Animal Health (General)

[Guest]

My 11 mo. old rat terrier has started vomitting about twice a day. He eats everything he finds outside, he is on
eukenuba food (adult food) I tryed giving him pepto bismol but it dont seem to help. He does not have diarreah. he has been wormed and all his shots are up to date. what do I do for him? please help. Thank you

[BeagleMum]

I would suggest switching him to a better quality kibble and see if that helps. Eukanuba is pretty low on the lest (near the bottom actually) when it comes to quality kibble. Look at the first 5 ingredients. If it had corn, brewers anything ot any animal by-product, do not buy it. If you get a better food, you will have to feed the dog less because there is less garbage and fillers in it.

[Daveyo]

Listen if your dog is vomiting twice a day, that is a serious problem. Get that dog to the Vet, have it checked for infections or poisons or a blockage in the throat area.. Dogs do get tummy flu, or bladder and kidney problems and especially if they eat something that is a poison to them. Yes any these symptoms can cause a dog to vomit.

While your at it, do check for poisoning. Yes people kill dogs using rat poison. In your case I suspect this is most likely the cause or something in the throat area. It is possible that there may be some kind of poisoning since your dog likes to eat anything that is around. That is dangerous. When you have your dog out, watch your dog like a hawk. The minute you see your dog about to chew on something stop that dog and train it not to eat outside period.

Good luck.