Thank you for explaining bloat. My dog always wants to play after eating. No more. Rest will be after his feeding.

YOU SAVED MY 13 MONTH OLD GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPY'S LIFE! I have been aware of bloat, have my second German Shepherd but had JUST WATCHED this video within a week or two of it happening. My 13mos old very tall, thin (85lbs w/ CH Sire 115lb, CH Dam 85-90) he's allowed to graze on kibble and likewise drink as needed but doesn't GULP after eating- the motive: he's got plenty of room to add weight. One Sunday evening shortly after he'd eaten his normal larger "mini-meal", he was laying against the front door. Apparently sleeping, unaware an Amazon driver dropped a heavy box outside the door. He LEPT up alerted and being the natural protector he is. He was calmed immediately when I came to see the Amazon driver and gave him command to relax. Within a few minutes he was pacing.... not panting, not whining, no signs of pain. I took him outside (we live in SE WI w/snow on the ground.) He went a few feet and lay flat on his stomach- he loves snow, he doesn't lay like that in it. I urged him up, with no hesitation he got up and moved a few feet only to do it again. Now I am getting VERY concerned. I bring him in the house and he lay on his stomach a third time. I was already remembering YOUR VIDEO... I felt for signs of bulging, gas pockets, even tapped the back of one hand with the other to listen for echo of gas or air. He showed no sign of pain, no bulge for me to feel. He stood up. It was then that as I stood directly over him (me being 6'3") I looked straight down upon him and noticed a bulge in his midsection. The best I can describe was almost like a bulge in a whale's body... this was not the ribs of a thin, strong GSD puppy. I immediately yelled to my girl to get ready to to the the ER. Then his dry heaves began, even further confirming my suspicion. As I called the local animal ER, loaded him into my truck, drove there (a few miles over the limit on near empty Sunday night roads), the Vet Tech that answered the call was awesome. He was able to get all the dog's stats.. age, weight, then symptoms, and concurred that while not a DVM that did sound like bloat. As I'm giving him my ETA he's got a team ready with a gurney as we roll into the lot. Ironically, the dog wanted to walk into the ER... he was starting to go into shock, but trusting I was taking him to the right place. The immediately rushed him in past a couple other dogs in the waiting room (I'm sorry for those people, but this was life or death) Straight into X-rays which confirmed his stomach had flipped and was all on one side with a void next to it. A surgeon and tech called in, 2.5hr surgery and 36hrs later he was eating solid food and passing solid stool. THANK YOU! THIS VIDEO HELPED DRIVE THE POINT HOME AND GAVE ME MORE INFORMATION THAT ABSOLUTELY CONTRIBUTED TO MY GETTING THE DOG IN SO FAST! From the time he was started to in the ER approx an hour and at most another hour to the incision that started to relieve pressure. I have seen a couple other videos on bloat, all good. The one symptom that none mention is viewing the dogs body from above.. When you have a thin dog (can still see his ribs when sun glistens on his fur) and can see that bulge, there's few if any other causes. P.S. I have shared this video with the German Shepherd Club of Wisconsin and thousands on Facebook. If you're ever in the Milwaukee (specifically Brookfield, WI area.. I'd love to introduce you to Max but buy you dinner as a token of appreciation. Finally hit me up via email first init, last name at gmail where that checkmark after my name will allow me to help you with your channel.

I knew about Bloat in horses, not dogs. We are changing our habits starting NOW, no more going out and playing right after meals. Thank you so much!!!

I wish we watched your video a few days ago as our big beautiful girl just passed away because of this. We miss her every minute. Our vet never mentioned this condition to us. As a big dog owner all we had ever heard about was hip dysplasia as a risk factor and nothing about this stomach twisting condition. With our German Shepherd’s passing, we now know so much information about this condition from other pets parents online and from you. We rescued our wonderful girl at one year old and she was 10.5 years old when she passed away so suddenly this week. She is like our adult kid, so very loyal, loving and protective. We were not ready for this. We miss her so much.

