
07/01/2025
There’s just something special about doing a gastropexy. 💛
In the military, it was mandated that all working dogs have this procedure before entering service—because the risk of GDV (aka bloat, aka “the mother of all emergencies”) is so high in deep-chested breeds. That meant I got a lot of practice during my active duty years.
Now, every time I perform a gastropexy in civilian practice, it still feels like I’m saving a life. Preventative medicine at its finest—and honestly, it’s just really fun to operate on a patient who outweighs me! 😄🐾 - Dr. Allie