| Thank You for participating in this survey. We hope that we will be able to collect enough data to show whether or not there is a significant rise in Bloat during the week of a full moon. We are also hopeful that this will help people who have had multiple cases of Bloat with a dog or dogs to be mindful of the Lunar Phases and perhaps be able to prevent it with minor changes in daily routines or just to be more alert during the lunar phase. We will be posting the results of the survey on a regular basis. Please allow a day or 2 for your answers and story to be posted here. Also, please send the link to the survey to anyone that you know who has had a dog that suffered from Bloat. ALL BREEDS WELCOME. Let's get the word out! If you do not wish for your full name or e-mail to be posted, please contact me at eastwooddanes@yahoo.com and I will be happy to edit that information out before posting it. Take me back to the survey to fill out the form again for another dog. Did Your Dog Suffer From Bloat The Week Of A Full Moon? Example: 4 days prior to the full moon or 4 days after = YES |
| Participant #1
Name Sally 1/23/2007 E-Mail Sally@dreamweaverdanes.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured Nov 7 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon? YES 2 days prior Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply. Nothing out of the normal daily routine |
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Participant #2 Name: Kim 1/23/2007 E-Mail: eastwooddanes@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 01/03/2007 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Change in diet Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Louis’ owners had been away for 10 days on vacation and picked him up earlier that day from the dog sitters. Louis was staying with a friend who had a Dane and liked the company of the pretty Fawn. Louis grew up with a Fawn girl and when his owners had to move to Japan the 2 were separated when they were re-homed. Louis has been a RAW fed dog his entire life. He had lost a little weight so he was being fed Satin Balls to help put some weight back on. Satin Balls contain things that a RAW fed dog would not normally get like Total cereal, Molasses, Wheat Germ, Flax meal, gelatin. He was fed 2 Satin Balls about the size of baseballs 45 minutes before he Bloated. Louis was torsed and died at the Emergency clinic. |
| Participant #3
Name: Connie Andronico 1/23/2007 E-Mail: candronico@andronicos.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: Oct. 16, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES (NO) Full moon was the 6TH Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Change in diet? Away from home/Travel Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My male was 4 1/2 years old at the time and he pulled through the surgery and bounced back great. He is going on 6 years old. |
| Participant #4
Name: Duane Morgan E-Mail: dmorgan1532charter.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 02/26/2002 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #5 Name: Duane Morgan E-Mail: dmorgan153@charter.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 10/21/2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Iris had torsed and she was operated on and recovered quickly. It was just before her 5th birthday. The only circumstance was that her dam had been staying with us for a few weeks and had returned home the day before. She had stayed here many times before so this was not unusual. Participant #6 Name: Duane Morgan E-Mail: dmorgan153@charter.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 04/11/2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Dog stressed over a bitch in season |
| Participant #7
Name: Mia Hunter 1/23/2007 E-Mail: czeriah@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: April 14th, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: The dog was at a boarding kennel. |
| Participant #8
Name: Kate Jackson E-Mail: kate@qantel.com Breed Of Dog: Rhodesian Ridgeback Date Bloat Occured: 04/10/2002 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Barron had been BARF-fed for over 2 years -- by-the-book Billinghurst -- and still bloated and torsed. BUT! I think the vet was astonished that he sustained relatively little damage from the torsion and came through the surgery so well. Before the doc to him into surgery, she had me tell him goodbye -- just didn't feel good about a dog his age (3 mos shy of his 11th bday) being able to sustain that kind of stomach damage. So, while BARF didn't prevent bloat, I feel pretty confident that it's the reason for his great health and that he came through the bloat/torsion so miraculously. He recovered quickly and completely; however, developed megasphagus about a year later. We managed it for 2+ years before we had to let him go due to complications of mega & sever arthritis in his spine. Participant #9 Name: Savannah Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 09/04/2001 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Participant #10 Name: Tracey Spillane E-Mail: Wildcliffdanes@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Dane Date Bloat Occured: 7/10/03 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #11 Name: Karen Cosman E-Mail: k.cosman@planet.nl Breed Of Dog: Great dane Date Bloat Occured: April 16th 2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #12 Name: Cindy Powell 1/23/2007 E-Mail: adonisdn@telusplanet.