Okay I Just Need Help??UPDATE!!!

**coco-bean** · 09-19-2006, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by sanford8916

Quote "Well i dont live with my pets"

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

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

**coco-bean** · 09-20-2006, 01:02 PM

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!!

**sanford8916** · 09-20-2006, 01:42 PM

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

**flowergirl** · 09-21-2006, 05:48 PM

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

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.

**coco-bean** · 09-21-2006, 08:53 PM

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-bean** · 09-22-2006, 09:07 AM

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.!!!

**dragondawg** · 09-24-2006, 07:47 PM

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.!!!

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.
or
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.