Have you ever read or heard the phrase “dog bloat”? Bloat in dogs is a life-threatening, fast-moving emergency. Also called gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV), or sometimes “stomach flip,” bloat occurs ...

Gastric dilation and volvulus, commonly shortened to GDV or “bloat,” is a life-threatening condition in dogs that occurs when the stomach twists or rotates. This rotation can restrict blood flow to ...

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There are few conditions that occur in dogs that are more painful and life-threatening than bloat or, more specifically, gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV). This imminently life-threatening ...

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — For 11 wonderful years I was luck to be Griffin's human. A protector, couch companion and all-around great dog. It wasn't old age that robbed him of more years in 2018, but a ...

HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. — A necropsy has revealed that Hendricks County K-9 Cade didn’t die from heat related issues, as was originally believed, but from a condition called Gastric Dilatation and ...