How hereditory is bloat?

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by HighDesertGSD on 29 March 2011 - 17:03

In the scale of 1-10, 10 being most strongly hereditory, how would you place bloat for the GSD?

I am thinking about using a stud dog whose sire suffered from it.

by Red Sable on 29 March 2011 - 17:03

I wouldn't use him, personally.

by gsdland on 29 March 2011 - 17:03

I have to agree..10

I knew a women who bred mastiffs, her bitchs sire bloated and died, she bloated twice and her one and only litter of 11 pups, 7 suffered bloat at some point in their lives. The sire of the litter never bloated. I would not breed a dog that has bloated, jmo.

by HighDesertGSD on 29 March 2011 - 18:03

I once wanted to use the sire for stud for my (now) older girl, but learnt that he had had bloat and recovered.

I shunned him, but now one of his sons is turning out great.

by Vikram on 29 March 2011 - 18:03

its all about genes.

cheers

by kathryn Brennan Hennigan on 30 March 2011 - 08:03

Read my article on Bloat/Gastric Torsion. Its on my website under Health Issues. www.karlsruhegsd.com
Hope it is of some benefit to you.

by ronin on 30 March 2011 - 09:03

http://www.vin.com/proceedings/Proceedings.plx?CID=TUFTSBG2003&PID=5091&O=Generic

Genetics do play a major part, but have a read of this link to get a full picture.

Regards

Mark

by Rik on 30 March 2011 - 12:03

10, and it's a gift that keeps on giving. Don't do it if you have long term plans.

JMO,
Rik

by Jenni78 on 30 March 2011 - 13:03

Agree w/everyone else. While there are some circumstances in which I may partially excuse it, I believe it is hereditary in many ways that we don't fully understand and would not risk breeding a dog who had a parent bloat.

by troublelinx on 30 March 2011 - 20:03

Great question

None of mine ever bloated.

I thought it was more of the breed as a whole when exposed to a certain chain of events.

Correct me if i am wrong

I thoght bloat could possibly happen if you fed or watered after they were active

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