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: March 6/04 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Away from home/Travel Participant #13 Name: Cindy Powell E-Mail: adonisdn@telusplanet.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: June 11/06 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Away from home/Travel Participant #14 Name: Lisa-Ann DiMarsico-Smith E-Mail: lamommy5@optonline.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 12/31/2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO 5 days after) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Recently added a new addition; another Dane puppy to the family in September. Participant #15 Name: Melissa Chandler 1/23/2007 E-Mail: weims2nv@ameritech.net Breed Of Dog: Weimaraner Date Bloat Occured: 9/2/2000 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #16 Name: Linda Carver 1/23/2007 E-Mail: lpipper@gmail.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: May 20, 2002 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES (NO, 6 days prior) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Under Veterinary care Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: We had just come home from the Vets with Harley and we ourselves had been under some stress as my husband was waiting to get the okay to go back to work after having been out of work for 7 weeks due to a brain abscess. She drank some water and then had to wear an E collar to prevent her from licking and chewing on her leg that had stitches from a lump removal. She hated the collar and I believe that contributed to the bloat, besides all the stress I think she must have got from us. She was real quiet and really showed no signs til she tried to vomit and she raised her back so high, like I had never seen before. I knew it was bloat. We rushed her to the ER and she walked in and then collapsed on the table and they couldn't bring her back. Her heart just gave out. Participant #17 Name: Jenni Arnold E-Mail: jenninkyle@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 1/3/06 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Under Veterinary care Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My dane has bloated twice. Both were due to being nervous and stressed at the vets. Both times were during a procedure and just had to be tubed. Participant #18 Name: Kendra Wells E-Mail: ladystang78@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: August 5, 2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: The dog was at a boarding kennel. Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Zeus had been boarded for 2 days with his German Shepherd sister, Tessa. We picked them up at about 4 pm on Friday, August 5th, 2005. When we got home, Zeus was thirsty and drank a lot of water. Within 30 minutes, he was heaving at the back door. I felt his stomach, and it felt tight. We immediately took him to the emergency vet, where blood work and X-ray revealed he was indeed suffering from GDV. Thankfully, he survived the surgery and is still with us today. Zeus was 3 weeks shy of turning 4 years old when this happened. Participant #19 Name: Tammy Kinkade E-Mail: eyotadanes@roadrunner.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: August 18, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #20 Name: Lissa 1/23/2007 E-Mail: lissa@lissa.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: Monday, July 23, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: We spent a cool Sunday evening with doggy friends like we have many times before. No excess activity, no pushy dogs, just a nice evening with nice dogs. I noticed that our Dane ate grass -- but she always does. They ate 1 hour after getting home and settled down for bed by 11 pm. She vomited at 2 am and we rushed her to the em vet. Lucky for us, they did immediate surgery and she survived. Participant #21 Name: Debbie Oliver 1/23/2007 E-Mail: dolivernpc@aol.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: Approximately June 2002 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Jake was only 10 months old when he bloated. We were fortunate that we were there to catch it so quickly. When he went outside, he was fine; I let him about 10 minutes later and he was already starting to retch. He came through the surgery without problem and is still here with us. No further episodes and no other health issues. Participant #22 Name: Bonnie Stubbings 1/23/2007 E-Mail: duncanst13@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 4 April 2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Treycie was a 2 1/2 yr old fawn who had a spinal cord injury between the shoulder blades when she was rescued. She could not even stand up when she was found on the side of the road. By the spring of 04 she was walking, wagging her tail, lifting her headup and enjoying life. She bloated on 4-4-04 at the age of 4yrs old. The emergency vet said she had less than 30% of coming thru surgery and even less than that of any kind of life afterward if she did survive. Participant #23 Name: Bonnie Stubbings 1/23/2007 E-Mail: duncanst13@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 10 April 05 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Under Veterinary care Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Deuce was a 6 1/2 yr old male, black/ white rescued Great Dane. When he bloated he was in the last stages of bone cancer and the day before the family was increased by one more Dane, a deaf/blind 10 month old female. He didn't seem the have any problem with her (Luna) being there but I noticed that he drank lots of water that afternoon. I had him put down because he would have died of the cancer before he recovered from the surgery if he had had it. Participant #24 Name: Lauren Heustess E-Mail: lheustess@carolina.rr.com Breed Of Dog: German Shepherd Dog Date Bloat Occured: 8/22/2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: It had been raining all day, so he had not been running around. He was fed 1 cup of food that morning as normal, and refused to eat that evening when fed. It was the beginning of the bloat, and none of the usual things they say to avoid had happened. Participant #25 Name: Brenda Minchin E-Mail: lefty_banjo@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: German Shepherd Date Bloat Occured: January 20, 2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Re:Other. I had just returned from a 1 week vacation, but Ranger had been at home with my husband. He is generally more my husband's dog, but I do not usually travel. The moon cycle was a new moon. Participant #26 Name: Barbara Yates/QNQ Great Danes E-Mail: qnqdanes@mchsi.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: Oct. 15, 2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Dog stressed over a bitch in season Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Dog was mourning loss of his kennel mate and was also stressed when his daughter came into season. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: I just wanted to say thank you for doing this survery. ANYTHING that sheds light on this heartbreaking killer is of great interest to me. Kohl was my first bloat ever in over 34 years...so I'm very interested in the stress factor and timing of the full moon. Participant #27 Name: Nancy Keck E-Mail: mastino@bigpond.com Breed Of Dog: Neapolitan Mastiff Date Bloat Occured: 6th December, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (YES) (Dec.4Th) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Had not been eating very well for a fortnight and somewhat aggressive with other bitches although not in season or about to be. Had not eaten for 18 hours before the bloat. Recovered with simple drainage, bloated again 4 days later with a 360degree stomach rotation - fortunately no loss of blood supply - was operated on and spleen removed - recovering well. Participant #28 Name: Fionna Paton E-Mail: fionnap@optusnet.com.au Breed Of Dog: Alaskan Malamute Date Bloat Occured: evening of 3rd February 2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Under Veterinary care Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Incredible that the full foon occured on the 6th Feb and this happened on the 3rd..... Niki was hypothyroid and had been treated for 3 years and when i took her to the vet when she bloated, we discovered that she also had spleen cancer. I did read that Hemangiosarcoma can cause a dog to bloat. Participant #29 Name: Margo Turnbull E-Mail: rulett@pnc.com.au Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 28/12/2001 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Dog stressed over a bitch in season Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My male GD bloated as I had a bitch in season here and we were also evacuating from the bushfires at the time - all stressful for him! The full moon was the next day though now that I've looked it up - spooky. I don't know the date of the first GD I had that bloated - sorry. Luckily have had only 2 GD's bloat over 25 years. Participant #30 Name: Dee Milthorpe Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 17/10/05 & 23rd May 06 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE(YES, Oct17Th was the day of the full moon) (NO for May23rd 06) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Dog stressed over a bitch in season Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: First time with my male it was a bitch in season The second bloat was a female...fit healthy nothing new or different. Both totally unexpected. No other health issues Both less than 2 years of age. Participant #31 Name: Fiona Richards E-Mail: wolfhound@dodo.com.au Breed Of Dog: Irish Wolfhound Date Bloat Occured: 9/12/2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO 5 days before) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Dog Show Bitch in season Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: Maybe you could also have a tick box for hotter/cooler weather. Participant #32 Name: Joanne Hagan E-Mail: fourjaysgsps@tpg.com.au Breed Of Dog: German Shorthaired Pointer Date Bloat Occured: 9th November 2004 & 1 May 2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO & NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: The dog was at a boarding kennel. Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: The first bloat experience with this dog was the most severe requiring emergency surgery & gastropexy. 