog with Mega-E has to be fed in an upright position so that the food "falls" into the stomach.  After searching the internet for information for Bear, we came across something called a "Bailey Chair" - this is a tube shaped frame that the dog can sit in comfortably and be fed in the correct 'beg' position. 
Using a kitchen bin and some padding a 'Bailey chair' was made for him and he thrived and is in a permanent home so we knew that a bailey chair was a must for Oscar.

Oscar is spoon fed little and often on 'sloppy' diet so chunks of meat dont get stuck in the sack part of the oesophagus.  Although he is doing extremely well trying to keep a puppy quiet is near on impossible and we have to watch him as if he is sick and inhales it he can end up with a chest infection, or at worst pneumonia.

Because of his condition it takes a lot of money and resources to care for Oscar  If you would like to help out by giving a donation, or sponsor him, then please click the Paypal button below and help us to keep helping him throughout his life.