What was told to me by a dog expert nutritionist was that the reason
most dogs bloat during the night or after waking up is this. While
the dog sleeps the food digests to forming a empty stomach. The gas
builds up in a empty stomach which does play a role in bloat reason for
the foaming. Still bottom line will be if the dog has a weakness in their
markers with
genetic predisposed to bloat it can happen where a dog that doesn't probably
won't.
It can come through breeding of doubling up if dogs on both side had this
issue.
The inherited factures produce the build, temperament, etc. to have the end
results.
This is why it is so important of what each dogs bloodlines carry good and bad.
Theresa
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On Tue, 3/22/16, Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I know I may be proven wrong.....but I personally do not believe bloat is
caused by
an empty stomach....an overloaded stomach....nor
kibble....nor raw. I've only ever seen one dog
bloat in my life...so I am NO EXPERT.
We had leased a bitch from a well knownline...and she was five weeks
pregnant with a litter. I let her
out of the kennel to spend some time in a big
compound.I went back in the house and came
out two hrs. later to put her up...and found her
down....just before we lost her.I know someone who's well
known bitch was laying at their feet asleep for a couple of
hours before feeding time,and she stood up...walked 6 feet
to the sliding door and began to bloat.
No stress...no
'swelling' food....but fromsound asleep and relaxed...to
sudden onset of bloat.
We've all heard
about them bloating at the shows....at
Trials...traveling...fence running...or just laying
around.Why would six years or so of
kibble ( or whatever time frame )
suddenly cause a dog to bloat..and yet for six
yearsit was fine.....nor do all the
other dogs in a kennel bloat on the
same diet? Some dogs are high
drive with lots of stress...one bloats...40 do
not. Or the dog mentioned
above...relaxing at the owners feet before its dinner. Possibly a high
stress level and
stress personality ( dogs that don't deal with things
well ) has a place in the searchfor what causes bloat. Way too many
variables to be able to
pinpoint the exact real cause. IMO
Watched a
'wolf documentary' a couple of years ago....they
kept track of every wolf with collars and checked
themconstantly as the documentary
unfolded. One happy go lucky young
omega type bitch suddenly was not with thepack....and they began to search
for her. They found her in the
snow a couple of days later....she had been dead
a day or two...no
injuries...nothing. How would we
know if a wolf dies of bloat?
Likely a LOT LESS than our domesticated dogs one way or other
because of the Laws of Nature....the fittest survive. They absolutely must
live with stress!
Until we really know
the cause........we can only guess. Carolyn
marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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