Dog Dr's give your diagnosis...

[MaggieMcVitie]

My 8 yr old lab bitch has been vomiting this week. Yellow and bile-stained. DH took her to the vet today and he suspects pancreatitis, she's going in tomorrow for bloods and scans. Except...she's not overweight and never has been, has never had tit-bits and is fed dry, hypo-allergenic, good quality food. All I can find about pancreatitis suggests, overweight dogs with a high fat diet. I'm worried it might be more serious - any ideas?

[redpriestandmozart]

Does it happen in the mornings? We get this with our dogs as they haven't eaten from 6pm previous day. A few biscuits at bedtime helps, we call it the biley bokes. They seem to vomit bile on an empty stomach.

[MaggieMcVitie]

No, random times during the day. If she's been fed recently then that comes up, if not it's just bile. Vets this am...

[Hairymary90]

There is a long list of reasons why your dog could be vomiting.

Pancreatitis can be 'idiopathic' i.e. we don't know why some dogs are affected.

I would suggest talking to your vet-the only person who is qualified to answer your questions.

[Shriek]

Yellow sounds pancreatic but vet would nees to do tests. Could just be bile coming up but ddog should not continue to be sick

[Hairymary90]

The colour of a dog's vomit can in no way suggest pancreatitis!

[Cherrysoup]

Maybe a virus, by all means let the vet perform a ton of expensive tests, tho. What food is she on?