> As you know, all mine eat that way too. > Dogs, unlike people, have no digestive enzymes in their saliva so it's > not necessary for a dog to chew and mix in saliva with food, all that > happens in a dog's stomach. What chewing a dog needs to do is mainly to > break down big chunks. > So I doubt that inhaling food has much to do with digestive upsets. If > it were so we'd have a huge problem here!
I agree. All of mine do this to. My Prudence holds the all time record. She would inhale so quickly, that for about a minute after eating she would stand still with sides heaving--because none of the food was in her stomach yet--it was all CRAMMED in her esophagus. She would stand there until some of it entered her stomach and her esophagus wasn't quite so crammed. She did this every day until her laryngael paralysis began. I can't help but wonder if this isn't why she developed the laryngeal paralysis. Now she eats slow--finally. She never had a single bout of stomach troubles in all her 14 years. Laura Trunk Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
