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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Gastropexy is kind of a sensitive topic. Some people get it done, some don't, but it seems unecessary to me to do surgery on the dog just for that purpose unless the vet's recommending it be done. Still, I'd ask your vet and see what they think about it. And Sunday's breeder. See what her history is like, see if it's ever happened to any of their dogs/their line and see what their opinion is on it. I know at my school, they recommend that a gastropexy be done at the time of spaying/neutering for high-risk breeds. Yes, it involves an extra/longer incision, but the opinion there is that it's worth it.
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Veruca Salt posted:Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel either way. I'll talk to my vet about it, who specializes in Great Danes. We haven't had Sunday spayed yet, since my vet recommended that we do it after her first heat cycle. Have you guys heard of this? Also I've only had little dogs before Sunny... what is a Dane cycle like? There does seem to be one paper that's commonly cited on the topic of breed and GDV rate. It says: quote:However, certain breeds, such as the Great Dane, had a higher lifetime risk of developing GDV (42.4%) or dying of GDV (12.6%). These estimates are conservative, because the mean (± SD) age of the dogs at the start of this 5-year prospective study was only 3.2 ± 2.5 years, and the incidence of GDV increased with age. It's fairly old (2000), and I didn't read it over with a fine-toothed comb so maybe there's something flawed with the methodology despite it surviving peer review, but if you assume those numbers are correct I think a gastropexy would be a good idea given those odds. She's young, and she'll be under for her spay anyway. Although the risk from anaesthesia is never 0, her risk of developing complications from the anaesthesia is low, whereas the risk of her having GDV sometime in her life seems alarmingly high.
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