Thread: Question for Ethos

I would say any wild ones prone to it died long ago mother nature, the strictest breedmaster.

I lost a pointer to it, incidentally his sire died of it too. Both deep chested dogs. However unlike ethos I'm on single daily feed for adult dogs, and I now only feed before I put them away for the evening so they are forced to sit down and rest on a full belly. Im so religious about it it I won't even give them a scrap of food before any form of exercise

the weakness in your logic pointer, is that dogs die after gastric torsion well past breeding age,so why if there is a genetic link would it die out? the same can be said for using the test on the hill for HD.,by the time a problem is discovered a lot of dogs have been used for breeding. i once lost a bitch, she was quite old and i got her speyed.after bringing her home i kept her inside.after a while she wanted to go out,so i let her out,then followed myself after about 5 minutes.i called but she did not come back.it was right on evening when i found her under some dense cover down in the creek.she was in shock and bloated and cold to touch.a rush trip to the vets,the outcome was i lost my dog. lesson after anaesthetic the muscles take a while to become operational.my bitch was thirsty,very and had drunk a lot of water,maybe her receptors were still asleep,anyway the stomach rotated,cutting off the blood supply and she quickly went into shock and did not respond to my calls.the fact that she was elderly makes this much easier to happen. it was a severe lesson to learn.never again do i take my eye off a dog if it has had an anaesthetic ,until well past recovery time.it is not just food ,water can be the problem.