Okay I Just Need Help??UPDATE!!!

as everyone knows coco throws up alot and she keeps going to the vet! She's been to two different vets and each one says it's nothing! the first vet says....dont let her eat things out side such as grass, sticks...and other items she finds! So i make her stop and she eats grass discretely when i am not looking, but over all she doesnt do it a whole lot! She still throws up! the other vet said she just has an upset stomach and gives us some medicine and she takes it, still she throws up! I dont know what to do!!! At the first vet, where i am going to get her spayed real soon, they ask if we would like to do additional blood work for like 35-40 bucks! I decided that was def. the best because she gets sick ALL THE TIME!! But she isnt going to get spayed for a couple weeks yet and i dont know if there is anything i can do for her now, while im waiting to take her to get spayed and wait for blood work to be done!!! Or maybe should i get the blood work now, or what!?! oh i am just at an udder loss for words because i dont know what to do for her!! She acts fine, she plays and has a good time, i just dont know!!! HELP!!!!

Get bloodwork done ASAP. When you take her outside to go potty or play, keep her on a leash. Their could be some kind of toxins or something your grass causing her to become sick.

Do you or your parents use household cleaners regularly like Mr. Clean? These kinds of cleaners can cause problems in sensitive pets.

okay, im going to sched. her spay tomorrow(it's my day off and ill have alot more time to talk to the vet about it) Well i dont live with my pets, and im almost positive there's nothing on the grass, other than alot of sticks and leaves! but ill def. get her in right away!

Let me know how it goes! :)

You are aware that dogs eat grass to throw up. it's kind of a cleansing thing for them. Is this something more than that?

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Originally Posted by Corinna

You are aware that dogs eat grass to throw up. it's kind of a cleansing thing for them. Is this something more than that?

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That's a myth. ;)

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That's a myth.

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I'm glad to hear someone else say this. My Beagle, Daisy, loves to graze on plants and grass. I sometimes call her my giraffe (because she'll stretch her neck to get to a plant)! ;) This never makes her sick.

I hope the vet is able to figure out what is going on with Coco. It is so frusturating when you can't figure out what to do to help them.

Quote "Well i dont live with my pets"

Did you mean I don't live with my parents?

It could also be her food causing this to happen. It's very very common. What does she throw up? Food or bile?

Certain foods used to make my RB dog Sami throw up. She'd no sooner eat then it would be right back on the floor. Other foods, no trouble. She too was a grazer and loved to lay in the grass and nibble on it. Now that my Sasha is 12 years old, I've found that certain treats that she always used to get now make her throw up.

I agree that you need the blood work and a thorough check with the vet but you should also look at what your dog is eating.

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Originally Posted by sanford8916

Quote "Well i dont live with my pets"

Did you mean I don't live with my parents?

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haha yea thats what i ment! I was typing fast!!

I called today to get coco an Appt. to be spayed! Her appt. is Oct. 3rd...well we take her in the 3rd and she gets to come home thursday the 5th! Her actual surgery would be the 4th at about 6 in the morning! I taked to the Vet. Assistant and told her about coco's throwing up and she said that the blood work will rule out some of the possibilities that it could possibly be and i might want to bring in another fecal sample just in case, because the heart guard doesnt cover a couple of worms that she could possibly pick up!! im crossing my fingers!! this throwing up is just getting out of hand!! She threw up not more then 20 minutes ago on my kitchen floor!! It's driving me crazy because she looks fine, acts fine...other than she's a little more tired than usual, but she's always been a sleepy puppy-ever since she was a puppy! she still plays and gets excited and stuff!! Im just at a loss for words with her, i hope it's nothing serious!!

I hope Coco starts to feel better. Lou Lou will be spayed that week too. :)

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the heart guard doesnt cover a couple of worms that she could possibly pick up!!

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I use interceptor. It prevents additional worms that heartgaurd doesn't, such as whip worms. I had Penny on heartgaurd. When i got Daisy she came with whip worms (which are very contagious-through saliva, i.e. sharing a water bowl). i switched them both to interceptor. When i asked my vet why this isn't reccomended over heartgaurd she said that heartgaurd is more popular because it is a chewy (interceptor is a tablet). this is not an issue for me because mine will eat anything! but, if it was, you could just hide in a piece of cheese or something.

Oh, whip worms can also be hard to detect. the vet didn't catch daisy's on her first deworming but they were most likely there at the time.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you can find out what the problem is and begin treatment to get her feeling better.

I just looked up some info. on whipworms but it doesnt look like it causes dogs to throw up! Does anyone know what kind of worm, if any? causes a dog to throw up or anything like that? thanks!!

Coco threw up yet again this morning!!! This is just completely beyond me!! Something is happening inside her and no one knows what it is!! I just hope she stays well until her vet appt.!!!

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Originally Posted by coco-bean

Coco threw up yet again this morning!!! This is just completely beyond me!! Something is happening inside her and no one knows what it is!! I just hope she stays well until her vet appt.!!!

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For a puppy the most common causes of casual vomiting in order will be:

Worms or parasites.

Stomach acid build up.

Food allergy and/or maldigestion.

Structural problems in the disgestive tract such as megaesophagus, esophageal constrictions - although these causes tend to lead to consistent vomiting for each meal.

In an older dog there are a myriad of other esoteric causes.

If puppy is vomiting bile more than food that would point more towards acid build up. A harmless try would be to give 75 mg of Zantac (or 200 mg of Tagamet/Cimetidine) 1 hr before the time in the day when puppy is consistently vomiting. If there is no particular time then just give the acid blocker once a day of a time of your choosing. Confirm the dosage with the Vet. They might recommend morning and evening. Keep the food diet constant. Constantly changing the diet in a puppy is just asking for problems.

Per grass a dog will typical graze for two reasons:

1. Acid build up in the stomach causing them to instinctively want to eat something. Feeding more frequently takes care of this problem.
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2. There is some antidotal evidence some dogs may graze due to vitamin deficiencies. But the connection is loose.

My 3 yr old female will eat grass every chance she gets, and very sheldom gets sick. On our trip to the pond earlier today while the other dogs swam, she grazed at the water edge, then ate grass along the trail, and of course at home. Ate her dinner, and is currently sound asleep on her pillow 2 ft away. When my 3 yr old male tries to keep up with his older sister, he'll usually get sick more often than not. Fortunately he's much less a grazer. He also had morning bile vomiting for a few weeks around 4-5 months of age. A combination of Zantac and growing out of it solved the problem. Yours may be in one of those phases. He also receives Zantac when the Vet sends him home with his once a year dewormer Panacur, as he gets an upset tummy on the dewormer unless given the Zantac.

If your puppy has a good energy level, is drinking water, and has an interest in food then it will be fine before its spaying.

poor girl! :( I hope she is better soon! ((CoCo)) when is her vet appt. ???

her vet appt. is on the 4th of october! But im going to call and cancel the one with the vet she normally goes to and resched. it at another vet's office! The only reason being is because i dont trust to leave coco alone with that vet! I have full confidence when i am in the room but NONE as soon as i leave! a guy from work recommended me to a vet's office closer, which is in the same town i live in! He takes all 4 of his dogs there and he said the lady is SUPER great with dogs, which is def. what i want! i switch coco to some different food, because i was asking around to see what other people thought and they all said the same thing, switch the food and see what happeneds! well i switched her a day and a half ago, and so far so good! no throwing up! YAY!! but she still needs to be spayed so that will be in the next couple weeks or so!