I have a Weimaraner and they are very prone to torsion (twisted gut) somewhat like colic in horses, and I was told that if she was one of the ones that tend to get it (and she is) to give her a slice of white bread. This is meant to stop the problem before it happens , there are signs when it is starting . I do this and it works very well . Only white bread does it though . She knows when she is getting it and comes to me for her slice of bread. Sometimes it has gone too far for the bread to work and she knows this ...and won't take the bread. At these times we just have to walk up and down the hill till she works it off. I hate to think of what would happen if we didn't catch it in time, as ,like with horses , there is a point beyond which nothing works and there is only one outcome !!!!! I feed her twice a day , to avoid a big a meal ,one with a slice of bread. This has worked well for her for 8 years now, I know white bread isn't meant to be good for anybody , but it has saved my lovely ole Millie many a time . As with any form of torsion/colic , once the gut has twisted nothing I know of would untwist it apart from an operation . Any animal given food with this , would soon suffer dreadfully as it would just build up and make the problem very much worse, but it helps my dog when I hear her belly gurgling and her eyes go from yellow to black and she is somewhere out on Pluto , I know she is having problems . It is just one of those things that we live with and learn to cope . The boys, ( Spaniels ) don't get it at all ....thank god , one is enough to cope with .
Cheers
Russ