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Dog is throwing up his dinner, any suggestions?

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steppemum · 30/10/2018 19:51

Steppedog is 4, a rescue dog, been with us for about a year, and he is an absolute dustbin, stomach of iron.
He scoffs anything he can find on a walk, from fox poo to dried bread crusts put out for the birds, and his stomach just takes it all.
Last week he stole a whole loaf I had put out to defrost, and had left too close to the edge of the worksurface.

Anyway, he is never sick. Got new flea treatment for him last week, a tablet instead of the drip on the back of the neck. Vet said it might make his sick, but gave me the impression that he would be sick soonish after taking it.

He had it on Thursday and then on Saturday night 10 minutes after eating he threw up all of his dinner.
Tonight again, 10 minutes after eating he threw up all of his dinner.

He has half dried and half tin of wet. He eats once a day, and this has always worked well.

Do you think it could be the tablet? If not, any suggestions? He found some rubbish in the hedge today on his walk, but on Saturday he had eaten nothing odd.

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BiteyShark · 30/10/2018 19:57

I would be worried about an obstruction. No one had seen BiteyDog eat the rag that ended up stuck in his intestines and it was only because he kept vomiting his dinner up that we went to the vets.

As for worming tablets if they make BiteyDog vomit it tends to be about a few hours after taking it.

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steppemum · 30/10/2018 20:00

Oh no Bitey
I hope not. On saturday we gave him half a dinner later in the evening, and he was fine sunday and monday.

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BiteyShark · 30/10/2018 20:03

If he is keeping some food down that's a good thing but equally my vet said the rag BiteyDog ate could have been rattling around in his stomach for a bit before it moved and blocked the intestine.

If you gently squeeze his stomach does he seem in pain?

BiteyShark · 30/10/2018 20:05

I guess I am just paranoid about obstructions given that I would never have thought BiteyDog would have eaten something like that.

Hopefully yours is just an upset stomach.

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steppemum · 30/10/2018 22:13

No pain, other than throwing up he is his normal self.

I was hoping it was the flea tablet, but I would have expected that to be on the first day, not now.

Cat has been fussing for food all evening, and I know he had a full plate, so I have just been to have a look, and he has an empty bowl, and he has thrown up all over the utility room floor.

In his case though it was half cat food and half mouse, so I'm not too worried

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steppemum · 30/10/2018 22:25

trouble is, he could easily have eaten anything really

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BiteyShark · 31/10/2018 07:16

If it continues I would do a vet check just to be sure, especially as steppedog isn't a 'vomity' dog normally. FYI it was the vet that felt the mass inside BiteyDogs stomach which prompted the whole X-ray and op.

adaline · 31/10/2018 07:43

I would take him to the vets - vomiting after meals is a sign of an obstruction and that's really not something you want to mess about with.

Spamfrittersforeveryone · 31/10/2018 07:45

I have a suggestion, yes.

Take your dog to the vet.

Veterinari · 31/10/2018 07:47

Is he still producing faeces. If not then Vet ASAP.

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steppemum · 31/10/2018 22:24

OK, so no I haven't taken him to the vet yet.
he had breakfast (because he threw up his dinner, we gave him some breakfast) and dinner fine, is fine in himself, no pain/discomfort that we can see and faeces all normal.

I will obviously keep an eye on him, and if he does it again take him in, but he seems fine now.

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NewYoiker · 31/10/2018 23:02

Our dog is sick when he's hungry

anniehm · 31/10/2018 23:35

My dog does this sometimes for no apparent reason, and/or gets the runs and it's usually down to the crap he eats - scoffing whatever he finds on the streets (despite not touching his proper dog food) or the "little treats" his dear daddy feeds him - an apple donut and a fondant fancy tonight! I've only gone to the vet after symptoms persisted for a few days and they just had me monitor for a further week (by which time he decided to actually eat dog food again and stomach settled).

Monitor until Friday at least, it's seems like it's on and off

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steppemum · 01/11/2018 07:17

NewYoiker

I actually have an appointment with vet tomorrow about his ears, so I'll ask about it then.
Hmm, his ears are quite bad at the moment, I wonder if that might make him sick? (he gets yeast and gunky ears every few months)

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steppemum · 02/11/2018 11:09

so, asked the vet and her conclusion was he scoffs his dinner too fast! Very true, and as he is in every other way fine, she wasn't worried.

I going to look into one of those mats which makes them hunt for their dinner more.

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BiteyShark · 02/11/2018 11:11

You can get bowls with shapes inside them which slows their eating down. Never tried them myself as we have the opposite issue of getting mine to eat.

Glad it isn't serious.

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