Eric Sacks wrote 12/15/2008 01:49 PM Eating vomit #220162 - 12/15/2008 01:49 PM
Eric Sacks Webboard User Reg: 06-18-2008 Posts: 230 Loc: Honolulu, Hawaii Offline	About 5 minutes after eating her breakfast this morning, Cleo (8.5 m/o Presa) threw up her meal, and ate it off the grass. She re-chewed the chicken bones and ate much more slowly than usual. I fed her a chicken carcass (about 8 oz.), 2 tbs of yogurt, salmon oil, vit. e capsule, a chicken liver and about 12 oz of a combination of ground turkey, ground beef, chicken gizzards and beef heart. She seemed fine both before and after. I'm not really worried but more curious. Does anyone know why dogs do this? Did something just not go down right? Could a chicken bone been irritating her stomach lining? I look forward to your thoughts. http://web.mac.com/spacecadet808/Site/Cleos_Page.html
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Aaron Myracle wrote 12/15/2008 01:58 PM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Eric Sacks ] #220163 - 12/15/2008 01:58 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Quote: eric sacks Did something just not go down right? Yep. It's usually nothing to worry about. Especially if the dog re-eats it. A sick dog will rarely do that. A dog that just needed to "reorganize stomach contents" will, though. What a thoughtful dog. She saved you the cost of an entire meal.
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Leah Christian wrote 12/15/2008 02:01 PM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Eric Sacks ] #220164 - 12/15/2008 02:01 PM
Leah Christian Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2005 Posts: 162 Loc: Texas Offline	My dog has occasionally done this after eating chicken as well. (I also feed raw.) I always figured that the swallowing large chunks of bone and meat whole fairly well irritated her stomach and she just needed a second try. Never seemed to have problems the second time around, and she doesn't do it all that often. It was mostly when she first started eating raw. I guess she thought she would lose a good thing if she took her time about it. Of course, I could be wrong and, if so, welcome correction.
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Tracy Collins wrote 12/15/2008 02:38 PM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Leah Christian ] #220172 - 12/15/2008 02:38 PM
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008 Posts: 1917 Loc: St. Louis, Missouri Offline	I've always considered it nature's way of telling the dog that something needs further chewing. Cinco | Jack | Fanny | Ellie | Chip | Deacon
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Natalya Zahn wrote 12/15/2008 03:00 PM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Tracy Collins ] #220175 - 12/15/2008 03:00 PM
Natalya Zahn Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2006 Posts: 1824 Loc: Cambridge, MA Offline	Quote: Tracy Collins I've always considered it nature's way of telling the dog that something needs further chewing. Yup, that's a good way of looking at it. Oscar once inhaled his dinner so fast that he didn't even have time to move away from his bowl before the whole meal came up again - right back into his bowl! He wasted no time cleaning his plate, again, I'm pretty sure he enjoyed just as much the second time around... In any case, no cause for alarm. ~Natalya
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Eric Sacks wrote 12/15/2008 05:34 PM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #220215 - 12/15/2008 05:34 PM
Eric Sacks Webboard User Reg: 06-18-2008 Posts: 230 Loc: Honolulu, Hawaii Offline	Quote: Alyssa Myracle What a thoughtful dog. She saved you the cost of an entire meal. I must admit, that thought crossed my mind as well Thanks for the input, guys. I thought that might be the case. She swallows really enormous chunks of food. I often wonder how she gets it down (and back up again). She is doing a better job of chewing and eating more slowly, though. ....We'll just keep working on it http://web.mac.com/spacecadet808/Site/Cleos_Page.html
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Connie Sutherland wrote 12/15/2008 05:40 PM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Eric Sacks ] #220217 - 12/15/2008 05:40 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Dogs are really efficient about temporarily ridding themselves of something that's causing a problem and then re-addressing it.
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Will Rambeau wrote 12/15/2008 06:57 PM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #220236 - 12/15/2008 06:57 PM
Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003 Posts: 5983 Loc: Idaho Offline	Quote: alyssa myracle  Quote: eric sacks Did something just not go down right? Yep. It's usually nothing to worry about. Especially if the dog re-eats it. A sick dog will rarely do that. A dog that just needed to "reorganize stomach contents" will, though. What a thoughtful dog. She saved you the cost of an entire meal. Whoa whoa, wait.....think back on the last time that you vomited though - really, do you remember the burning as it was coming back up like an acid volcano and how it even affected your nasal region? And remember the burning, bitter taste and smell afterwards, that even drinking water really didn't help? Even your eyes were watering, remember? Think here for a moment and try to remember it in its entirety, the awful burning sensation and the odor and how everything lingered.... The acidic stomach contents is at a higher ph after you've ( or your dog ) has thrown up, and your oral mucosal surfaces are not up to the damage it can do now - honestly, leave it be, it's a risk that you don't want to take....and don't let your dog eat its vomit either... Off to dinner now! The Fetz dog: http://www.leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/79673/page/25
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Siaty Mantak wrote 12/16/2008 08:12 AM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Will Rambeau ] #220286 - 12/16/2008 08:12 AM
Siaty Mantak Webboard User Reg: 05-13-2008 Posts: 124 Loc: Offline	Will, That was a great description of vomiting - touched all the senses. I'm going to print it and put it up (framed) next to my liquor cabinet. S
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Jennifer Mullen wrote 12/16/2008 09:00 AM Re: Eating vomit [Re: Siaty Mantak ] #220293 - 12/16/2008 09:00 AM
Jennifer Mullen Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2007 Posts: 2365 Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Offline	Though, are people's dogs regurgitating, or vomiting? There is a difference....I thought regurgitation did not have as much bile/acids as vomit - in terms of safety of consumption. Teagan!
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