Preface

The medical term for GDV is gastric dilation torsion syndrome, which is a disease with a high mortality rate in addition to cancer and infectious diseases. This disease has a certain impact on medium and large dogs. It is not easy to define this disease because it is severe, but its symptoms are quite obvious. If treated in a timely manner, there is generally no danger. If it is not serious, but if it delays for a period of time, the dog may die because of it. It can be seen that the best treatment for this disease is timely rescue.

GDV is more common in large dogs with deep chest cavities. Enhanced version of gastric distension, caused by gas, liquid or solid, can lead to gastric dilation without necessarily twisting, resulting in abdominal blockage, secondary hypotension, shock and visceral damage, which can be fatal within a few hours.

In the early symptoms of GDV, it is obvious to shrug your shoulders and retch, but you may not vomit anything or only vomit foam and mucus. If your dog often experiences this situation (sometimes successfully spitting out things, sometimes not), then you must reflect on your way of raising it.

Do not put your dog in a high-pressure environment. Stress is considered one of the causes of GDV, which can be considered a broad suggestion. High stress can lead to a series of problems such as overeating. This situation may be more common in families with two or more dogs.

To avoid GDV, it is also important to pay more attention to feeding:

1. When feeding, try to eat fewer meals and more frequently. Do not only feed one meal a day and then feed a lot after one meal.

2. Provide sufficient clean drinking water, but do not drink too much before or after meals.

3. Do not engage in intense exercise immediately before or after meals. Exercise should also be done after a period of rest.

Food selection:

1. Try to feed wet food and less dry food in daily life, especially for puppies, because many owners have difficulty controlling the amount of dry food and feed them a large amount of water after feeding, which can lead to indigestion in dogs.

2. Feed high protein, moderate fat, and low carbohydrate foods.

3. Ensure sufficient fiber (the standard for dog food is 3% or more, which is generally met. Pay attention to supplementing other foods appropriately).

If feeding dry food, be sure to control the amount and also control the amount of fat.

5. If feeding dry food, avoid choosing dry food containing "citric acid". Even if you have to feed such dry food, do not soak it before feeding the dog. After feeding the dog food, do not immediately give the dog water.

6. If feeding dry food, choose dry food with bone meal in the first four components (meat meal generally does not remove bones, only fresh meat will have bone removal).

7. It is recommended to supplement herbs and probiotics, which can help reduce the possibility of stomach bloating (both mid to high end dog food are available, and feeding others can be supplemented appropriately).

8. Avoid feeding brew yeast and soy products to increase the possibility of bloating, but generally good dog food does not contain such items.

To avoid common medications for GDV:

To avoid GDV, it is important to avoid bloating in the stomach. So it's always right to prepare some digestive aid medication on a regular basis. Lactic acid bacteria tablets are common digestive aid medication that are cost-effective, while more advanced probiotic medication are targeted at severe diarrhea. Baixixi silicone oil emulsion is an emergency lifesaving solution that can effectively alleviate stomach bloating. In addition, in order for dogs to digest better, they can occasionally be fed some yogurt, which is also beneficial for their intestines.