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I'm a noob, so please forgive if my question is ridiculous, but is it ever a good idea to simply let the dog fast for a day or two to give his system a break? And then start with a very simple, one food at a time introduction?
It sounds like the dog is super stressed. The anxiety about visitors and the vet tell me this dog is living with a pretty high ambient level of stress, which could contribute to weight loss. Stress is very damaging to body systems.
I might answer my own question here, because I have heard of empty stomach vomiting. Would a short fast cause that?
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Quote: betty landercasp
24 hrs NPO can be great. Especially early in the course of a vomiting/diarrhea illness.
And in fact with almost every thread here about a dog with a badly inflamed gut, you will see that the advice starts with a fast before the bland and binding foods are started. In fact, my post #307894 would have started with a twelve-hour fast (with drinking encouraged).
In this particular case, I think that the folks giving suggestions and advice have possible obstruction hovering somewhere in the mind. I know I do.
But the vet (based on what was RXed) apparently suspects a possible ulcer or something related, in which case bland food (and no empty stomach with nothing for acids to work on) are probably what he's aiming for (with the ultrasound planned in case that's not it).
Strictly conjecture .... we can only go by what the O.P. describes and then what we read the vet suggesting. Very imperfect, like that game of "telephone."
well he seems to be doing fine so should i start him back on is reg food in small amounts. OR just the same 2 times a day ,for his night time meal he gets a chicken quarters so i wouldent realy know how to break that up or if it would be a good idea to mess with the bones in it
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