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Only a Solar Eclipse is Rarer Than This Dog’s Condition
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For dogs, surviving a cleft palate—an opening between the mouth and nose that occurs when tissues separating these two cavities fail to grow together—is exceedingly rare because the condition makes it nearly impossible to suckle, resulting in most puppies born with the condition dying in their first days of life. But a one-year-old dog surrendered to the MSPCA-Angell’s Boston adoption center proves you can only blot out the sun for so long. He's set to overcome his next challenge: surgery to correct his condition so he can be re-homed. “Clefford,” as he has since been named by adoption center staff, was surrendered after his previous owners lost their home. Now the MSPCA is pulling out all the stops to get him the help he needs.