2nd time was not as severe - no doubt due to the gastropexy performed the first time. The only thing I can think of in relation to the 1st incident is that the weather had changed from cool to hot very quickly. This has shown up as an indicator in other research. This dog also showed out of character aggression on the morning of the attack - before any other symptoms could be noticed. He was in full stage 2 bloat some 12 hours later. This also occurred with the 2nd attack which was clearly caused by the stress of being at a boarding kennel. Again he showed out of character aggression, which he had not displayed on previous occasions at this boarding kennel. Whether that is a pain response to early symptoms not obvious at the time, I am unsure at this point in time. Participant #33 Name: Petrina Adamson E-Mail: whatadane@hotkey.net.au Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 5th of october 2005/ 9am in the morning Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Bitch in season Dog stressed over a bitch in season Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Only ever lost one with bloat and he went through it twice and then died from old age in the end. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: I personally think if you have this rotten thing in your lines it is heridatory but if it is a one off thing then there is a reason for it. Just my opinion Participant #34 Name: Carol Thompson E-Mail: weimaraner@kadma.com.au Breed Of Dog: Weimaraner Date Bloat Occured: 16/1/07 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: There was a lot of stress in the family at the time. I believe this is a big contributing factor in Weimaraners. Participant #35 Name: Jane Armatys E-Mail: keamaree@bigpond.com Breed Of Dog: Collie(Rough) Date Bloat Occured: 27.5.06 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Dog stressed if not going to a show Participant #36 Name: Shelley Holmes E-Mail: re.canada@gmail.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: December 8, 2003 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: The dog was at a boarding kennel. Away from home/Travel Dog Show Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Dog was tacked but rebloated w/o torsing in January 2006, 3 days before full moon Participant #37 Name: Sara A Breed Of Dog: Standard Poodle Date Bloat Occured: 12/20/06 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Under Veterinary care Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: I believe that the fact that he was on antibiotics, as well as anti-inflametory drug, helped cause the bloat after exercise and eating too soon. Participant #38 Name: Jennifer Ritz-Dow E-Mail: yankeegirlalways@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 05/20/1999 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (5days prior) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Under Veterinary care Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Yankee had a doctor's appointment that day and had a rawhide chewy treat from there and I think that is what did it. It was the night before his first birthday so what a birthday present for him. Luckily I had read lots of books on Great Danes and was able to diagnose the problem quickly and get him to the emergency vet for surgery. Participant #39 Name: Melonie Eso E-Mail: mleso@comcast.net Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: April 16 2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Under Veterinary care Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: He has IBD which i believe had something to do with him bloating and torsing. i left for work and he was fine, i came home at lunch and he was fine 4 hours later i came home to find him hardly able to work, abdomen extended, wretching and trying to have a BM. i took him to the vet and his stomach was the size of a basketball and he was torsed. we elected to put him down due to all of his other medical problems. i hope i never go thru that again! Participant #40 Name: Shelley Holmes E-Mail: re.canada@gmail.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: January 9, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES (NO but with in 5 days) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Previously tacked so no torsion Participant #41 Name: Elena Bustillo E-Mail: Elw11@aol.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: Sep 12 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO 5 days prior to) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #42 Name: Cheryl Johnson E-Mail: cheryl@cjdanes.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: August 4, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO (With in 5 days) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Change in diet? Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: One of those things that once you see it you will never question if in Bloat again. Very obvious, that evening we had gone out so the dogs were fed later than normal and were left our in the kennel longer than normal. The local feed store had run out of their food and so had I so I used another brand to "get by" till delivery. The stress of change of routine and food I feel was too much for one of our dogs. After observing the entire process at the vet, from tubing to surgery, I would personally never attempt tubing my animals myself. Too much damage can occur if done improperly. The strength in my boy made it necessary to put him under just to tube hime anyway. Participant #43 Name: Sharon E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 30th October 2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Change in diet? Treats and table scraps would apply. Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Full Moon was 28th October 2004 Misty had forthe first and last times some dumplings added to her dinner that day. She did have a form of epilepsy which took a long time to diagnose and had just started on phenobarbitone approximately a week before the bloat. Unfortunately the epilepsy was not diagnosed before she had her vaccination booster in the March before and this caused the 'episodes' to increase. She did have the operation, her stomach had twisted 4 times but she survived. She deteriorated after a few hours and as I had told the vet I did not want to prolong her life if she was going to suffer she died at 3.10am on 31st October. She was fed from a raised feed bowl at all times Participant #44 Name: Shelley Holmes E-Mail: re.canada@gmail.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: March 1, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #45 Name: Vicky E-Mail: maggob@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Mix Date Bloat Occured: July 21, 2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My dog was listless and slightly panting that night. I am a mother hen so I took him to the emergency vet right away. My dog did not actually "BLOAT" until a couple hours after we got to the vet. They said I really got there early that no damage was done to my dog. He had emergency surgery that night. It was very scary. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: Would I be able to see the result of the survey? ( I will post results when the survey is over! Bookmark the page!) :) I will be running the survey for one month. Participant #46 Name: Hilary Searle E-Mail: great.danes@tesco.net Breed Of Dog: great dane Date Bloat Occured: 3/10/2003 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) 7 days before Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Change in diet? Treats and table scraps would apply. Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: It was the day of my grans funeral We held the wake at our house With out me knowing she was feed a lot of table scraps Hope this helps in any way Participant #47 Name: Ann Cook Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 18/01/2000 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #48 Name: Aimee Ross E-Mail: danemom@comcast.net Breed Of Dog: Great Danes (2) Date Bloat Occured: 1st dane 1/9/07 2nd dane 1/12/07 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO &NO Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Both were different. Noticed dane 1 drinking a lot, then trying to vomit. He did the praying I've read about but hubby didn't tell me that until after. I rushed him to the vet because he drooled and he never just looks at me and drools. He survived with no damage to the stomach just a slight bruise. Dane 1 bloated at night. Dane #2 stomach distended and vomited a small amount. I believe his spleen was bothering him the night before and when he vomited the next I think that made his stomach flip. Not sure if I wrote that correct. I do know what I mean though. He did have his enlarged spleen romoved but no damage to his stomach which was a relief. Dane 2 bloated during the day. My husband was home with dane 2 when he bloated because dane 1 just got out of the emergency vet and I didn't want him left alone. Dane 1 saved dane 2 because he bloated 3 days before. Dane 2 would have died I believe. Participant #49 Name: Nancy Linklater E-Mail: link@tnt21.com Breed Of Dog: Weimaraner Date Bloat Occured: April 30, 2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: The date of the full moon this week was April 24 - not sure if the week of the full moon is the preceding week or the week after - if it is the week after - then yes - she bloated during the week of the full moon. Regular routine, nothing unusual. Just out of the blue. Participant #50 Name: Amy Brotcke E-Mail: slimey42@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Weimaraner Date Bloat Occured: 7/3/2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Under Veterinary care The dog was at a boarding kennel. Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Lex bloated while I was out of town. She was staying with my dogsitter, who had watched Lex consistently for years. Lex had various health problems... grade 3/4 heart murmur, congestive heart failure, and recurring bouts of pneumonia. Participant #51 Name: R E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: samoyed Date Bloat Occured: July 11 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (YES) Full Moon July, 10TH 2006 Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: 4th day of a herding seminar Participant #52 Name: Kathy Frederick E-Mail: kativadanes@hotmail.