Comments on: When your dog bloats, every minute counts

By: Christie Keith

Christie Keith — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:16:11 +0000

Wonderful story, Wallie, and I’m glad Bella is doing so well now!

By: Wallie Gee

Wallie Gee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:34:39 +0000

I did not know about bloat. Last Tuesday 08/26/2008, my Chow Chow Bella Bear was going in and out of the dog door and made a little whinning noise. I knew immediately that something was amiss. I went to her and I usually give her a belly rub and to my surprise, her abdomen was hard as a blown up balloon and Bella cried again. I called my Vet right away and they told me not to bring her in, but to take her to the Emergency Animal Hospital immediately plus adding that this is life threatening. I immediately drove Bella to the hospital and they were waiting for my arrival due to a call from my Vet and within a half hour, Bella was in emergency surgery. I was lucky and Bella even luckier as the surgery was a success and she is home with me now. I was fortunate enough to have noticed the symptoms and reacted quickly. It saved her life! Her stomach turned 90 degrees and her spleen was moved, but because this was corrected right away, there was no damage to any organs. Her stomach was repositioned and spleen put back with no ill effects. Bella is in recovery and in the healing process that will take about 3 weeks. We are grateful to have terrific Vets and owe them our eternal graditude. Everyone that has a dog should be armed with the knowledge required to look out for bloat. I can kill within hours!

By: June Smith

June Smith — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:55:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing this article. As a dane owner and well aware of the possiblities of bloat W/torsion I’ve often wondered if in a panic situation I would be able to recall all the important information. Also, I feel relieved that the article touched on tubing your bloating dog. Information is out there stressing to have a “bloat kit” on hand. I never ordered one because I didn’t feel confident to potentially tube my girl in such an event. I’m glad they are suggesting not to.

By: Sara Jo

Sara Jo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:04:58 +0000

That is a great article. Thank you. I’m planning on sending it to my pet sitter, who I just found out has been feeding my lab mix and bird dog using raised bowls. I thought I had read that this wasn’t a good practice, but I wasn’t sure why. (please excuse my who/whom grammar; I didn’t feel like looking up the rule today…)