This was an incredibly important video... Our Saint Bernard survived bloating after a $20k vet bill... But his digestive system was never the same aftwards. He passed less than a year after. Have your dog's stomach "tacked" (that's the term you were looking for)... That might save their life

I knew of bloat, but had never seen it explained in such a simple way. I will put my hand up and admit looking back in the early days I’ve made this mistake and touch wood we have been very, very lucky that this hasn’t happened to our Alaskan malamutes. Thank you K9 dog training for producing this video, this will help a lot of dogs in the future. 😁🐶🐾🐾❤️

Just showed this video to family members as our GSD always gets frisky after dinner. I have always explained about bloat and that she needs to rest after eating, but it's like deaf ears with the kids... so they just got made to watch this. Thanks for posting it.

I'm so glad you told me this, I have always feed my gsd then walked him a couple hundred meters down the road to the park and i let him off to run so he could go to the dunny there as he always does, instead of our backyard. Definitely won't be doing this again. Cheers mate' much appreciated 👍

Our GS had bloat while on vacation. Luckily we recognized the signs and RUSHED him to the nearest vet which was a half hour away. Worst ride of our lives BUT they were able to save him. Months later it happened again! Kids were visiting and he became too excited. Again, we RUSHED him immediately to the vet - he survived ! This vet said his stomach was not tied off tight enough so she made sure it was extra secure. You don't want this to happen!

Thank you for tackling this issue that not enough people are talking about. If something can potentially kill my dog and it’s preventable, I want to know about it. I initially began to be concerned about bloat when I got my first male Labrador. I did lots of research on the subject so I would understand what it is and how it presents. You don’t want to be caught off guard when this is going down. No time to search KZfaq for the answer. All of his demonstrations are good. Not eating/drinking and then playing is also good. I want everyone to be careful with moistening dry dog food to help with hydration. Most brand name dog foods have citric acid as a preservative. Some examples of well-known pet food brands that research found used Citric Acid in their recipes include Iams, Royal Canin, Nutro, Purina One, Eukanuba, Merrick, Orijen, and Rachel Ray Nutrish, plus many others. You will see it listed in the ingredient list. Research showed that dog foods that are moistened prior to feeding (this means water or some other liquid was added to the food) and contained Citric Acid caused a 320% increase in the risk of bloat compared to foods without Citric Acid. Leaving clean water down at all times will help prevent drinking too much water at one time. It has also been suggested that some wet dog food be mixed in to the dry food to help with moistening the food. Feeding dogs at least twice a day (or more) will also help prevent this issue. I feed my dogs with a puzzle bowl. It slows down their eating so they are not gulping their food (along with excess air) down too fast. Boys are twice more likely that girls to get bloat (I have to assume they usually have bigger chests). Wake up call! IT ONLY TAKES DOGS 20 MINUTES TO GO INTO SHOCK!!! Even if you get them to a vet 10-30% will not make it anyway due to other complications. I am lucky that I live 10 minutes away from an emergency vet. I had an instance where I was just getting home and thought I would let my 1 year old lab outside to quickly pee before we went back inside. Unbeknownst to me his Bestie was being let out at the same time. Chaos ensued. Big, young, boys that love to hit each and roll around in the grass. Got that under control within a few minutes. Everyone goes inside. My boy immediately began repeatedly throwing up, became lethargic, was having trouble standing on his own. If you even think MAYBE it might be bloat I have a 10 minute window to get him to the vet before shock kicks in. Wait longer than that then necrosis can set in. People talk about how it takes an hour or 2 to die. No. It’s something that begins to happen at the time the stomach is flipped. Also, on the way to the emergency vet, call them. Let them know what you think happened! Instead of waiting around filling out paperwork they should send out (at the very least) a vet tech to assess the situation immediately. If that doesn’t happen, make some noise. Luckily for me it wasn’t bloat. If I had been calmer and thinking straight, my boy was actually throwing up something, which is impossible to do if the stomach is flipped. It turned out he had a sliver of bone stuck in his intestines that had to be removed immediately so he wouldn’t rip his intestine and get sepsis and die. So not a complete waste of trip. Love your dogs everyone! Good luck 🍀

Thank you for spreading awareness. I didn’t know that much about it until I saw you post about this on IG a couple months ago. I’ve since been crating my dogs after every meal & every big drink of water

thank you so much for putting this out. super important for dog owners

I'm glad you made this video. I'm getting a great dane so I've been researching bloat. You explained it best 👌

Thank you once again for the educational information. What an awesome channel you have here. Keep the video going.

