Throwing up yellow bile

[Seravieve]

I have a rottie/blue healer mix that has a similar problem. He does it more frequently than you doggie. Maybe 2 or 3 times a week. Our vet said that unless its everyday, theres not really a problem. And that we should give him Tums or Pepcid AC... Tums seems to be working so far.. I guess its just an acid stomach build up.. We feed our dogs in the morning and at night.. so Im not too sure.

[emc]

How often do you give the tums?

[mike001]

My dogs always did that. I noticed that it always seemed to be after a huge meal the night before. My vet says it's normal for dogs to do this, they will sometimes eat grass to help settle their stomach. Could be a stressful event from the day before and digestion wasn't proper. I don't mind cleaning it up off the floor, but when it's on the carpeting it has to be done right or it will stain. You could try adding enzymes to the diet too.

[dragondawg]

I have a rottie/blue healer mix that has a similar problem. He does it more frequently than you doggie. Maybe 2 or 3 times a week. Our vet said that unless its everyday, theres not really a problem. And that we should give him Tums or Pepcid AC... Tums seems to be working so far.. I guess its just an acid stomach build up.. We feed our dogs in the morning and at night.. so Im not too sure.

Having a dog throw up 2-3X a week is about 2-3X too much, despite what your Vet indicates. Chances are if you give the dog Pepcid AC (yet another H2 Acid blocker) everyday for 2-3 weeks, you will be rid of the weekly nausea. If the esophagus has been burned enough times by reflux and vomiting, then imagine yourself having severe heartburn everytime you eat. Nothing wrong with giving tums, but it alone really isn't going to suppress the acid long enough to allow healing. Be it dog or human, the stomach will usually try to compensate by producing more acid to restore the pH after Tums. You could still use it in addition to the Pepcid for a couple of weeks before feedings- 1 hr before feeding for Pepcid.

Morning and night feedings works with my puppies. They get about 1/3 of their ration in the morning and 2/3 at night. Probably various other proportions would work just as well.

If a dog is so stressed out that it vomits the next day, then it should be placed on Prozac.

Grass eating may or may not have linkage to stomach acid or a naseated feeling. My 3 yr female eats grass voraciously in the Spring, and has sheldom regugitated it. Best I can figure out is that she just enjoys the smell and taste of it, despite the fact she does not like veggies. In my neighbor's dog, grass eating was directly connected to acid build up.