Post by greyghost on Jan 11, 2005 17:53:43 GMT 1
Irena has asked me to tell my 'tale'. I hope it will help.
Abbie, now 8, was just over a year old. She had her normal feed late afternoon (second feed of the day). In those days we were advised to put water and food at a height. We never exercised 1hr before or 1hr after a feed.
She looked a bit hungry still so I gave her a bonio (not huge but bigish biscuit). Then she had another. (I sometimes wonder if this was the problem.)
Later that evening around 7 maybe (not sure) she tried to vomit and luckily I noticed as this is one of the first signs. I was on full alert for the rest of the evening.
She did not settle, but what is new with a 1yr old weim, she often didn't go to sleep til quite late, but it niggled me.
When I took her out into the garden she jumped up and played and I thought then she seemed fine.
But something still niggled me. Little did I know that there was a supply of water at the side of the house in a bucket and my husband said she was drinking it.
I rang round breeders and got advice. No bloat. No tight tummy. No other symptoms. She was not in any obvious pain. I just felt uneasy.
I took her to the vets at 10pm and he said he could not find any problem, gave us some relaxers and we went home. The tablets knocked her out and I really cannot say why I still felt uneasy. We took her back to the vets at midnight. She was still knocked out with the tablets so was very dopey. As she lay down she grumbled (but she still does this now). He said she was not comfortable and admitted her and operated within the half hour. Her stomach had turned a full 360 degrees.
The vet said he drained a few litres of water out of her stomach.
She had the lining of her stomach sewn to the wall and sent home for complete rest (for which we had tranquillisers) for a couple of weeks and lead walking for around 6 weeks.
My own theory is that because she had more dried food than normal (biscuits were obviously dry) she drank more water to digest and the weight of the water turned her stomach.
In hind sight my saving glory was an article I had read in one of the Weimaraners Association magazine and I remember the person saying that the dog was unsettled and pacing, and she was annoyed because she was trying to watch tv.
Abbie, now 8, was just over a year old. She had her normal feed late afternoon (second feed of the day). In those days we were advised to put water and food at a height. We never exercised 1hr before or 1hr after a feed.
She looked a bit hungry still so I gave her a bonio (not huge but bigish biscuit). Then she had another. (I sometimes wonder if this was the problem.)
Later that evening around 7 maybe (not sure) she tried to vomit and luckily I noticed as this is one of the first signs. I was on full alert for the rest of the evening.
She did not settle, but what is new with a 1yr old weim, she often didn't go to sleep til quite late, but it niggled me.
When I took her out into the garden she jumped up and played and I thought then she seemed fine.
But something still niggled me. Little did I know that there was a supply of water at the side of the house in a bucket and my husband said she was drinking it.
I rang round breeders and got advice. No bloat. No tight tummy. No other symptoms. She was not in any obvious pain. I just felt uneasy.
I took her to the vets at 10pm and he said he could not find any problem, gave us some relaxers and we went home. The tablets knocked her out and I really cannot say why I still felt uneasy. We took her back to the vets at midnight. She was still knocked out with the tablets so was very dopey. As she lay down she grumbled (but she still does this now). He said she was not comfortable and admitted her and operated within the half hour. Her stomach had turned a full 360 degrees.
The vet said he drained a few litres of water out of her stomach.
She had the lining of her stomach sewn to the wall and sent home for complete rest (for which we had tranquillisers) for a couple of weeks and lead walking for around 6 weeks.
My own theory is that because she had more dried food than normal (biscuits were obviously dry) she drank more water to digest and the weight of the water turned her stomach.
In hind sight my saving glory was an article I had read in one of the Weimaraners Association magazine and I remember the person saying that the dog was unsettled and pacing, and she was annoyed because she was trying to watch tv.
