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Bloating occurs when the stomach fills with air or food and is followed by torsion, a condition in which the stomach turns around on itself. Some believe it's caused by overfeeding or too much exercise before or after feeding.
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Comments
pam00 said
on 10/25/2006 The type of food you feed them is important. Commercial Kibble expands in the stomach when mixed with water. It usually doubles in size. In dogs that are prone to the condition this can cause the stomach to torque to either empty or digest in a hurry.
Anonymous said
on 9/16/2006 My Scottish Deerhound just developed torsion and was saved with surgery. She is an immature female, with no family history. I have always fed my dogs a high quality food. No one knows what went wrong for sure, she didn't have much food in her stomach at the time. I am blaming it on her love of drinking from the garden hose. The nozzle broke and I bought a new one that seems to have a lot of air with the water. So, no more drinking from the hose.
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 We just lost our German Shepard, Colonel, to gastric torsion. It happened early in the morning, only fifteen or twenty minutes in the operating room. Our family had no knowledge whatsoever of this disease. We have his brother to focus on now, and make sure we can prevent this from happening to him. I suggest reading anything and everything you can about this disease. Ask your vet. And if you don't have one...get one. Death from the disease can come very quickly, and you need to know the causes and symptoms.
Anonymous said
on 6/30/2006 I wish I had known more about this condition. We just lost our Standard Poodle after only a few hours of the onset. Ironically, he died on our way to the emergency room.
Please, learn all you can about bloating and torsion so you don't suffer as we have.
Anonymous said
on 2/15/2006 We have had giant breed, prone-to-bloat, dogs for years. Both our veterinarian and our breeder have recommended keeping Gas-Ex, or some similar simethicone, on hand. Rush the dog to the veterinarian, while feeding the tablets. We had a Newfoundland that died of complications after beginning to bloat, and I wish I had known to have a box of tablets on hand.