How often does your dog throw up?

BryanAndLarrysMama

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Our Bryan is a healthy big 35lb boy (his brother Larry is just under 39lbs). I swear Bryan has the most sensitive stomach. If you feed him after playtime or a long walks or if food is rich, there is a good chance he'll throw up. He threw up overnight in their pen and then after breakfast he threw up again. Probably something he ate while out on their walk yesterday. He's pretty quiet today, and for lunch had white rice and boiled chicken and certainly no hesitation to gobble that down. He's been like this since he was a pup (He turned 2 in July).

Anyone else have a sensitive-tummy-sometimes-barfer? The vet sees nothing wrong with him.

I should add he really only throws up maybe once a month if that.

They're having their annual overall physical in a few weeks and I'll be bringing this up again. Last trip to the vet for something else they drew blood etc and said theyr'e both super healthy and that with his temperament (slightly neurotic and high strung) it's not too unusual.
 
I have heard that feeding a meal shouldn't be done either within one hour before exercise or for one hour post exercise. I have always followed that rule and so far it seems to be a good road to take. It sounds like overall Bryan is very healthy and happy...so honestly I wouldn't worry much.

Trini
 
trini said:
I have heard that feeding a meal shouldn't be done either within one hour before exercise or for one hour post exercise. I have always followed that rule and so far it seems to be a good road to take. It sounds like overall Bryan is very healthy and happy...so honestly I wouldn't worry much.

Trini
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Yeah it's more of a regurgitation (food is solid) vs vomit (mostly digested), so I tend to think it's his nervous belly or excitement. He's such a neurotic little guy, I swear he always looks worried. Poor little fella. *sigh*
 
Our Asta would sometimes do this, all her life. Never did connect it to anything specific. She'd eat, then 5 - 10 minutes later the whole load came back up.
 
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I had a horrible time with Liam. He is very nervous! He would throw up early in the morning but it is because he had an acidic stomach! I fed a small meal before bedtime.
Maybe the meals are too large? Can you try smaller meals more often?
 
Cooper has rarely thrown up as an adult. He did it a few times as a pup, but that was during the days of him destroying and devouring soft toys which he no longer gets lol
 
I had irregular tummy with Deska over the years and the vets said it was nothing. He was an adult before I worked out for myself he could not tolerate chicken (which was in all the dog food here). It was because he wasn't sick all the time that it threw me off. If only I knew he'd had mild IBD all those years, I could have managed it earlier.

You might want to start with an elimination trial - a trial with a single novel protein to see whether he has a food sensitivity. The vet may recommend it anyway. You could try hydrolysed food but some dogs will still react to the chicken, even though it's broken down (this happened with Tully). I did a fish diet, it worked so well they stayed on it. In the US you are lucky that there are a lot of choices for limited ingredient foods.

Antech recently brought out a test for Canine Chronic Enteropathy/IBD in dogs, called the CE-IBD Assay. I sooo wish we had it here, I think it will be such a game changer for dogs with sensitive tummies to get early treatment. I'd recommend getting that done - your vet may not know about it yet but you can print off some information for vets. Avoid any test that says they can tell you what your dog is allergic to, there's so much evidence against them. Only ways to test for sensitivity is an elimination trial.
 
Caro said:
I had irregular tummy with Deska over the years and the vets said it was nothing. He was an adult before I worked out for myself he could not tolerate chicken (which was in all the dog food here). It was because he wasn't sick all the time that it threw me off. If only I knew he'd had mild IBD all those years, I could have managed it earlier.

You might want to start with an elimination trial - a trial with a single novel protein to see whether he has a food sensitivity. The vet may recommend it anyway. You could try hydrolysed food but some dogs will still react to the chicken, even though it's broken down (this happened with Tully). I did a fish diet, it worked so well they stayed on it. In the US you are lucky that there are a lot of choices for limited ingredient foods.

Antech recently brought out a test for Canine Chronic Enteropathy/IBD in dogs, called the CE-IBD Assay. I sooo wish we had it here, I think it will be such a game changer for dogs with sensitive tummies to get early treatment. I'd recommend getting that done - your vet may not know about it yet but you can print off some information for vets. Avoid any test that says they can tell you what your dog is allergic to, there's so much evidence against them. Only ways to test for sensitivity is an elimination trial.
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Cooper had bowel issues as a pup not diarrhea, but always loose stools. Our Vet asked us to take him off his dog food which also had chicken in it and to be honest we figured it was a way to sell the more pricey dog food. lol. We put him on Sweet Potato and Venison and within 2 days he was normal. We still give him some pumpkin with his kibble, but never have any issues and he likes the food.
 
Deacon had empty belly barfies at times until I figured out a handful of food at bedtime quelled that. He used to insist on going to bed really early, 8 ish was his limit at times and he'd barked to go to bed. It was just too long of a stretch for him.

I think Brodie has thrown up once since being an 'adult' - he will be 3 in November. he used to get car-sick as a pup but grew out of it.
 
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