found this writeup from a great dane owner whose dog bloated after dinner and needed 7000 dollars of emergency surgery at 2am, this is the exact scenario our breeder made us promise to read up on before she would place a puppy with us, sharing for everyone with a deep chested dog who thinks a slow feeder means theyre covered

just came across this and thought every dane person here should read it, especially anyone whos never actually watched a dog try to vomit with nothing coming up, because apparently that one sign is the whole ballgame.

Bloat Pet Insurance: Max's Emergency Surgery at 2 AM

the detail that got me is how fast it went from "he probably ate too fast again" to an er vet shouting orders at technicians, this guy went from restless pacing to prepping for surgery in the space of an evening. our girl Willow is 2 and we do the slow feeder, the split meals, the quiet hour after dinner, all the homework, but reading this made me realize i have a prevention plan and zero emergency plan for the night it happens anyway. so, dane people and deep chested dog people generally, who here has actually done the prophylactic gastropexy, what did it really cost, and did your insurance treat it as elective or cover any of it