Should I be worried?

[Atemas]

Last week Red was sick in the night, then bought back her breakfast. Almost every night since, I have been coming down to her having bought up bile with some grass in. I wasn’t unduly bothered but this morning there was quite a lot of it.

I seem to remember reading in the past that this has happened to a few dogs.

In herself she has been fine. She has 2 good walks a day. I play ball with her out in the garden early evening. I have noticed the last few evenings, she is not so enthusiastic and keen to go in. The weather is getting warmer so she may naturally have less energy. She sleeps all evening from early on (but we are up very early each morning - 5 am) so is sleeping for around 10 hours a night. She sleeps a lot between her walks but that’s nothing different

Food wise - I have gradually cut her food down by 60g - she was overweight earlier in the year and she is slowly looking a bit trimmer. She gets 3 KONGs a day and I give treats when she has her lunchtime walk. At bedtime she has 3 small fish cubes which she has always had.

i really don‘t want to be ringing the vets (but obviously would if I necessary). I don’t want to be dismissing something

 

[Atemas]

Just to add - she is weeing and pooing ok. The only difference is where we used to walk around the village early evening and she would do both, she won‘t do it in the garden

 

[Granca]

Maybe just phone the vet to check? My vets now use an app for video consultations too. A phone call would set your mind at rest, even if Red is otherwise ok. Wispa spends time eating grass when we’re out in the garden, but as yet she’s not been sick.

 

[Jen]

This happens to Stanley if he doesn’t eat enough.

The bile/grass combo irritates his stomach. I’d maybe try a bigger supper before bed x

 

[MellowYellow]

Good advice from Jen, give her a handful of dog biscuits before she goes to bed.

 

[HAH]

We’ve had similar @Atemas with Kipper - went for about 4 days on and off with him bringing up grass and bile first thing. Pretty sure for us it’s hunger related, he’s been having fewer Kongs in the evening and OH doesn’t treat much on their walk, so in combination he was having a fair bit less food during the day. We’ve been giving him a bigger bedtime feeding which has fixed it for the last few days (although he’s also coming out of a funny tummy too - poos aren’t 100% yet).

 

[Anne123]

Our first lab had a difficult stomach. That’s why I give our labs once or twice a week paunch complete, instead of kibble. They sell it here in every supermarket. It’s in the freezer. It is good for the stomach. And we give Finn a bit extra food before going to sleep. Most of the time this bringing up bile is hunger related, grass eating not....Finn did this too and it went away by giving him the paunch. I hope paunch is the right translation for pens (Dutch)

 

[Atemas]

I’d maybe try a bigger supper before bed

Thank you for replies everyone. My feeling is it’s hunger related - I will try the biscuits as well as her small fish cubes (which she absolutely adores) and see how that goes.

@Anne123, I guess what you refer to is some special food for settling the stomach - I’m not sure what the equivalent is here but I guess there will be something

 

[kateincornwall]

Reuben used to do the same . I give him a small handful of kibble before bed , sorted x

 

[Loraseal]

I think Anne means tripe?
We also have problems with Hunter at this time of the year.
He gets half a dried salmon stick or kangaroo stick when it's bedtime. (hmm yes he is spoilt!)
For some unknown reason he sprints and jumps into his basket when I go to fetch it!!

 

[Naya]

It does sound hunger related like everyone else had said. What time does she have her tea? Maybe put that a bit later?

 

[Atemas]

She has her tea at 5 pm, then a kong at 6, and the fish cubes at 9. Will see how some extra supper goes - she will be even keener to get in her night bed

 

[Cath]

May be give her everything you are, but make it 6, 7 and then 10 and see if that helps her.

 

[edzbird]

We save a portion of tea for supper at 10pm (bed time). They think they are getting 3 meals.

 

[Atemas]

We save a portion of tea for supper

She is only getting 70g at breakfast and tea (but she has the 3 meat/veg filled KONG) so that might be hard. I’m happy to give her a bit more at bedtime if it’s hunger making her sick

 

[Shaz82]

Poor Red, hope her late supper does the trick.
Maisy is eating a lot of grass at the moment and I am expecting it to come back up but it hasn't, I think it is tasty and juicy at this time of year.
But the bile she often brings up in the mornings is because she hasn't had her bedtime biscuit late enough, the later the better I think so tummy isn't empty for so long.

 

[MrChew]

We thought that Chewie might be vomiting from hunger a while back, but it turns out he was eating the fruit from palm trees and sometimes swallowing the seeds, which were too big and would eventually come back up. He spits the seeds out now.

That said, an empty stomach is still more likely if you haven't been finding anything weird in her vomit or poo!

 

[Atemas]

That said, an empty stomach is still more likely if you haven't been finding anything weird in her vomit or poo!

No apart from the sweet potato that first time which made me think that was what had made her sick. It’s just bile with a few bits of grass in it

 

[Aitch]

Yes, sounds to me as if she needs a snack at night.

 

[Atemas]

No sick this morning