Can’t thank you enough for this video!Lots of love from my pup and i all the way from NZ. Big fans 🫶🏽

I found this very helpful, I wasn't aware of this..... So glad I found this channel!!!

Great video . I’ve heard of it but didn’t know the details covered in the video. 👍. Beau did great with Jeremy. Thanks for the introduction as it was and will be very helpful .

Thank you for sharing! This was a great visual which helped with understanding exactly what is happening when bloat occurs.

Really great video on something not talked about often enough. Why, I don't know. You simplified it very well! Thanks.

Good Intel on "BLOAT." Not a boring vid at all. Informative and useful. I will definitely be more cognizant after feeding my GSD. Great content. Luv your channel! Keep it up! Remember El Tee, "Low, slow and off the radio." ⭐️

Great share. Sorry to hear of your loss to this terrible condition. We lost our Dogue De Bordeaux in this way. Not a very active dog and do not know how this happened other than maybe a roll over for a scratch. We have an XL American Bully now and I only feed a raw diet and twice a day. Taking other precautions such as feeding times and exercise etc. and hope to never experience this condition ever again. Keep up the great videos, love your work!

Thank you for all your videos, I’m hoping to get a boerbel, a bit down the road, trying to learn as much as possible about dog training as well as about the breed. Truly appreciate your videos

Thank you so much for this video! I'm a new Great Dane owner of 2 now, and this information was very much appreciated!

Visited a first aid workshop years ago and there was a Great Dane breeder who told us about his experience with bloat. He was breeding for decades and had 7 or 8 dogs with it. Only 2 could been saved, even if he hurried up to the vet. It was ist before the preventive surgery was a thing and he was feeding then raw and it made it bit better. Thank you for raising awareness on this! You explained it very well

Just got my German Shepard 3 weeks Ago he’s a puppy and always wants to play after eating. I really appreciate this advice and your channel. Thank you!

Thank you so much for educating us on how easily this can happen!

My dog has just recovered from GDV, I did all the right things re no excercise before and after eating, small meals, slow feeder etc. I watched this about 6 months ago and believe it was instrumental in saving my dogs life. Thankyou.

I'd never heard of bloat. Thank you so very much for explaining this as I now have a large breed dog.

Thanks brother. I literally never heard about this. I just adopted a GSD a few weeks ago. Glad I learned about this now.

Sorry for your loss. Thanks for the info

We have been practicing this way for over 20 years with our presa and AB. Bloat was the first thing that our breeder warned us about.. great explanation brother

This was such a great demonstration to help me understand what bloat is and how it happens. Thank you.

Sorry for your loss. Bax feed, water, rest, walk routine is changing...thanks to you.

Thank you so much for this video. I was always told 30minutes after eating, to walk or light play. My GS loves fresbee playing. We do this at night before bed. Now I am going to change his routine and feed a little later and it's all rest time after feed. Also soaking the food is a great idea. Thank you again, love your videos.

This is horrifying info! I’ve never heard about this risk, I will heed and share the warning, gracias!!

Thank you. Your demonstration was the ONLY one that showed the speaker knew what he was talking about. All other speakers, on KZfaq or on the internet, explained bloat in the way that made it look like they didn't know what they were talking about. And neither did I listemkng to them. My German Shepard died of bloat at age 9. After years, I've gotten another one, and this video prepared me to how to not let it happen again. Thank you for that.

Thank you for your service and dedication and Information please keep posting

Great tip, never thought about it. Will keep it in mind now, bless.

never knew about this. owned small dogs my whole life and now im taking care of an 80 pound bully and im glad i know this now. this is why im subscribed, thank you!

Wow.. I never knew about bloat until now. This is very helpful information. Thank you for this.

We lost our “Old Man” - our import WL GSD to bloat. He was 11. I regret missing the signs of his bloat everyday. We currently have a senior WL GSD (she’s 9) and a CC. Thank you for presenting this information to the public. I hope it saves a life.

