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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I had a girl bloat several years ago. We caught her quick
and the vet was able to save her and she did attach her stomach. It does
prevent bloat. Some docs do it as a preventive. The only problem we had was
that this girl also had severe separation anxiety and ate laundry when we were
gone. We tried to be very careful. Never left anything on the floor, no socks
or anything. She did however manage to steel things and because her stomach was
tacked she had a hard time processing the laundry. Her stomach was not able to
properly churn or whatever it does. We had to open her up 3 times after the
tacking to remove items from her stomach. The last time the doc insisted she
was not blocked. They took x-rays and saw nothing. I knew from experience she
was blocked and had to beg the doc to go in and look. They pulled out a WHOLE
T-SHIRT. So, tacking is good if they don’t steel laundry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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