dog being sick, cant keep down her food, help?

Question

hi, since last night my dog has been being sick and bringing up all her food, its not straight away after shes ate it, can be as long as 8 hours after, its been going on since last night bout 8 ish she was sick bout 2 times before bed, 4 times during the night and twice today, and when she has no more food to sick up she sicks up flem instead, she also asked to go outside but i didnt get there in time so she done a small very runny poo inside, i phoned the emergency vet tonight who said not to give her any food or water till the morning then to bring her in, i feel so bad for her as she hasnt kept no food down since yesterday so must be starving, and i esp dont understand why she cant have water? also i have to mention that just before she was sick she ate the cat food, could this be the problem? can anyone help me? please

Answer 1

The sooner your vet attends to your dog, the better. The reason why you were advised not to give any water as well as no food was, probably, just incase your vet needs to do any tests or X-rays which would require an anaesthetic.

Must admit, over the years, I've experienced similar things with one or other of my pets. It could be a reaction to something your dog has eaten or she could even have a blockage somewhere in her digestive tract. Anyway, no use guessing as I'm not a vet. Leave it to the experts and get your dog there ASAP. Hope she recovers and all is well.

Mo

Answer 2

There is hope. It's really silly and time wasting that your vet gave your dog antibiotics without any blood work. Yellowing of dogs extremities is called jaundice and can be caused by a number of factors. Your vet needs to do a full blood count and serum chemistry to check for anemia, liver function and biliruben levels. This can rule out some causes. But an x-ray or ultrasound would need to be done to see if the jaundice is caused by gaulstones (which would be a multi-thousand dollar surgery to remove) or a tumor. Antibiotics may help your dog, but it won't if the underlying cause is stones or tumors. Good luck. And if you decide to go forward with treatment, it might be pretty expensive. I hope the antibiotics work and your dog turns out just fine.

Answer 3

I would call a vet on this one, get it checked out before it becomes serious and costs a lot!