Hi Jo: Thanks, but to check palates especially short one they need to be under at the time. My vet. checked hers when she was spay because she was doing the inverted sneezing at that time. She is now on anbitoic and is doing much better. We are sure she pulled something (probably food) up in her nose and got a infection. Just something I will have to keep a close eye on and hope it never happens again. I checked with a lot of sites and it seems most dogs have problem with to long of palates instead of to short of ones. I have make the breeder aware that she should not breed dogs with this problem as she did not think it was a health problem before but it sure is. Thanks, Fern