I don't know what is wrong with Kyiro (my greyhounds) tummy but it is making awful nosies constantly, that sound like an old squeaky door.  Its so loud I can hear it over the radio, I've honestly never heard anything that loud before.
I hope its not something wrong with him as he didn't eat his breakfast this morning, which I didn't worry too much about then as on the very odd occasion he does leaveit.
I'm now in the other room to him and I can still hear it going constantly, even Shady is intrigued by how loud it is.
Do you think he could have an upset tummy so I should get prepared for an explosion from one end or the other?
Not sure if I should take him in the car and over to the field this afternoon now either

No don't take him over the field.  Take him to the vet.

Thanks but I think thats a bit of an over reaction, rushing a dog to the emergency vet on a Sunday because its tummy is gurgling.
He hasn't been sick and does not have the runs and does not seem unwell in himself, just a very loud tummy.
I will do him something light for tea tonight and if he starts to seem unwell in himself I will keep an eye on him and take him to the vet if I am concerned.

It may be a bilious/acid tummy.

In my dog the sumptoms are:

Morning, off her early breakfast and not wanting anything, wants to eat grass and is not comfy, asks to go out a lot and when she does, she tries to eat grass.

Rumbly noises, etc.

I find this can be sorted if you can persuade the dog to eat, then eat some more to fill the tummy.
The key is to feed little and often, as a long time empty tummy can cause the problem.
My dog gets several small meals, and one larger meal at night.

Fed at 6.30am - any later and she starts to feel unwell. So no lay in for me, ever!
Don't mind though as thankfully, I am a morning person :)

Hope you find out what it is,

Lindsay
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My staff is the same as lindsay.  Eats loads of grass and poos it out quite quickly.  this is fine in spring and summer but harder to find the long coarse grass now it is autumn.  Some days it wakes me up it is so noisy but no real rhyme or reason why it comes on.

Bevb, does it sound like a cat is trapped inside the dog? I know that sounds odd but it's the only way I can describe what my girl sounds like!! Sort of a gurgling like something is stuck in the drain of the sink when the water is going down follwed by high pitched sounds? All the other dogs are always intrigued and try to search out the noise. Normally my girl will either refuse her food and go and purge herself on grass and is then fine.
I often give her a charcoal biscuit and let it settle on it's own.
However if you are very worried I would consult the vet on the phone.

>making awful nosies constantly,

Can your dog get to fallen apples?  My parents used to have a dog that gorged herself one year on windfalls and she gassed up like a balloon.  They did take her to the vet as it became apparent this was no ordinary rumble.  I'm not sure what he prescribed but they were also advised to keep her moving at a slow walk to help ease the pain and see things through to the usual conclusion...

In hindsight I suspect my parents were concerned about bloat but thankfully she was fine after 24hours.  This dog was also the local 'bin raider' so they must have been extra worried to go to the vet as she generally had a cast iron constitution :)

I offered him a very small amount of food this evening which he has eaten.  The noises are still there but not as constant or loud.
One of my dogs has wind though as my house stinks and i suspect its him.  Just praying his botty doesn't explode dire rear everywhere during the night.

Bevb, my breed tends to suffer from bloat, gassy tummies once in a while .. they can get acidy tummies like your dog seems to have at the moment, their tummies become noisy and gurgly very much like you describe and would eat grass if I let them, but I dont as a vet told me it can ferment in the stomach and cause them to bloat..the best bit of advice my vet gave me was to get some 'BUSCOPAN' from your chemist this is given to people who suffer from IBS but is great for settling gassy, acidy tummies..the vet has prescribed it to me once before but said in future just go to the chemist and get some its cheaper! but obvisouly dont tell the chemist its for a dog.

I just give one of these tablets the minute anyone shows any signs of a gassy, gurgly tummy..within about 10/15 mins they are fine a symptoms are gone..I am never without them, they are real life savers.. you could give up to 3 a day safetly if need be but I usually find one is enough to eleviate the symptoms. 

I used to have a toy poodle who had a noisy tummy quite often and wouldn't eat anything, it was diagnosed by the vet as collitis and I was given Buscopan which seemed to settle his tummy so I would always keep a supply in the cupboard. In hind sight I wonder whether it might have helped to find a food with no cereal or wheat flour in it (he was fed tinned pedigree chum which we thought at the time was a good food). I now have 2 toy poodles who are fed on natures menu tins and don't have this problem luckily plus a small amount of Arden Grange mini lamb and rice kibble if they want it. I lost my other poodle nearly 7 years ago but for the last 2-3 years of his life i fed him on chicken and rice or fish and rice which I cooked for him as suggested by the vet as he had also started with liver and kidney problems and wouldn't eat the tinned food recommended by the vet. He was also give Pet Tab vitamin tablets.

