[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Gassy dogs leads to another question...

  • From: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>, <gina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:36:32 -0400

Dogs can still bloat after a tacking is done.  Even when the tacking holds.  
All a tacking does is prevent torsion and gives you more time to get the dog to 
a vet.  I know a surgeon at a major veterinarian school and he told me that 
dogs who were tacked after bloating can and do bloat again.

When a dog's stomach is full of just air, it doesn't sag, but the pressure can 
close off both sphincters and neither "valve" will allow gas and gastric juices 
to pass and the stomach continues to swell.  This vet told me that in most 
"spontaneous" cases of bloat, where the stomach suddenly and rapidly fills with 
gas, the stomach is empty.  (Except for gas, that is.)

This same vet had tacked the stomachs of hundreds of dogs when he served in the 
armed forces.  I figured he knew what he was talking about...  When my one of 
my dogs, who has a deep chest, was neutered, this surgeon did a "belt-loop" 
pexy on my boy.  It's the strongest of all the methods of tacking, but is quite 
invasive and is considered major surgery.  It is best performed by an 
experienced surgeon.


Paulette McGuirt, GSDCA Member
Wellborn-Allemande German Shepherds
Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>
To: <gina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:32 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Gassy dogs leads to another question...


Here's how it was explained to me and how I understand it; when they aren't 
 tacked the buildup of gas initially weighs/pulls the stomach downward in 
the  stomach cavity and blocks the release of gas at either end (think of a 
kink in a  garden hose). That's initially....then it can twist/rotate...
 
When they are tacked, the stomach is held in a fixed position, allowing the 
 release of gas.  
 
Now, there are at least four different techniques that I know of to tack,  
some very successful, others can tear away, so you CAN have a  situation 
where a dog is tacked, the tack doesn't hold and the dog and  torsions anyway. 
 
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd  Champions
visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds  

 
In a message dated 6/30/2009 5:53:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Speaking  of bloat and gassy dogs.  I have a question.  Why is it that  
dogs that have bloated and get their stomach tacked tend to not bloat  
afterward?  The tacking only prevents torsion.  Yet, a dog that  bloats and 
doesn't 
have their stomach tacked tends to bloat again?  Does  tacking the stomach 
have something to do with allowing gases to be  released?  I've asked my vet 
and he has a theory, but says there is no  real answer to this question.

Curious minds want to  know,

Gina
ROYAL T  SHEPHERDS


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