Ari's Vomiting =(

Sharon:  any news on Ari???

Deb W.

iluvjamison

Sharon:  any news on Ari???

 

Deb W.

Please come back and update us!!

 We ended up not going to the e-vet. She started drinking on her own and whined at her food dish and started playing. We went for a short walk and she was romping and rolling in the grass like she normally does. I gave her 1/4-1/2 a can of I/D (slowly over the course of a couple of hours) and added water to it. She was fine all night, and frisky to boot. This morning unfortuantely, she did vomit and her stools were completely runny, but she was able to hold it and go outside. She's going into her regular vet this morning for the day. I'm leaving shortly to drop her off. This is just all sorts of odd. She's acting completely fine/normal today (outside of vomiting this morning). Hopefully the vet will have some answers. Either way, I'm all out of I/D and I think she'll need a super bland diet for another couple of days anyway.

At the very least, she's seems happy and has stolen a pair of socks this morning - something she hasn't done since Saturday! She got bitey (playful bitey/wanting to wrestle) with us last night and again we hadn't seen that since Saturday. Never thought I would be happy for her to get all bitey with us! I'm not seeing any signs in her that give me great cause for concern. She threw up 3 times on Sunday, once on Monday (plus one really soft stool) and today threw up once and that small bit of diarrhea this morning. We'll see what the vets have to say. They want to keep her for the day, rehydrate her since she likely needs it despite drinking a good amount of fluid last night on her own. I hate it when she's at the vets for the day. I know they watch the dogs there very well and take great care of them, but it just doesn't feel right not having her underfoot!

I'm glad she's feeling better despite the vomiting and diarreah this morning.  Hopefully, you'll find out what's going on after the vet stay.  I hate leaving my dogs at the vet too but sometimes it's the best thing.   Sending more good vibes for nothing serious going on.

 Well, Ari's spending the night at the vets. She was dehydrated, so they are going to rehydrate her overnight. They also gave her a shot to settle her stomach/vomiting.

At this point, the only concern was the dehydration (it was not bad at all, but where she won't drink on her own a concern). The vet and I think she just is refusing water and food because her stomach has been topsy turvy. 

We've also started to discuss some long term strategies. The vet and I honestly don't know what's going on with her. She gets like this every several months (and it may or may not have been just coincidental that she was just vaccinated) and her skin is acting up again. We're likely going to be addressing her diet (right now it's California Natural Chicken and Rice and has been for some time) and maybe looking into a hypoallergenic commercial diet or I'm considering doing home-cooked and doing an elimination diet. However, where her skin and stomach issues are sporadic (her last episode was several months ago), I have a feeling it's going to be incredibly hard to determine what (if anything) in her diet is the culprit. 

You never would have guessed she was feeling ill though at the vets office. Butt wags, flat coat kisses and crazy antics were all anyone saw! She also got to see her favorite vet tech. She amuses the staff greatly there.

I'm going to miss my girl tonight, but I know she's in good hands. 

 I'm glad she's doing better and hope she's able to come home tomorrow.

the_gopher

You never would have guessed she was feeling ill though at the vets office. Butt wags, flat coat kisses and crazy antics were all anyone saw! She also got to see her favorite vet tech. She amuses the staff greatly there.

 She sounds like a real sweetie. It's great that she doesn't mind being at the vets.

Yeah, she really likes the vets office. They started seeing her since she was 10 weeks and they've always been fantastic with her. Given that she's a naturally social dog, it just reaffirmed that the vet office is good!

She comes home today later this afternoon. I miss the bugger. It's just too darned quiet in this house. They said she is doing much better.

Glad Ari's doing better, Sharon.

We are just starting up with tummy woes with Echo.  Not fun.

 Awww! I think I read that somewhere that she's got a touchy stomach (think it was in relation to treats). It's no fun at all. The only food that will cause an immediate reaction with Ari is anything super high in fat. I love using 98% Fat free turkey dogs as treats. I'll cut then in half length wise and then cut them up into tiny slivers. To make them extra special, I'll pan cook or microwave them until burnt. Ari loves 'em like that.

I can totally relate to what your going through. The worry of should I take him in or should I wait, will he improve? will this pass... It drives you crazy

Henry was sick for the first 2 months we had him and still gets sick. We are still trying to figure out whats wrong. Henry has had to stay overnight for dehydration many of times. It got to the point the vet just showed me how to inject fluids underneath his skin.

I started keeping a diary of when Henry got sick, what he ate that day, what we did etc...

How old is Ari? I hope you figure out whats wrong with.

All the best.

 Yeah, we don't usually jump anymore to take her to the vet immediately- because we've dealt with this since she was 10 weeks old. She's just over 2 years old now. The vomiting frequency has calmed waaaay down. It's easy for us to keep track of what she ate, because it HAD been the same food for a very long time now. We also figured out marrow bones for her are a no no, even if I scrape the vast majority of the marrow out.

This is the first time, getting sick, she's refused water. All other times, she would refuse food, but would drink enough on her own. Typically, she'll drink and we can eventually get her to eat some I/D Science Diet and get the issue cleared up on our own in 1-2 days.

She's much better now, after her vet stay. After reading/hearing so much about how allergies can be a cumulative/systematic thing, that's what we're leaning towards with her.  I do know that in the Spring in Summer, she gets sporadic skin issues, along with her ears getting yeasty. And while it doesn't always happen she gets sick, it's not unusual for her to occasionally get diarrhea alongside a bad skin flareup. We're putting her own a commercial hypoallergenic diet for the time being, and then I'm going to start cooking for her. Good folks here have pointed me to a number of good resources. Once I finalize my plan for her, I'll be moving Ari over to home cooking. I'm hoping to figure out a diet, and I'm planning to take her to a TVCM (TCVM?! I'm a tad sleep deprived....) doctor as well, for an alternative look at getting Ari on the track to hopefully managing her skin, ears and tummy issues a heck of a lot better.

the_gopher

I'm planning to take her to a TVCM (TCVM?! I'm a tad sleep deprived....) doctor as well, for an alternative look at getting Ari on the track to hopefully managing her skin, ears and tummy issues a heck of a lot better.

"TCVM"

http://www.tcvm.com/

Dawnben

If you want to avoid the vet for that, add 2 or 3 organic prunes to his meals 2 times a week.

Start with small amounts until you find out how the dog's system responds.  Prunes add fiber, but they also have a laxative effect, so you don't want to overdo it.