Gunsyn Gundogs
Bracco Italiano and Weimaraners
Latest News
Luigi is declared Top Bracco Italiano 2007
(Joint) after winning Top Bracco 2005 & 2006
Pomona wins Best Bitch At SKC after winning the Junior & Post Graduate
Bitch classes!
She is only 1 day out of puppy!!
Luigi had a splenectomy and gastric torsion correction recently. It was
down to the excellent treatment by my vets (Millar and Swann in Elgin) that
he survived. He did not suffer from Bloat! It would appear that one
of the other dogs ran into him earlier in the week and the impact was enough
to trigger the spleen to twist. This can and did, go undetected for
a couple of days and he was treated for acute colic, however as the spleen
continued to twist this had a knock on effect on the stomach, finally causing
the gastric torsion. I am however very pleased to say that he coped very
well with the huge operation (4 hrs) he was very steady under anaesthetic
(Bracco's have been known to have problems under anaesthesia) and is well
on the road to recovery.
Please note that this was not due to the feeding/exercise regime and is the first full torsion I have had in any of my own dogs in 25years. However I have witnessed several torsions and bloat in others people's Weimaraners and Bracchi. It is a very distressing condition and clearly despite doing everything possible to avoid it, if it is going to happen it will.
Pomona Dei Vicini Del Monastero At Gunsyn (imp)
Pomona has arrived!!
Pomona makes her UK show debut at Leeds Ch Sh 2007 & wins Reserve Best Bitch & Best Puppy in Breed!