My dog cody is not feeling well tonight. He has been playing and went out in the back yard a little today. I am sick so I haven't been moving around much, I have a cold. Cody has thrown up twice tonight and is laying quietly on a cushion right now. After he threw up he ran back into the living room and layed down. I am watching him closely to make sure he is ok. He has had two bowel movements today and they looked fine, one was a little soft, the other firm. As far as I can tell, and I am pretty sure since he hasn't been out much except to go potty and I have him on a leash, he hasn't eaten anything foreign.
Any advise on making him more comfortable.
My vet just recently passed away and the office is closed right now temporarily. If he doesn't perk up or keeps vomiting I will have to take him to the emergency vet since I have no vet to call. He is sleeping right now. So just watching him.
Looking for some advise while waiting to take him to the emergency vet.
Any advise on how to make him more comfortable. He just threw up about 5 minutes ago so I have not tried to give him any baited water yet. How long should I wait until I try and get some liquids down him?
Sharon

Sharon, if you have a bad feeling about this AND if you can afford it, take him to the emergency ASAP. I wouldn't try to give him anything - food, water, meds. Leave it to the vets if you are taking him in.

Its 12:46 here and we just got Cody back from the emergency vet. they gave him xrays=all came out ok and did blood work=came out ok too. So they gave him a shot to help him stop throwing up (it lasts 24 hours) and some fluids under the skin. We brought him home. It would have cost us 600-800 to let him stay over night. Since the clinic is open 24 hours, if he gets worse we can bring in right in.
He is looking pitful, but he is a pretty dramatic dog. So, we will see how it goes tonight and tomorrow. He sleeps in a crate across from my bed, so I will keep an eye on him all through the night.
Thanks, please keep the Cody-man in your prayers. Sharon

Best wishes Sharon, hope he's all better soon!!

Sharon,
How is he feeling today? I am in the Boston area and was at my vets Thursday. She and the vet tech were telling me they had never seen so many vomiting dogs in one day. She said the numbers and the symptoms being the same among a whole array of different breeds was out of the ordinary.

Did the vet give you instructions on fasting or feeding?

Sheila: Thanks for answering my post. The vet said not to feed him last night and today to give boiled chicken and some rice. He has an uneventful night, but has not come out of his crate yet. Of course we didn't get back from the vet until about 1:00 a.m.. Usually Cody sleeps from 9pm to 8am. He has never been an early riser. If by nine he won't get up I will make him get up. He looks ok.
The vet gave him some fluids under the skin and a shot to stop the vomiting for about 24 hours. So today will be the real test.

That is so strange so many dogs vomiting. I have two other dogs and they are fine.
I wonder what could have trigged all those dogs vomiting?
Thanks for the response and caring about my Cody. He has been through alot in his little life. He has completely recovered from some type of toxin, we never could find out what, that nearly killed him. He was in the hospital for one week, but has completely recovered. This year I was beginning to rebuild his stamina.
(we use not weed killers and even though we would like to no poisons to kill gophers or mice) He is the kind of dog that climbs the swing set and slides down the slide, and one time we caught him jumping off the top of the swing set to the ground. He is only 18 lbs-a jack parsons russell mix and a real fire ball. So when he gets sick, we notice right away!

Sharon

Hopefully Cody has perked up a bit. But I wouldn't worry about a slower paced day if he is drinking and not getting sick anymore. Being dehydrated takes a lot out of you so taking a day to rebuild his stamina makes sense. However; I'm sure I don't even need to say this if he gets worse or will not drink I would put a call in to the emergency hospital.

I'm with you Sharon; out of all the symptoms a dog presents when ill; I am most bothered by lethargy. It is so foreign to his personality that it always scares me. Of course when he perks up and starts some of his obnoxious behaviors I question my intelligence for not enjoying the down time.

Here, when the snow begins to melt in earnest I find my dogs eat things like newly exposed bright green grass, gross things long buried, poop of different creatures, mouse nests beneath the snow. Some vomiting and diarrhea is expected on the farm.
Sadly, the snow's not melting yet.....

Good observation Betty the snow did start to melt here due to a couple of rain storms. And what lies beneath is pretty damn scary! It snowed again today so its all pretty and white again until the upcoming rain on Tuesday.

I even mentioned to my vet if she thought chemicals from the streets used to deice could have washed into the snow and the dogs were eating it. She said it was probably very likely and she did have one of the dog's stool test come back with a parasite only horses carry and now dogs who enjoy horse poopsicles.