Hi, Gill,
I think that there may well be 'something else going on', such as something which she has eaten which she should not have done, and is lying in here stomach - anything from a golf ball to a panty-girdle ! I have removed both from labrador's tums - they will eat ANYTHING!
A job for your vet, I am afraid.
Sorry to be so long in replying, but I have been away from my desk for 5 weeks.
Walter