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Katwoman

Thu Apr 23 2009, 12:38PM

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Keep Gas-x around, if you see the dog bloating you can give it this and then get them to the vet asap

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Thu Apr 23 2009, 02:14PM

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you can apply gas-x, or alka seltzer with a turkey baster...works well

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Thu Apr 23 2009, 02:19PM

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Thank you so much for the info! I have bottle of maalox in the med cabinet but will get other recommends to have on hand as well. I have made a tube for the stomach but I'm scared I won't be able to get it down correctly. We lost a wolf hybrid to bloat years ago and I had no idea what to do and by the time we got her to the vet it was to late.

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Thu Apr 23 2009, 02:33PM

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seems without fail...all major dog related emergencies happen in the middle of the night

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o_dosa_neo wrote ...

seems without fail...all major dog related emergencies happen in the middle of the night

Or when they have just decided to be disgusting and roll in SH1T and are pure rotten LOL

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Thu Apr 23 2009, 06:44PM

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What symptoms do you usually see first? Does the belly bloat up first, then restlessness and foaming and heaves? Or do you see the signs of discomfort first, then the big belly?
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This may be a stupid question but I have never experienced bloat (and hopefully I never do) and I am curious. They say the belly gets big. Are we talking BIG, like they look they will pop? Or just bigger than normal? Does the belly get hard? Almost more than the bloat itself, I am afraid that I might not notice the symptoms.

And no one knows what causes bloat, correct? I have heard that it may be from eating too fast/too much, from getting distressed (perhaps carrying on) and taking in too much air or from exercising too soon before or after eating. So Scout and my Dane are not allowed to do much of anything for at least and hour before and after eating, I try to make sure that they don't get upset (Scout does when outside by herself so I always have myself or another dog with her) and they both are VERY slow eaters. My dane just turned nine and has never had a problem, Scout is two. The thought of it happening absolutely terrifies me though, since the vets around here close up at 5 and the emergency vet is over an hour away.

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Thu Apr 23 2009, 08:34PM

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Jessica,

I have experienced this..... And it is pretty unmistakable... The belly is abnormally distended, and the dog is restless, drooling, the belly is tense to touch. In other words, if you push on a dogs abdomen normally, it feels soft. In a dog with bloat, the belly is FIRM... It may be HARD...

What kills a lot of dogs with this, is when the stomach torses, (twists), it also twists the "great vessels", such as the aorta, etc.... This is immediately fatal. If a needle decompression is not done, which is what johnnyO is describing, so the vessels, airways, etc... are able to function, as he says, it is the last option....

What causes bloat? Most think that when a dog gags, or vomits, the stomach "torses", or twists... So, if you see a small amt of vomit.... check your dog!!!! This is what I found after my dog died in my arms on the way to the vet... He had tried to vomit, and his stomach must have twisted. I wasn't a mile down the road when he died.. So in his case, if I had needled his belly, I may have saved him.
This has been my experience, and what my research has taught me. Others may be able to relate other experiences. I also had a dog bloat while at the vet..... They decompressed his belly with a tube, and then "tacked" his stomach to the walls of the abdomen, so that it wouldn't twist. This does not always work. I had this done electively to the sister of this dog, because the dog that died was both dog's stud.... So, I was afraid it would be hereditary.. She never had a problem.

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Thu Apr 23 2009, 09:18PM

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while rare you can also have a torsion of the stomach but there will not be any expansion of it, if you see your dog start showing the other signs but has not ballooned up it could be he/she is bloating. It all happens amazingly fast, matter of seconds can go by from a normal dog to a dog in full bloat, as to the cause i dont think anyone knows, genetics activity typye of food stress levels, I cant wait for someone one day to just figure it all out and give us an answer.

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Second that, Heidi!
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