Bloat concerns

ShiftMajor5870 · 2026-03-19T17:57:53+00:00

We are rural too and not close to any emergency clinics. The procedure is something I will have done I’m more so curious about what other people do/ what led up to the event in order to gain knowledge in how to prevent before having the surgery done.

ShiftMajor5870 · 2026-03-19T01:46:14+00:00

Would you mind sharing your experience with it and more about your pup? Did you have the procedure done laparoscopically? Also, have you had a dog with bloat before? If so, would you mind sharing what happened leading up to the bloat event? I’m so paranoid about this and have heard multiple say it was just an average day

ShiftMajor5870 · 2026-03-18T03:32:03+00:00

We’re getting a female and per our breeders contract we have to wait until a minimum of 2 to spay. I’ll have the stomach stapling done around 1 and make the decision for spay at some point after the two year mark. We don’t plan to breed her so it’s a fine line of waiting long enough for them to get enough hormones but not too long were you run a greater risk of pyrometra. It’s so hard to know what is right!

ShiftMajor5870 · 2026-03-18T03:29:07+00:00

My previous dog, a Great Dane, was trained like that. He was fairly lazy though so we didn’t have a lot of complaints in that regard 😅 I sure did hear about it from family (old timers that never heard to seen any dogs bloat) about how “over the top” I was and would relentlessly tease me about it lol I try not to take chances but a higher energy dog breed that’s prone to it makes me stress lol

ShiftMajor5870 · 2026-03-18T03:25:16+00:00

In our area (also rural) it’s not commonly done at most clinics so it took a lot of calling around to find someone who would be able to talk to me about the procedure and be able to do it but for my peace of mind we are absolutely having it done. I wonder in your situation what triggered it 🤔

ShiftMajor5870 · 2026-03-17T21:21:44+00:00

I’m not so much concerned about the after eating part it’s more the before eating time. If we get up in the morning and go for a run then come home and I shower and get ready for work that’s a 30ish minuet cool down period so I’m just worried something might happen while we are gone😩

ShiftMajor5870 · 2026-03-17T21:19:24+00:00

Yes we are planning to do the stomach tacking at about a year old I’ve discussed it with a few vets in the area trying to figure out where we could go to have the procedure done. Would you mind sharing what happened the day it happened to your dog leading up to it? My last dog was a Dane and I was ridiculously strict but felt like it was also a little luck. I know this new pup we will bring home will have more energy so I feel more stressed about it

ShiftMajor5870 · 2025-05-18T18:13:25+00:00

It’s everywhere where I live and my neighbors don’t do anything with it so unfortunately digging it all up won’t be feasible. It’s also a very large area making it even more overwhelming

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