Bloat - Gastric Dilation-Volvulus

[KYS]

With my 1st Akita I was paranoid about bloat.
The sire of my male Akita died of Bloat.
My BF friends have a young female GSD that bloated. Lucky they
got her to the vet on time.
The one thing I learned from Vets on the Akita list: is that if your dog does bloat, make sure you have the vet tack the stomach.


Lucky knock on wood my dogs have not experienced and hope never will.

[chermes]

Our standard poodle at 1 year of age ended up in surgery for bloat. It was a huge emergency at 6pm at night with the ER 30 minutes away. Thank fully we knew about the condition and got her there as quickly as possible. The spleen was twisted, but the stomach wasn't. I think the biggest clue as to the condition is the vomiting with nothing coming out. Especially if you know that the pet has just recently eaten .
Pet owners should find out where the closest pet ER is to them, have the phone number accessible and map out the location, before the emergency is at hand, so that you can get there ASAP. We took a wrong turn on the way and used up precious time.
Dogs with deep chests that do the spinnies when excited are highly susceptible
to bloat.