BLOAT! - Page 1

HAS ANYONE EVER EXPERIENCED OR KNOW OF ANY CASES OF BLOAT WHEN FEEDING A NON KIBBLE DIET?

my experience has been with large dogs that have a big chest cavity. Left in kennel has been a contributing factor. Often wondered if had been in the house if it would have happened. Was not pleasant!

What one feeds or where the dog resides has nothing at all to do with a dog having a bloat incident. I know people who have fed raw and others kibble as well as dogs in kennels as well as house dogs who have bloated. Many large breeds, those especially with deep chests, can and are afflicted by bloat. It is a life-threatening medical emergency. Many, many studies have been done but with scant results. For most people, being attentive to how much is fed at one time, making sure dogs are not subjected to heavy exercise right before, during or after feeding, and bowl height have been implicated, but nothing has been proven. If a dog bloats and surgery is done to save the dog, often vets will tack down important structures internally to help prevent a second incident.

Being a veterinary nurse in the uk i have heard many vets say different things also being a GSD breeder now for over 10 years i have seen a couple of our own dogs and also clients dogs with bloat and have all been different. For example my own had eaten at 5pm that evening was checked at 7pm and was fine and at 10pm there was foamy froath in kennel with bloat so took straight to vet and we passed a stomach tube and relieved the gases. Couple of injections and 1/2 hour later on way home again dog caged over night me on sofa dog fine check up in morning no probs cage rested for a week and back in kennel. Feeding in a bowl holder and exercising several hours before food. Fine but 2 yrs later happened again. Case at work was a great dane that had pinched food off of a bbq had Gastric torsion several hours later could not pass tube so General anaesthetic and open up untwisted stomach then pass stomach tube to remove gas and sausgaes stitched stomach to abdomen wall. I/V fluids for 24hrs starved for 24 hrs then liquid food for 24hrs then soft food for a week and then back to normal dog fine didn't happen again. My vet use to say it was to do with food and then exercising he has since changed his mind and now doesnt know why it happens. I have also seen bloat recently in a bassett hound and dalamation. Its never nice and is quite often fatal unless treat urgently within 10mins of finding your dog like it and it also helps when you've got a good vet who knows what he's doing.

Yes. I have known dogs that have bloated on kibble, dogs that have bloated on raw, dogs that have bloated on a combination of both, and dogs that have bloated on nothing. I believe there is a nice piece of research by the Purdue Vet Hospital on this very subject. http://www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/bloat.htm Dogs bloat on air and I think genetics play a substantial role.