Dog vomiting

Chris wrote:
> I have a 3 year old mutt. She is quite healthy and active. Every few
> weeks she vomits on the carpet. Somtimes there is lots of her food and
> othertimes just fluid. After that she is back to normal. This is
> destroying the carpets and I am also concerned about her.
> I have changed her type of food, but that did not help.
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
> Chris

What was the old food and what did you change to? It probably just
wasn't the right change.
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chardonnay9 wrote:
>What was the old food and what did you change to? It probably just
>wasn't the right change.

You really don't have the knowledge, skill, experience, or
judgment to make those kinds of diagnoses on a dog you've
never met and about whom you know next to nothing. Heck,
you're not qualified to diagnose dogs you've known all their
lives.

To the OP: it might be allergies, it might be physical
problems, it might be parasites, it might be disease. Talk
to a vet.
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Melinda Shore wrote:
> In article ,
> chardonnay9 wrote:
>> What was the old food and what did you change to? It probably just
>> wasn't the right change.
>
> You really don't have the knowledge, skill, experience, or
> judgment to make those kinds of diagnoses on a dog you've
> never met and about whom you know next to nothing.

You really don't have the knowledge, skill, experience or judgement to
make any judgement about me.

Heck,
> you're not qualified to diagnose dogs you've known all their
> lives.
>
> To the OP: it might be allergies, it might be physical
> problems, it might be parasites, it might be disease. Talk
> to a vet.

Yeah, go to a vet so they can talk you into one of their Science Diet
diets which is garbage. Expensive garbage.
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chardonnay9 wrote:
>Yeah, go to a vet so they can talk you into one of their Science Diet
>diets which is garbage. Expensive garbage.

No, go to a vet and get an informed opinion about what's
going on. Your continuing diagnosis of every health problem
as diet-related is irresponsible but it's also the signature
of a crank. You don't know what's going on with the dog in
question. You don't know anything about the dog in question
other than it vomits occasionally, and at different points
in the digestive process. (That alone ought to be a big fat
clue, but it's not as if you've ever shown an inclination to
actually *think* about anything.)

And I've never had a vet try to sell me Science Diet, ever.
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:26:18 -0500, "Chris" wrote:

>I have a 3 year old mutt. She is quite healthy and active. Every few weeks
>she vomits on the carpet. Somtimes there is lots of her food and othertimes
>just fluid. After that she is back to normal. This is destroying the carpets
>and I am also concerned about her.
>I have changed her type of food, but that did not help.
>Any suggestions are appreciated.

Getting a vets opinion on such an issue is often a *very* good idea.

Her regular feed is, of course, relevant.

But the first thing I'd do is just watch her carefully. Is she ingesting
stuff that she should not? Like <something> from the yard when she
goes out to potty? Etc, etc.

I
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"Chris" said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

> I have a 3 year old mutt. She is quite healthy and active.
> Every few weeks she vomits on the carpet. Somtimes there
> is lots of her food and othertimes just fluid. After that
> she is back to normal.

Your dog's forms of vomitting may be unrelated. The fluid vomit
is very common and is often related to an empty stomach. Try
feeding the last meal later in the day, splitting the meals into
three, or giving a snack before bed time.

Regurgitating undigested food is also common; in my experience
it happens after being fed (duh) and then behaving like animals
(not flippant, just true).

How long has this been going on?

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