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Newfoundland dog - Angus
by: Thomas on Tue, May 27 2008

My wife and me were aware of ‘bloat’ in Newfies and other breeds. Angus has always been a picky eater and subsequently, has been lean throughout his eight years. Recently, dumb as it sounds, I found he would eat more readily if I offered the food by hand.

In fact, I could not have done worse by the dog as he usually would bolt food offered in this manner while I was unaware that bolting food could result in bloat. Yesterday my stupidity resulted in a life threatening case of gastric dilation. Fortunatley his condition was discovered in time for our local emergency vet to reverse. Guaranteed I will never again offer this dog his food by hand.

May 2008

Newfoundland dog - Angus - by Thomas - (Tue, May 27 2008)
My wife and me were aware of ‘bloat’ in Newfies and other breeds. Angus has always been a picky eater and subsequently, has been lean throughout his eight years. [more..]
GDV - Why didn’t I know about this!!! - by TLF - (Tue, May 20 2008)
We just lost our 12 year old Golden Retriever to GDV. I had never heard of it, and was never told that a bloated belly on a dog was life threatening! [more..]

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