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 5-30-2000 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Tremendous stress and fighting in the home during a marriage seperation. I feel the stress triggered the bloat. Participant #53 Name: Malcolm Prentice E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 14/1/07 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: No routine change at all since a pup. Aware of bloat so all norml precautions in place e.g no exercise before or after meals, fed off ground etc. Participant #54 Name: Annonymous E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: Ibizan Hound Date Bloat Occured: 04/15/1992 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Recent Vaccines Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My Ibizan Hound, 7 yr old, neutered male, bloated around 3 AM, Apr 15, 1992. Full Moon occurred Apr 18, 1992. He'd had DHLP & Parvo vaccines 15 days previous, on Apr. 1, 1992. Participant #55 Name: Susan Anderson E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 15th November 2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (YES)Full moon that day. Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Merlin was rehomed with us at 4 1/2, he died aged 5yrs 7 months, he could be quite stressed at times and had really suffered over Guy Fawkes. The day he bloated was calm and ordinary. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: What was the dog's normal food, Merlin was on Chappie complete which was soaked for 5 minutes before feeding (2 feeds per day), our current danes are both on tripe and biscuit, I would never ever feed complete again. Participant #56 DULPICATE Participant #57 Name: E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: Samoyed Date Bloat Occured: 3/3/2003 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Bitch in season Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: 9 yr old male. He survived the bloat and had his stomach tacked. Participant #58 DULPICATE Participant #59 Name: Linda Swanson E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: Weimaraner Date Bloat Occured: 10-02-02and 05-01-06 NO Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Both cases were stress related, but the first could also have been health. The second was the day after I brought home a new pup. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: No, but I would like to know the results. Results will be posted when the survey ends. Participant #60 Name: Dawn E-Mail: Breed Of Dog: Chinese Shar-Pei Date Bloat Occured: March 13th 2000 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Change in diet? Treats and table scraps would apply. Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Our 2.5 y/o boy was fed a mixed breakfast of eggs,potatoes,beans etc(people food) then went outside and was chasing a chipmunk up a tree when his bloat occured. He made it through surgery quite well and we visited with him and walked him the following day but unfortuneately he was left alone that night and chewed the tape and IV out of his arm/paw and died on March 15th, 2000. Participant #61 Name: Joann Romero E-Mail: Enchantedj@msn.com Breed Of Dog: Collie Date Bloat Occured: Dec. 13, 2007 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO)assuming you meant 2006? Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Participant #62 Name: Joann Romero E-Mail: Enchantedj@msn.com Breed Of Dog: Collie Date Bloat Occured: April 1,2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Dog stressed over a bitch in season Participant #63 Name: CAROL GREER E-Mail: Ivyyyyy@aol.com Breed Of Dog: Labrador Retriever Date Bloat Occured: March 14, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Abby had Valley Fever which really would not have caused her to bloat. Participant #64 Name: Connie Cochean E-Mail: magimae@usa.net Breed Of Dog: Eng Bulldog Date Bloat Occured: 5/27/2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: She bloated 8 days after the full moon. Early in the am, went out to potty, got a drink of water and bloated right in front of us. Had to have surgery but survived and is doing fine. Participant #65 Name: Martha Kuhn E-Mail: k9lovers@bright.net Breed Of Dog: Weimaraner Date Bloat Occured: 2/12/82 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: I had gotten a new dog that week. Whicker didn't have a problem with the new dog, and always got along with everyone, but it could have been a stressor having someone added to the pack. Other than that, it was life as usual. Participant #66 Name: Janet Schultz E-Mail: feelinfunny2003@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane/Dalmation Date Bloat Occured: December 5, 2004 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Under Veterinary care Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: She died from it but was already struggling with bone cancer and was beyond when they thought she'd last with the severity of the cancer. Participant #67 Name: Lauren Williamson E-Mail: lauren.williamson@gmail.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 1/15/07 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Very scary experience. The best thing is truly to know your dog. Thunder's behavior was insane. He was acting nothing like his normal self. This is the only way that we knew there was an issue. Luckily, we caught it early enough that no twist occured, but we were probably pretty close. Participant #68 Name: Melodie Haddon E-Mail: larisacollies@wi.rr.com Breed Of Dog: Collie Date Bloat Occured: April 24, 1996 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: This was the most traumatic experience. She was a very loved dog and I remember feeling so helpless. We lost her because it all happened so fast Participant #69 Name: Slavina Ivanova E-Mail: slavina59@abv.bg Breed Of Dog: 2 Great Danes Date Bloat Occured: Dane-1: 26. 08. 2002; 20. 