Help against Bloat
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I have considered getting one for Bella. I have never seen an OES eat as fast as she does sometimes. They are supposed to do the trick. I think you can get them at Petsmart and Petco...in case you are ordering online. Nigel is such a slow delicate eater...no problem there. lol.  |
| I have been looking at those. Summer eats so fast it is scary. Now the yorkie is eating double fast as well. Something I do sometimes is put a large unopened can of food in the middle of her dish and her food round it. It does slow her down a bit but she started realising she can just move the tin about! Worth a try. Summers dish is elevated, and I keep reading conflicting reports about that. Apart from hand feed her I cant slow her down.
Also you can get those cake tins with a raised funnel in the middle. I saw one at a car boot but it was way too small. There is the brake ast bowl and something called gobblenot as well. If you get it let me know how you go! |
I have to boys at home who do not eat their food they just suck it in like a vacuum cleaner,  but that is not the problem, as long as they get nothing to drink after their dinner for at least 1 1/2 hours and they are made rest for the same amount of time, you have take all the necessary precautions that you can possibly take, a dog who eats slowly can also bloat if the start drinking, playing or even walking right after they have eaten.  |
| Good to know about the drinking dairymaid, I've read the exercise part, but not the drinking part.
I also put a large object (a big bone in my case) in Oliver's food bowl when he eats. It now takes him 5 minutes to eat instead of 1 1/2 minutes. |
| I picked up one of these for my niece's dog, a labrador retreiver who inhaled his food. It really did help slow down his eating. My niece still uses it at home, but interestingly, when he has his dinner over here, he now eats a lot slower.
Jennifer, Baxter & Cassiopia |
| So I was just wondering, are you all trying to just prevent "bloat" or are you trying to prevent the entire issue of GDV as well? An animal can bloat without having a full GDV and vica versa. If you want to really truely prevent GDV then you should have your pets stomach tacked down. I personally dont think OES are at a high risk for GDV, but I am not saying they cant get it, I just mean there are certain breeds much more susceptible to it them our furr friends. That being said, any dog can get GDV and there are precautions you can take but without surgery you can really prevent it. Also now even if you have the surgery they can still bloat but wont get a full GDV. If your dogs eat fast then you can get the special food bowl or you can just feed them in smaller increments. You can make sure not to do vigorous excersize before and after feeded for a longer period of time and control the amount of water they get.
And I dont know how many people know this but there is also a thing called "food bloat" which is where the dog eats so much that the stomach gets distended and it gives the same symptoms as a regular GDV/bloat and can be the precursor to it if you dont catch it in time. |
| I wonder if this is available in stainless steel.
I just hate plastic bowls. |
| I hadn't seen that bowl. When Baloo was younger he ate his meals in less than 5 minutes too. We put 2 heavy rubber balls in the middle of the bowl and he had to eat around them. It did the trick. Like someone else said... took 5 mins instead of 1 1/2... LOL.
We have stopped using them now. He has no problem taking his time. I guess he learned- finally. |
| If you are worried about them eating to fast then put some objects e.g. rubber balls in their food bowl this stops them gulping their food as they have to push the balls about to get at the food |
OES4ever wrote: I personally dont think OES are at a high risk for GDV, but I am not saying they cant get it, I just mean there are certain breeds much more susceptible to it.
The breed is predisposed to bloat. Not as high risk as Danes, for instance, no. Nor have we reached a point where we almost routinely tack stomachs like they do in some breeds. I wouldn't downplay the risk, though. It's worth trying to take precautions. Though there are other references and bloat is listed among the most common causes of death (not that the numbers are staggering) for OES in the results from the last health survery, So Cal rescue mentions it in an overall interesting article they have up on their site taken from Dog World. The heath issues common to the breed are towards the bottom, but the article as a whole is a nice general over view of the breed (though a little bit dated now) and well worth the read, especially for anyone new to the breed. The rest of us will probably read along and chuckle. http://www.oesrescue.com/htmls_oes/dogworld.html In addition to gastric torsion, we've also had a handful of cases of splenic torsion that I know of. Kristine |
OES4ever wrote: I personally dont think OES are at a high risk for GDV, but I am not saying they cant get it, I just mean there are certain breeds much more susceptible to it.
The previous link I posted contains the risk breeds and OES are among those listed that can be predisposed to bloat. I think everyone that has been in OES for years knows or has heard of someone who's oes has bloated. Breeds At Greatest Risk Afghan Hound Airedale Terrier Akita Alaskan Malamute Basset Hound Bernese Mountain Dog Borzoi Bouvier des Flandres Boxer Bullmastiff Chesapeake Bay Retriever Collie Dachshund Doberman Pinscher English Springer Spaniel Fila Brasileiro Golden Retriever Gordon Setter Great Dane German Shepherd German Shorthaired Pointer Great Pyrenees Irish Setter Irish Wolfhound King Shepherd Labrador Retriever Miniature Poodle Newfoundland Old English Sheepdog Pekinese Rottweiler Samoyed Shiloh Shepherd St. Bernard Standard Poodle Weimaraner Wolfhound Sighthouds Bloodhounds I like the bowl to slow down fast eaters, only thing is it is plastic, wonder if they have a ceramic or stainless steel version? Clever design  |
OES4ever wrote: I like the bowl to slow down fast eaters, only thing is it is plastic, wonder if they have a ceramic or stainless steel version? Clever design I agree about not wanting a plastic bowl. It looks like this company does carry the medium size bowl in stainless steel. It is a little pricy @ $36 - but it would be worth every penny if it helped. I think I might try it. |
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