When it rains, it pours.

[bloolark]

I was clearly a very, very bad person in a previous life. That is the only way to explain the past 30 days. First Gus, then Skimble, now this.

We came remarkably close to never being able to post this sort of picture again.

Comments

[blk]

Oh my goodness how terrifying. I'm so glad he is OK.

[bloolark]

Me too! He seems to be recovering really well, which makes me happy.

[blk]

Did they do anything to prevent recurrence while he was in surgery, or are you going to have to be extra-vigilant from now on (or both)?

[bloolark]

Yes, they do something called a gastropexy, where they attach the stomach to the side of the body, so it can't twist. That plus some gas management and feeding changes and he should avoid this happening again.

[eldareth]

Oh jeez, I panicked a little when I read the title and saw a picture of Crow - so glad to hear he's ok. Bloat is so terrifying!

(As an aside - how on earth do you get them to be patient until midnight for dinner? My parents' dog (in my icon) gets 2 meals a day and starts getting obnoxious about dinner at about 4:30!)

[bloolark]

No dog in this household has EVER been fed for being obnoxious about wanting to be fed. It turns out that makes the biggest difference -- if one of my dogs got obnoxious about wanting dinner, I'd wait until they were completely over it before doing so.

We also don't feed on much of a schedule, which also matters. :)

But yes, bloat is terrifying. I'm so glad this is how it worked out.

[goingferal]

Damn--that is scary. So glad he's doing OK.

[bloolark]

Me too! He's really funny on narcotics -- he just lays there and stares at you with a slightly sleepy, glazed expression. He's bright and happy most of the time, but he's sleeping a lot, which is good.

[christalynn]

Everything went wrong for me earlier this year :( I'm still trying to recover from the loss of my Shepherd, Virgil. He bloated but his heart wasn't strong enough to make it through surgery.

I'm so sorry for your losses and for your ordeal with Crow :(

[bloolark]

Damn, I'm so sorry. That was one of the possibilities that they told us when we brought him in. It's so hard to lose them, and worse when it's abrupt like that.

[girlx512]

Holy crap, how scary! I'm so glad he got treatment quickly and is recovering.

[bloolark]

Me too. I'm glad he is dramatic enough to wake me up, and it all worked out as well as can be hoped.