[nagdu] Bloat

[Brenda]

Is there anything that can be done to prevent bloat from requiring surgery?
Brenda

On 3/7/2011 3:15 PM, Tamara Smith-Kinney wrote:
> Yeeks!  $5K????  Yes, that is horrible!  I'd better check with my vet to see
> what that is here.  For a guide dog, that still works out as the better
> bargain, but good grief!
>
> I feel so bad for your friend and her loss.
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 11:06 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bloat
>
> Hi Tami.
> Thanks for the further info. I'll take Ben's pulse tonight.  (People might
> think it was weird, if I did it in my office.)
> May bloat never happen to any of our dogs.
> My friend said that surgery might have saved the dog, but it was $5000 and
> the owner just couldn't afford it.  Isn't that horrible, to have to choose
> between a huge bill and the life of your dog?! It's nice to know, but,
> should I ever be there, I could call on my school for help, so long as my
> dog was still working.
>
> Tracy
>
>> Tracy,
>>
>> I'm so sorry about your friend's dog!  Thank you for the reminder about
>> bloat.
>>
>> It is good to know the signs of bloat, since it leaves no time to waste in
>> getting to a vet.  Poodles are prone to bloat, so I live in fear of it and
>> check Mitzi over regularly, just in case.  If she seems to have a tummy
>> ache
>> or even to be feeling a bit off, I check her abdomen and femoral pulse
>> first, just to be sure!
>>
>> So the signs I know to look for are a hardened, distended abdomen and lack
>> of femoral pulse on either side.  You can feel the femoral pulse by
>> standing
>> behind your dog and putting your hands around the thighs so that your
>> fingertips can feel up into the groin where the pulse is.  No pulse means
>> blood supply is cut off and you're nearly out of time!  It never hurts to
>> know what your dog's normal pulse feels like, so you can tell if it's very
>> weak or thready, especially if there's unusual tension in the abdomen.
>>
>> So far, so good with my girl, and I plan to keep it that way!  But if the
>> signs do show up ever, I will know it's time to head to the vet!
>>
>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 6:54 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] Bloat
>>
>> My neighbor's lab mix died last night from bloat.  My friend was
>> dog-sitting, and called me to see what I thought about the dog pacing and
>> crying.  I guessed bloat, and thought the dog should go to the vet
>> immediately, but the owner wanted to wait and see if it got better.
>> Off-hours vet visits are very expensive, but sometimes you just can't
>> wait.  I'm sorry I was right, though.
>>
>> I thought I'd share, so we can all have a better idea of what to look out
>> for.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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