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my lab is 6 yrs old and just within three days he can not ...
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my lab is 6 yrs old and just within three days he can not keep anything down. i gave him white rice to see if that would calm his stomach. He only eats dry food. his nose is dry. he vommits what he eats

 

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May 19 9:35 PM (1 hour and 11 minutes and 10 seconds later)
         
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Hi Customer (name blocked for privacy),

How are the BM's.

Does he seem tender in his abdomen?

Can/does he keep water down?

Did he get any meaty treats, or raid the trash, a day or two before he started this?

He's a little old, but does he like to chew on things, like pups do?

If you will answer these and get back to me later, it'll help narrow things down. Thanks


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May 20 3:38 PM (18 hours and 3 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
Reply to Peter Bennett, DVM's Post: thank you for repling
1. bm's are dark brown and hard.
2. abdomen is not tender to the touch.
3. yes, he is keeping his water down to my knowledge.
4. yes, he is our trash intruder
5. eats dirt and bark from sticks
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May 20 4:10 PM (31 minutes and 41 seconds later)
         
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Hi Customer (name blocked for privacy)'

Stools sound ok, if too firm, but what's 'hard' unless you step on it.
Normal abdomen rules out acute pancreatitis.
Water goes through without objection.
Might have anything in his stomach.

I am suspicious of something irritating in his stomach, as 'got down, but can't get further and won't come back up'.

Dirt and bark should pose no stomach problem. After 6 years surely he chews his bark well enough.

Trash is something else. And only you know what is in your trash. I assume he is selective and 'eating' only at home. If not, who knows what lurks in... that good stuff down the street?

My recommendation is a trip to the vet. Probably an x-ray. But plastics show poorly, if at all. May want some contrast medium to outline the stomach. Or an ultrasound.

I'm just sticking to a foreign object of some sort. Not going into other things, since he just vomits when he gets solid things in his stomach.

This is where I get off, unless you have other insightful info?
Best wishes, and I hope you get a not too expensive souvenir.



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May 20 8:10 PM (3 hours and 59 minutes and 53 seconds later)
         
Reply to Peter Bennett, DVM's Post: would a raw chicken breast cause any of these system? what type food should we try, could an allergic reaction to the present food do this? is there any old school stomach med that we might give a go. it was our garbage not anybody elses.

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May 20 8:53 PM (43 minutes and 27 seconds later)
         
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A raw breast has a lot of bones. Granted, it got chewed, but no better than it takes to get it swallowed. Stomach acid will soften it, but I'd be lying if I said how fast. And it may just soften it enough to get down into the gut. Possible problems aren't over until it is out of the dog.

Food allergies cause itching, not vomiting. The problem is a space occupying object that irritates the stomach. Anything that stimulates much stomach activity results in vomitting. If you have canned food, water it down into a gruel, or even thinner, and try this for nutrition.

No need to try to get it back up. It will come back on it's own if it can, but, like going south, it may get stuck coming 'north'.

Actually, we're speculating. There is only one way to confirm this... an x-ray. If confirmed, decision can be made whether to wait, or surgically remove it.

If there are no chicken parts there, consider something invisible to x-ray, and the advice of your vet.

As long as this has gone on, I think you may be able to wait till Monday before checking with your vet, but not longer.

Best wishes. Feel free if more questions.


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May 20 9:20 PM (26 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
Reply to Peter Bennett, DVM's Post: iknow where your going with this. the chicken breast was boneless and was beginning to spoil or was spoiled. could this be a virus that needs to run its course.
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May 20 9:42 PM (22 minutes and 12 seconds later)
         
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Well, I'd not think it was a virus. Usually dogs can handle spoiled stuff, but maybe not. Try him on a tablespoon of Pepto, to help settle his gastric tissues.

Plus, what else could he have swallowed? The sudden onset, the ability to handle liquids, this suggests an object, not an infection, something physical, not biological.

It has neither improved nor worsened, has it? And this is the only symptom you are seeing, still? Is he feverish, or depressed? I know...with a Lab it's hard to tell because they resist having a bad time.

I don't mean to sound bull-headed, but give me something else to go on?


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May 20 10:10 PM (27 minutes and 57 seconds later)
         
Reply to Peter Bennett, DVM's Post: it has not worsened or improved. i would say he's depressed not sure of fever, not very active not like him. we gave him some oatmeal with white rice tonight for his dinner. i will let you know tomorrow of the result of tonight thank you for being patient.
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May 21 8:27 PM (22 hours and 16 minutes and 29 seconds later)
         
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Hi Customer (name blocked for privacy),

I am out of here for a few days, shortly. If this persists with no improvement, or worsens, I hope you'll be off to the vet's.

Something isn't right, and first hand exam is infinitely better. (Long distance love affairs are only good up to a point.)

Best wishes.


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May 25 10:42 AM (3 days and 14 hours later)
         
Reply to Peter Bennett, DVM's Post: hunter had an upset stomach and we are giving him some form of pepsid
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