Bloat and Preventative Gastropexy

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Madelon
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Re: Bloat and Preventative Gastropexy

Post by Madelon » 07 Feb 2020, 14:22

Hi Conny - Thank you so much for chiming in with your knowledge and experience on this. I've missed your posts on the forum. My GSD may have to have knee surgery and I'm wondering about getting him tacked at the same time - thoughts?? Unfortunately is a high energy, nervous, anxious ball of fire - uggghhh. My concern is that when I read the symptoms for bloat - panting, pacing, restless - well that's my boy all the time!
Madelon, owned by DOC. DOC dx EPI 5/2015 = TLI < .4, B12 406; Folate >24. DOC taught me so much and together we battled and overcame EPI, food sensitivies, environmental allergies but we lost the cancer battle. DOC was dx with hemangiosarcoma 5/2022 and crossed the rainbow bridge July 24, 2022. He is and always will be the love of my life, my soulmate, my heart dog.

Paige's Guardian
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Re: Bloat and Preventative Gastropexy

Post by Paige's Guardian » 09 Feb 2020, 05:37

Hi Madelon,

I don't know about having a tack done with knee surgery. I think that might be a little complicated since it would be two different surgeons.

As far as symptoms -- not all dogs have the "classic" symptoms. When my Great Dane bloated, she acted uncomfortable, would not lay down and would not stop panting. Her stomach was not big but she is tacked. When my Choc lab bloated, he looked like he swallowed a basketball, when I got him to the vet I was not immediately thinking about bloat until he would not sit down. He is extremely compliant when I ask him to sit, he sits. He pants all the time so panting for him was not unusual. Neither dog was vomiting or trying to vomit. Our vets are great, they say, "you know your dog!" Some dogs will not have the "classic" signs. You can always mention bloat right away and they will do an immediate xray.

I have 2 more older labs that are 9 years old and I would not tack them. They are the happy go lucky labs everyone is familiar with and they are the life of the party. And, they eat everything that gets in their way.

I am already thinking that I will not wait until 18 months to spay my current 7 month old Dane puppy. She is a nervous anxious puppy around new people/situations and she is already having digestive issues. Vet put her on Tylan 7 days ago but it's not helping. I am seriously thinking of doing her spay/tack at 12 months.
Paige's Guardian (Conny)

Paige, 8-year old Great Dane.

Dx: Malabsorption at age 9 months of age. Low Folate. On plant enzymes for 1.5 years. Experienced bloat 2x and Pancreatitis. Switched to Enzyme Diane. TLI tested but never low. Diarrhea when off enzymes.
06/2019--cPL <50 (normal) SID-Tylan 3/8 tsp 2x/day. 1 tsp Pancreatin 6x per meal. Royal Canon Hydrolyzed Protein Dry Food

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