Hi Everyone my 9 month old rottweiler pup was acting very wierd the other day ( kind of crabby and mouthy) she started licking everything in sight after eating her supper and doing this hiccup type thing. Long story short she finally threw up a huge amount of undigested food. My concern is that this happened on Monday night and it's now Wednesday and while she seems active and mostly normal she isn't drinking all that much but is eating o.k.
I changed her food recently but it was back to food that she's been eating since I got her (tried a new food but it didn't agree with her). I have been feeding her hamburger and boiled rice and today started slowly mixing it with her kibble. Have also been giving her 10 cc of pepto bismol daily.
I have had to encourage her to drink by mixing diluted chicken broth in with her water.
I'm just a worried mom looking for some reassurance that I'm doing the right things. If she is still not herself tomorrow I'm going to take her into the vet.

Lori Ann, I can not help but hope that the folks who can will see your post soon and step in.

Is she peeign/pooping normally?

Hi Everyone my 9 month old rottweiler pup was acting very wierd the other day ( kind of crabby and mouthy) she started licking everything in sight after eating her supper and doing this hiccup type thing. Long story short she finally threw up a huge amount of undigested food. My concern is that this happened on Monday night and it's now Wednesday and while she seems active and mostly normal she isn't drinking all that much but is eating o.k.

So the only lasting symptom is that she's not drinking much? What else? What is "not herself"?

Also want to know about pooping/peeing.



I changed her food recently but it was back to food that she's been eating since I got her (tried a new food but it didn't agree with her). I have been feeding her hamburger and boiled rice and today started slowly mixing it with her kibble. Have also been giving her 10 cc of pepto bismol daily.
I have had to encourage her to drink by mixing diluted chicken broth in with her water.

Back to what food? Why the Pepto? How did the new food not agree? Is that the food she threw up? Had the meal she vomited been unusually large? Did she throw up almost right away?

And again, what (besides not drinking much) is the "not herself" symptom? Details.

peeing normal pooping only a small formed stool this afternoon and a med. formed stool with some mucous yesterday.

Food - back on pro-plan puppy food as Iam's seemed to make her eyes itchy and she didn't eat it up as eagerly as she does the pro-plan.

Pepto was the advice given by the vet on call it was her normal sized meal and it was almost 2 hours later that she vomited.

Not herself is just a crabbiness that isn't usually there. she is being more mouthy than usual. Still plays with her toys, chases the cat and barks at the other dog which is all normal beh'r. more of a feeling I get that she isn't herself.

Well, neither of those foods is anything I would buy, but that's not really what the thread is about. (You might want to seek some advice here about better food when this situation is fixed. )

I would give the dog just small frequent meals of a bland nature (overcooked rice and a little poached chicken), like maybe 4-5 snacky-meals instead of 2 normal meals. Then I would just watch, and call the vet if you see anything more (gagging, retching, diarrhea, another vomit, lethargy, no poop, etc.). I would probably stop the Pepto, since there is no more vomiting or anything. Then when I was sure all was well, I would ease back into kibble with small frequent meals.

"my 9 month old rottweiler pup was acting very wierd the other day ( kind of crabby and mouthy) she started licking everything in sight after eating her supper and doing this hiccup type thing. Long story short she finally threw up a huge amount of undigested food." That's pretty much how dogs do throw up.

"peeing normal pooping only a small formed stool this afternoon and a med. formed stool with some mucous yesterday" She lost half her food Monday, right? That would mean much smaller poop the next day (on kibble) or later that same day (on raw).

I'm not a health professional, so what you want to do is watch for anything not like your dog (you are exactly right about watching for "not herself" stuff). But if it's as benign as it sounds, than small snacky meals should fix it all right up.

Don't hesitate to call the vet if you see any of those things above!

thank you I am relieved to see that you think it is benign.
I will definitely check out the food issue for better alternatives it's just so hard to know what is best when there are so many different brands out there.

Cheers

Please keep us posted on the progress.

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I will definitely check out the food issue for better alternatives it's just so hard to know what is best when there are so many different brands out there.

Cheers

Lori Anne, the main things you want to look out for are grains, which means corn and wheat, with rice a distant third.

A dog's gut is not designed to digest grains, so if you feed a kibble that is grain-free oen benefit is smaller, less offensive poops. Another is possible alleviation of allergy and yeast overgrowth symptoms.

You will be able to feed less of it, since it has more of the nutrients that a dog's system was meant to digest.

Here are a few grain-free kibbles:
Taste of the Wild
EVO
Orijen
Wellness-CORE

Even better, if you are interested, is feeding raw.

Start a new thread if you need any raw info; there are loads of folks here who are very knowledgable about raw and how to get started...

good news today Ruby is seeming back to her old self. She ate well,drank lots of water without coaxing and had a normal poop this morning. I am so relieved.

I have been looking at the dog food analysis web site and some of the food you can't get here in Thunder Bay (Northwestern Ontario) I do know that Orijen and Wellness are available. I was also considering Performatrin Ultra which is a canadian made product I believe. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

 Quote: Lori Anne McAlpin

good news today Ruby is seeming back to her old self. She ate well,drank lots of water without coaxing and had a normal poop this morning. I am so relieved.

Excellent!