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If prevention is easy, or the disease or problem is serious or deadly, why not prevent it? The odds of any one particular suburban dog contracting canine parvovirus or a cat in Alaska coming down with heartworm disease are low but vaccination and parasite prevention are still widely recommended. Stomach tacking (gastropexy) may be a very reasonable thing to recommend at the time of spaying for a large‐breed dog, even though the odds of most dogs suffering a GDV are low, because the disease is both deadly and preventable. Even if a client declines the stomach tack surgery, we can still teach them what the clinical signs are and why pet health insurance (see 10.16 Pet Health Insurance) might be a good idea. Here is a link to a client education video on GDV: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrX2BJ7EI‐o.