In desperate need of advice

Grayhound- I think its your food. I mean, some foods just dont work well with all dogs. I think you said you were feeding nutro. Try bil jac, or solid gold, or royal canin, uhhhhhh.. The bil jac turns to mush really quick. I wouldnt think it would make gas in the stomach. Just get a little bag. Just try it. If she hs a problem with Bil Jac, it could be because of a sensitivity to chicken. The next one you try, try turkey and rice, or lamb and rice..
Keep us posted. I am concerned about kibbles that swell in a deep chested dog. After all these years of having breeds with a deep chest, that is sort of a knee jerk reaction with me as I am sure you can understand.

She didn't hurl this morning. She hasn't since Thursday. :) I think I will change her food. I don't know what to do with the food I've bought her already, the bag is already open. My parents would never let me give it away... Hmmm. I'll have to think about what to do with the food.

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She didn't hurl this morning. She hasn't since Thursday. :) I think I will change her food. I don't know what to do with the food I've bought her already, the bag is already open. My parents would never let me give it away... Hmmm. I'll have to think about what to do with the food.

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You should be able to return it. Most have a money back guarrentee. Try bil jac first, or a turkey and rice or lamb and rice product. I listed several on the above post.

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Originally Posted by GreyhoundGirl

Funny, that's the opposite thing everyone else is saying....

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What??? I think you better read what I said again.
Fasting when tummies are upset is NOT a bad thing. (whew)
And fasting when this happens is NOT abusive. If that were
the case then most of the vets would be up on "charges" because
most of the time, depending on what's wrong, when throwing up occurs they
will tell you to withhold for 24 hrs. Maybe the vet is where your dog should be!

She shouldn't be put back on the chew-eze, biscuits and dog food in the same day. If you do and she starts vomiting again you'll have to begin all over from scratch.

It would be wise to leave the biscuit and chew-eze out of the picture for a few more days and see what happens. If she's doing okay, after a few days try a biscuit. If she does okay on the food and the biscuit, you'll know it was the chew eze.

There's little doubt, the fasting hurt you much more than it did her! ;)

I agree bluebird. IF she changes everything at one, she wont be able to rule out which was the culprit if it works, or could cause stomach upset.. Just change one thing- like the food.

It probably is the food. Some foods just don't agree with some dogs. I feed Molli and Sammy Nutro Ultra, and they do well on it. It just depends on the dog. Maybe try another food if she is still having problems? Or a vet appointment may be in order.

Don't feel bad about fasting her. I've fasted for a couple weeks when I got my tonsils (sp?) out and I didn't mind because I wasn't feeling well. 24 hours won't effect her at all.

Hope she feels better!

Even though i was on board for natural ingredients and raw foods i just couldn't get into the fasting thing. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. At age 13 though my Shepherd started loosing muscle mass. I was browing around online looking for soemthing for my own nutrition one day when i ran across a study done on humans to find out if fasting did anything for us. It doesn't. However it named numerous studies done on mammels, including dogs. There is plenty of evidence that certain chemical that repair the body are released ONLY when the animal is fasting. This doesn't kick in for many hours. ( A 36 hour fast would do more good than a 24 hour, but who of us could actually bring ourselves to do this to our poochies? ) (Of course this isn't reccommended for already malnourished dogs.) With in a month of me fasting King once a week he was showing vast improvement. In two months we were going on long walks again. I didn't believe in starvy day, but i sure am a beleiver after seeing the wonders that it can do.

Please see your vet first to make sure there aren't other underlying problems though.

I wanted to make a seperate post about this in Health, but since we were on the topic anyhow... .