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Summary: Learn the symptoms of bloat in dogs in this free video.
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Elise McMahon Elise McMahon has a Ph.D. in animal behavior, and has been working with both domestic and wild dogs since the early 1990s. She began studying domestic dogs in... read more
So how do you recognize the symptoms of bloat, some of the symptoms of bloat. There is a couple of different very typical standard symptoms that if you find in your dog, you want to make sure that you get your dog to the vet hospital as soon as possible. What I am going to talk about is not the only symptoms of bloat so you want to be careful if your dog is acting strangely and they are a breed that might be susceptible to bloat. You don't want to take a chance because it is something that could kill your dog very quickly. So one of the things you can look at is, right here Rave, is the distended belly. So in the area right here if the belly is swollen and tight when you are pushing in, one thing you want to do is make sure that you know how your dog feels normally when you know your dog is healthy and fine. Feel their belly see how it feels. Feel what a soft loose belly feels like so you know the difference. If your dog is pacing around and panting, if your dog tries to throw up, if your dog is circling and cannot get comfortable and is clearly in distress, go ahead and feel for the belly area. If it feels like that belly is swollen and tight, rush your dog immediately to the closest emergency facility for dogs. The beginning of bloat that the stomach is swelling up and is swelling up with gas, wait Honey, and you want to get your dog to the emergency room as soon as possible.