Pleased to announce the tummy is now quiet and he is fine today and ate his breakfast as normal.  No sign of any explosions from either end for which I am very grateful.
Thankyou for the tip about Buscopan.  I wish I had known yesterday as I had some in the cupboard my doctor percribed me a couple of months ago.  Can you just let me know what strength the ones you give your dogs are.  Thankyou.

Hi, not sure about the dose but I agree on the Buscopan. my previous GSD had colic 3 times........1st time he was hospitalised at Vets for 2 days as he was in a lot of pain, it came on in about an hour and by the time we got him to the vets.......as always, it was a Sunday evening :-( he was off his back legs. first thing the Vet gave him was a shot of Buscopan followed by pethedine. They kept him in in case he started bloating but he + we were lucky he didn't.
twice after I picked up on it a lot quicker plus it was in the day so got him seen far quicker.
ps they also use Buscopan for horses with colic.
Chris

Hi I bought the Buscopan from the vet so I don't know what strength it was sorry, but you could always ask your vet.

my dog was prescribed buscopan, 10mg twice a day and she ways 22kg (fat schnauzer)

Hello,

I'm sorry to hijack this, but it sounds very similar to what happens with my girl.  We go to a holistic vet who likes to know EVERYTHING that goes on with her, so I mentioned this in passing but perhaps I didn't explain it to well.  Does your dog ever foam slightly at the mouth when this happens?  Amber can be all gurgly for a while, but when she starts demanding to go out and eat grass she's often frothy at the mouth... it's at this time that it's difficult to get her to eat (very unusual for her), but as mentioned by everyone else as soon as she eats, she's all better.

Thanks,

Clare

I 2nd Moomins - having lost a veteran Boxer to bloat last year and the fact that you have a deep chested breed you have to keep bloat in your head and not discount it fully.

I also have friends that lost a 8yo OES to bloat with exact same start to the symptoms your boy had.
Their bitch always has a noisy sensitive tum and she'd often go out and eat grass to relieve herself.
She started in the same manner as she would with her gurgly tum and they didn't think anything to it..
she went out was eating grass etc, a few hours later she was trying to be sick etc and by the time they'd
realised that something was up they took her to the vet....and the vet couldn't save her as the stomach had already 'died' gone black.

So please do take a moment to read up on bloat, it's symptoms etc as every second counts when a dog has this.
My old girl internally wasn't bad we'd caught it quickly, sadly for her, her heart wasn't strong enoough and she died 12 hours after her op :(
So if I can help just one owner avoid this heartache it will be worth it.

Have also heard people advise keeping the Buscopan in to stop instantly tunny troubles.
Must admit I am now hyper-sensitive to any tummy troubles my dogs have.
I have one with dietry intolerances and her tummy used to gurgle like hell and towards the end was being sick even on plain boiled chicken and rice homecooked etc - turns out she was allergic to her diet - she's now on Royal Canin Sensitivity Control and she's much better :)

If my dogs had gurgly stomach AND foaming I would panic like hell and get to the vet for bloat (GSDs).
Glad it was nothing serious.

Hmmm.. thanks, she's a Lab, but I know bloat can be a problem for them, although I didn't know foaming was a sign!  It did panic me the first time, but it only lasted a few mins, she ate and it stopped.  Think she's just a weirdo.

> I often give her a charcoal biscuit and let it settle on it's own.

I have bought buscopan incase I should ever need something but hadn't thought of charcoal biscuits. Where do you get yours? Rang the vet one evening when I was worried, and told to give asprin!

White foamy mucous around the mouth is one of the indicators of bloat. Thinking about it though, the stomach sounds are usually absent in bloat, but I would still have panicked!

> If my dogs had gurgly stomach AND foaming I would panic like hell and get to the vet for bloat

Apparently bloat has NO stomach noises - it's the LACK of stomach noises that can be a good indicator that you need to get the dog to the vet ASAP (according to info on-line & my vet).

When Buster was a pup he would bolt his food down so fast that his belly would bloat (not as in GDV, but just bloated - a pop-belly from being a piggy!), obviously worried with this I spoke to the vet who told me "as long as he's farting and his belly is making noises he's fine" :)

ETA, I'm too late as usual - you've allready mentioned the lack of stomach noises :)

hahaha - love the comment about the gurgling sounding like the dog has eaten the cat !!! thats just what my Bedlington was like - I have never heard anything like it !! so loud and really scary to hear. 

If you look for my thread on 'Bedlington Terrier with Colitis' you will see lots of comments from people on ways to settle it - I give Barney 'Milk of Magnesia' - squirted down his throat -about 3ml is enough for him or you are at risk of setting off and exploding back end !!!

if I caught it in time he usually settled down then would eat - the tell tale sign for me was him not eating breakfast - some days I could catch it with milk of mag - other days lots of grass was eaten - followed by lovely white frothy vomit and usually a nasty poo in the garden later on - then tea would be eaten and all back to normal !!

He is having a steroid a day at the moment and no bad days for 3 months !!

AJ