Prophylactic Gastropexy?

[Sophie]

Hello everyone!

I'm new here and I apologize if I'm posting in the wrong spot :)

I'm curious if any of you chose to do the Prophylactic Gastropexy at the time of spaying or neutering.

My boy's mom is a Goldendoodle and his dad a Standard Poodle. And I've read that Standard Poodle is one of the breeds more susceptible to bloat and torsion. And I'm super afraid that it would happen one day when we're not home and . . .

Regarding risk factors:

-- He eats pretty fast (though he's slowed down a lot) and gulps water so much he sometimes he regurgitates.

-- And I don't think you'd say he has an anxious temperament in general (maybe a bit), but he does get separation anxiety (not always but often).

Is there anyone that chose to do the prophylactic gastropexy? Any thoughts or advice? And if there's anyone in Toronto who did it, where did you go? My vet doesn't perform it very often, so I don't think I'd feel comfortable doing it there.

For anyone that's interested, this site seems to have a lot of info on risk factors and stuff you can do to help lower the chances.

http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?A=672

Thanks!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I still have the copy. But this vet insists precious time is wasted tubing the dog and ONLY surgery now is the standard protocol.
I still think if someone else can drive, I'd be doing anything possible ( tubing) as the car moves.
If you are alone, she warns to start driving as tubing wastes too much time getting them into surgery

[Kyoko]

My Chow Chow had bloat at age 12.( He survived ) Shortly after that, we got Charlie. Because the bloat was such a scary experience for me I asked about tucking up the stomach when Charlie was getting ready to be spayed.

The vet simply said that there were no need to make them go through such process for "just in case " reason. So, I didn't.

Charlie is a gingerly eater, and eats a couple of kibbles at the time and chews well. So, I am not too worried about it. In the other hand, my standard is a very fast eater, and I can hear him inhaling air as he eats. So, I began feeding him from 4 small bowls in stead of one big bowl, and I have a glass candle holder made with very thick glass in the middle of all 4 bowls as they are my makeshift slow feeder...