10. 2002; 07. 01. 2006(he is gone from torsion); Dane - 2 - 09. 03. 2001; 25. 04. 2002 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES (All 5 dates will be reflected in the final results) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Other health issues Under Veterinary care Change in diet? Treats and table scraps would apply. Dog Show Recent Vaccines Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My first dane bloated 3 times. The third time he torsioned and he didn't survive after the operation. His first 2 bloats were in full moon time. My second dane had 11 bloats (he never torsioned) and he is gone because the bloats destroied his spleen and pancreas. We determined that during the autopsy ( I wanted to know why he bloated so many times and we couldn't heal him ). Most of his bloats were during the full moon time. So fully I had 14 bloats ( for both danes) and 8 of them were "yes". For me the first 2 bloats for every dane were more reliable for the research ( because after that the danes were already put un a big risk and the time was not so important) and all these 4 bloats happened in the full moon time. Participant #70 Name: Liz Watson E-Mail: lwatson@edgedocllc.com Breed Of Dog: German Shepherd Date Bloat Occured: April 23 2001 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: The dog was at a boarding kennel. Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: We had just brought our GSD home from being boarded at a kennel. This woman completely separated him from our other dog, though she was told not too and put him in a area of the kennel that had no dogs in it what so ever. This completely stressed him out besides separateing him from his buddy he had known all his life. He did not eat regularly if at all while he as at the kennel, but we didn't know this we where not made aware of what had happened. Participant #71 Name: Vickie Littleton E-Mail: carbonelborzoi@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Borzoi Date Bloat Occured: November 18, 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Gabriel was nine years old when he died of bloat/torsion. He did not appear to be stressed or off his feed at the time he bloated. He had been treated for an infection earlier in the year which responded to antibiotics. He had sired 2 daughters who bloated and torsed at a much younger age than he did. The daughter who was able to be saved underwent gastropexy--however she does have swallowing issues both before and after her bloat/torsion episode and needs to have a little water on her kibble to swallow it properly to this day. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: The dog's age when it bloated, the diet fed, and whether any relatives bloated or torsed are interesting bits of information. Participant #72 Name: Christie Reimer E-Mail: reimcol@idcomm.com Breed Of Dog: Collie (Rough) Date Bloat Occured: January 26, 2005 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My collie, JD, was a large (80 lb., 26" tall) male who was DEFINITELY not a nervous, excitable type of dog. He was outgoing, social, and happy. He did have a rather deep chest. His bloat occurred just after he had turned 3 years old. He *did* have some prior episodes of what the vets called "gas," but had ASSURED us that they were not "pre-bloat" episodes. I now believe they were WRONG, and that the episodes simply did not progress to torsion of the stomach until the last, fatal time. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: No suggestions, but I find the premise very interesting, as my dog did indeed pass one day after the full moon's onset. I now wonder myself if there is a connection. Participant #73 Name: Ken Evans E-Mail: bogandken@yahoo.co.uk Breed Of Dog: Irish Wolfhound Date Bloat Occured: 4th January 2007 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Our dog didn't bloat or torsion but had a vast amount of trapped wind and wa sin a greta deal of discomfort. If left it could have progressed to bloat and torsion. Participant #74 Name: Mary Ann Markham E-Mail: mcmarkham@new.rr.com Breed Of Dog: samoyed Date Bloat Occured: 12/24/06 (died on same day...within a few hours) Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: It was awful and very heartbreaking. We had no idea what was going on until we got him to the emergency vet hospital. We had finished opening presents that night at 8 by 9 Siber was leaning into me, then the unproductive vomit started, and he passed before 11. Very quick and unexpected. Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: Dog owners need to be aware and educated on bloat. We had no idea what was happening until it was too late. Participant #75 Name: Anne Vaudin E-Mail: vaudins@guernsey.net Breed Of Dog: Irish wolfhound Date Bloat Occured: None (yet, fingers crossed, touch wood, etc!) Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: N/A Add any comments or suggestions you may have for this survey or website that might make it better: This whole idea is fascinating, and I believe it's accepted in psychiatric circles that there's a co-relation between the lunar cycles and human behaviour, so it's not as far-fetched as it might at first seem. However, I do think that the way in which the survey is being conducted is likely to produce a result skewed in favour of the full moon theory. Owners who discover that their dog did indeed bloat during a full moon are going to say "Wow!" and click 'Submit' those who find it wasn't a full moon are much more likely to just shrug and surf on to the next site without sending in their form. I wonder if a more accurate picture might be obtained by contacting someone such as Prof Larry Glickman of Purdue University, (http://www.dogstuff.info/beating_bloat_pflaumer.html) who has already conducted extensive research into GDV. It might be interesting to assess his records in the light of your theory, and so produce a more balanced result. Best of luck with it, anyway! Participant #76 Name: Stephanie Conway E-Mail: cherriconway@comcast.net Breed Of Dog: Chinese Shar-Pei Date Bloat Occured: August 12th, 1999 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Check all that apply: Nothing out of the normal daily routine 1/28/2007 Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: My dog was taking Rimadyl for arthritis at the time he died. He was eleven years old and was very healthy otherwise. Participant #77 Name: Tina Teese E-Mail: tinateese@aol.com Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Date Bloat Occured: 9th November 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Nothing out of the normal daily routine 1/31/2007 Participant #78 Name: Lauren Cohn-Frankel E-Mail: info@cohnfrankelphotography.com Breed Of Dog: Akita Date Bloat Occured: Dec 6 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Other circumstances = Lots of evidence of early bloat in his lines, paternal grandsire had sires at least a dozen dogs who bloated under the age of 3. Tonka was 2, by the way, when he bloated and died from complications/necrosis of the stomach. Additional comments ADD A PLACE TO PUT THE AGE OF THE DOG!! It's very important, I think there is a HUGE difference between dogs who bloat later in life and those who bloat early--especially considering hereditary factors. Ive been doing research into the incidences of bloat in my breed and I am finding that with young bloaters there is a strong genetic component--particularly there are/were 2 very popular sires, Darq and Raja, around who dominate the gene pool of many dogs these days, and an overwhelming number of their offspring bloated young. In pedigrees that were doubled up on the sire or had both sires in them the statistics skyrocket. The younger bloating dogs seem to be doing it more violently, with less warning (no previous GI issues or gas, etc...), and seem to be dying from it more. There was NO warning with Tonka, he was strong and vital until the day he died AND he had undergone homeopathy and was considered near "cured" from the vaccinosis issues he had displayed as a young puppy. 1/31/2007 Participant #79 Name: Marcie 1/31/2007 E-Mail: Marcemelo@aol.com Breed Of Dog: Akita Date Bloat Occured: 12/24/06 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Change in diet? Treats and table scraps would apply. Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Our dog has pre-bloated/stomach not turn while boarding at a kennel. The vet has him on Reglan prior to each boarding and it seems to help. The dr discussed the signs and to keep on the look out for the future. Thank goodness he did because while in our care our Akita bloated right before our eyes on Christmas Eve. We were able to get him to the hospital shortly after noticing the signs but not before his stomach turned. We were given the split decision of doing the emergency surgery or putting him to sleep. Because of his age and the quick response of getting him to the hospital we chose surgery. He's back at home doing fine and happy to be alive. 1/31/2007 Participant #80 Name: Rebecca Cody E-Mail: akitagirl_99@yahoo.com Breed Of Dog: Bernese Mountain Dog Date Bloat Occured: December 29 2006 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NO Were there any special circumstances? Other Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: Bear has always had thunderstorm phobia. He was stressed because the week of Christmas we had so many people at the house and then when bad thunderstorms came the week after, they added to his stress and we think this is what led to his bloating. Luckily, he had emergency surgery and survived and we are so blessed to still have him with us. 1/31/2007 Participant #81 Name: Ron E-Mail: thempikes@sbcglobal.net Breed Of Dog: Labrador Retriever Age Of Dog 11 or older Date Bloat Occured: JANUARY 26, 2007 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: NOT SURE (NO) Were there any special circumstances? Change in diet? Treats and table scraps would apply. Type Of Diet: Science Diet Feel free to enter your experience with Bloat here: None. Did not know until it was too late that her "tummy ache" would kill her. Changed her eating to morning and evenings only taking up her food about 6 PM cause she was having tummy aches late at night but not every night. Additional comments She was strong, happy and healthy @ 10 AM when I left her in the backyard. Wife comes home @ 2:23 finding her bloated and dead. THERE WAS NO WARNING Participant #82 Name: Karen Breed Of Dog: Great Dane Age Of Dog 2 Date Bloat Occured: January 31, 2007 Did The Bloat Occur The Week Of A Full Moon?: YES Were there any special circumstances? Nothing out of the normal daily routine Type Of Diet: Premium Kibble only available at the pet store or online NEXT PAGE |