Fantastic video very easy detail thavks

Dude . best description and presentation ive seen on bloat . we have a large breed who lives and eats out doors with the livestock. Alittle harder to monitor but hes way more active at night and doesnt get bowls at night so should be good ... Hopefully . Friends had a 10yr old German shepherd who had it twice . second time was to much for the dog unfortunately. Closest vet to work on a emergency like that was 2 hours away..

I have always put my dogs to rest after eating. I didn’t know about this. I just thought how if I’m full I wouldn’t want to be running around and causing me to get sick. Thanks for the info

Thank you for sharing this video. It’s very important for us to learn these things about our pets.

thanks. I've mumbled on so many occasions to the dog "not now, you've just eaten, let it go down", going to make a rule of this going forward.

Thanks for Getting the Word out!

Thank you for this I never knew about this but now I know to look out for it

Thank you for this vid and your expertise.

Thanks for the info!

Thank you so much for this video ! very educational !

Bro !!!! Thank you so much for that valuable information... My Rottie who has a very strict diet and food regiment , he eats I monitor his drinking intake, then I make him chill for about 25 minutes. From your video you say at least an hour.. My boy is hyper and wants to play or screw around in the living room.. That will have to stop for a while ( 60 minutes).... Thank you again... My condolences for your loss it's so hard to see your best friend and be loving pet pass away I'm still broken-hearted from my doberman

Great video! I knew about it and always made sure there was no more activity after feeding. My Swissy/Malemute mix got to be twelve years old. He was a family member and it was hard to let him go. He was ginourmuos, 120 lbs showing ribs, the enlarged heart finally got him.

Thank you so much! Very good advice taken❤

Thank you for this great info . This info could save my life .

That’s so scary thank you for informing with this critical information

Great video and thank you for sharing

Very informative! Thank you

Great advice 👍. Thank you 🙏.

Thank you for covering this very important disease. Our 9 month German shepherd suffered from it out of no where, no exercise before or after eating. She has had a host of GI issues. Research is finding familial tendency to bloat that points to a strong genetic predisposition to the disease. It appears to be related to gastric motility & acid as a possible underlying risk factor. Terrible disease I hope know has to experience with their beloved dog.

This is scary, and my 2 fur babies just finished breakfast, I managed to separate them coz they always get crazy playing around with each other, my wife seemed upset as to why I stopped them from playing and I showed her this video about bloating. Thank you for educating us humans how to take care of our fur babies. I've been your subscriber for almost a year now. Keep it up.

Thank you so much! This will help us be better part parents to our great pyr puppy

Thank you for sharing this information.

Happened to that tik-tokker Grizzly Bane's GSD. She was able to get her long-haired GSD to the vet, had the emergency surgery and saved his life. $8800 bucks. They did the preventative surgery stapling the stomach to chest wall at the same time. he's fine now.

Blessings and nicceeee strong corso, thank you much for the info. I knew about waiting after they eat but did not know it was 60 to minutes, I appreciate it much and God Bless

I'm surprised that this is the first I'm hearing of this condition - but now that you mention it we had a large Black Lab who passed away at 12 and one day I came home and he was just sitting in the yard looking "swollen" eyes *very* jaundiced, white foam; he was dying. I had been at work all day and by the time I got home I knew he was done for. I always assumed old Shadow got snake bit. But I think this is what must have happened to him. I'm going to pay special attention to my dogs and how they eat from now on. Thank you for posting.

Thanks for explaining all of this. I've heard of it but never knew what it was and yes I've been guilty of this - playtime after din dins. Not anymore. Great video.

Thank you so much. I do not own a dog but ilearn precious knowledge fro. Edu ative videos as this and get ready for my future dog❤

Thank you for sharing! 🐕‍🦺

Superb, excellent video. Great info. Thank you.

Excellent Feedback as always!

thanku for the knowledge , will be careful in future ...keep making ausum videos like this !!

Our little farm just lost our Armenian Gampr guardian livestock dog last night to this. He was fine one minute and an hour later he was acting just like your dog did that also passed. Unfortunately we live 2 hours away from the nearest ER and it was 7:30 at night. He made the 2 hour drive but by the time we got to the ER he was pretty bad and this vet wanted to charge almost $20k for the surgery. Unfortunately we didn’t know about this at all. And our normal veterinary didn’t tell us anything about this issue or the preventable surgery. But man this video was spot on. Thank you for sharing this information.

