Objective:To evaluate open heart surgery with deep surface-induced hypothermia (sHT) and low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in small and toybreed dogs. Study Design: Case series. Animals: Small breed dogs (n = 8) weighing o 5.5 kg with naturally occurring cardiac disease. Methods: Deep sHT under isoflurane anesthesia and low-flow rate CPB with a small-volume prime circuit were used. Ventricular septal defect was closed directly in 2 dogs and severe mitral regurgitation was corrected with mitral valvuloplasty (MVP) in 5 dogs and mitral valve replacement in 1 dog. Results: All dogs survived surgery; 1 dog died 6 days and 1 died 2 months after MVP. The other 6 dogs lived (mean follow-up, 32.8 months; range, 12-65 months). Mean body weight at surgery was 3.6 kg (range, 2-5.3 kg). Mean lowest esophageal temperature was 21.41C (range, 19.8-23.81C). Mean lowest pump flow volume was 29.2 mL/kg/min (range, 9.4-57.7 mL/kg/min) during aortic crossclamping (mean, 53.5 minutes; range, 25-79 minutes). Mean hematocrit before CPB was 38.6% (range, 33-47%) and 20.3% (range, 13-24%) during CPB with a small circuit priming volume of 225-260 mL. Conclusion: Deep sHT with low-flow rate CPB may be used for open heart surgery in small dogs weighing o 5.5 kg. Clinical Relevance: Open heart surgery for selected congenital defects and acquired defects in small and toy-breed dogs may be successfully performed using deep sHT and CPB.Surgical correction of acquired and congenital heart diseases is not commonly performed in small dogs (body weight o 5.5 kg) because cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is more difficult.