Thank you for sharing this!!!! EVERY dog owner should know & remember the signs! My beautiful Old English Sheepdog almost died of bloat a few days ago. I almost lost my son. His signs were: * Dry heaving * Pacing around the room when he usually relaxes at night trying to find some way to get comfortable * Excessive drooling * Tongue constantly going in and out (mimicking his actions after he drinks Water and his tongue sweeps around the area above and below his mouth) * Very firm and bloated stomach Thank you again!

My malinois gets raw food 2 times a day, to spread the amount. 1 in the morning when i get up, door stays locked for 90 mins (i get up early). And after that time for work together. And the other one just before i go to sleep around 10 o clock. So hé also goes to sleep. They do drink less water, my parents are allways like does he drink enough? When hé is at their house i allways tell them not to stimulate the drinking, he can manage it by himself just fine. I do experience they digest it quicker. My boy is 7 years and strong as ever, my vet isnt fan of the raw food -> but he does see the benefits, and how good hé looks and healthy hé is. Bloat is a real problem, most people arent aware off. Nice one. Greets Nik (dutchie from the Netherlands). Really like your content, keel it up!

Cheers my friend. I really appreciate your video

Very important video, thank you

Super helpful brother thank you… beautiful corso

You maybe just saved my dogs life she rolls after she eats bc skin issues she’s itchy n wanted food n water off her face even when I wipe her every single time post meal and dry her she’s a cane corso and no vet ever said no rolling around post meal😇thank you for helping me help my dog/ best friend/ service animal and my whole family! God bless you!

Great information.. thank you

Thank you for this advice ❤️

Never knew this, thanks for the awareness ❤

Thank you for this info

Thank you for this video. We're careful after we feed our English Mastiff, but we only waited 30 minutes after we've walked her orvbefore we fed her. We now know to wait at least one hr before our dog get water or is exercised. Thank you again for this additional information.

Thank you for calling this out. I lost a 15 year old golden retriever to bloat a few months ago, and as you said it's really sudden once it happens. In the morning she was fine, and by noon we were on the way to the emergency vet. Don't blame yourself too much. In my case I fed about a cup of dry kibble for breakfast and there was no bouncy fun time. About an hour later the dry heaves started. One of the risk factors is just old age, and she was 15 after all.

New puppy owner - thank you for this advice. Appreciate your channel

My dog died cause of GDV, please spread this out to save life. Thanks for sharing.

I've had 5 Danes in my lifetime and I've always known about bloat but never had to deal with it. This is the first time I've ever heard what caused bloat. Your explanation makes a lot of sense. Nice video.

Oh boy, am I ever thankful I watched this video.,. WOW what an eye opener, for me! ***,

Thank you so much for this informational Video. Today my dog was retching. She is 4 moths old labrador always excited to play after meal. But going forward I'll take care of it

I wish you had included that bloat can still happen even WITH Gastroplexi (tacking stomach). Torsion or flipping does not occur but bloat can still happen. Bloat in and of itself still has to be treated even if the stomach has been tacked. Too many people have a false sense of security after tacking the stomach.

Our precious dog passed on yesterday due to this. RIP Major.

Very informative thank you an I had to share it too

WoW, I didn’t know any of this. Thank you

My wife and myself had our vet perform the gastropexi when they fixed all of our great danes, in our eyes it wasn't worth the risk and with 5 great danes it would of gotten expensive real quick! Glad to see we're doing mostly everything right as far as feeding and resting great video man keep up the amazing work

Lost our 4 year old Great Dane this past June to bloat. Also speak with your vet about if having gas-x on hand would be beneficial. Great video

Appreciate your information

Thank you so much for explaining it in a way anyone, any child can understand. I have 1 yr malinoise and everyone told me to feed the dog 2-3 times per day but my Hunter friend said 1 meal a day in the evening. I understand why now. Thank you again.

Wow, so good to know this. Will be doing this.

Thanks for such a good demonstration. I have learned that kibble + water = EXCESSIVE gas creation, too. Our friends suddenly lost their standard poodle to bloat. Just awful.