Excess Acid/Bile causes vomitting???

sl2crmeg

Do you give her a snack RIGHT before bed? Pirate used to do this, until I started giving him a cookie at 10 or 11PM - literally, as we are going to bed. Natural Balance makes a nice limited ingredient cookie that is sweet-potato based.

Yup, about 11:30 every night before she goes in her crate we give her a rice/pumpkin, and natural meat dog treat in a kong.  She loves it...and does great...it only seems to happen on an empty stomach after she wakes up.  So who knows!  I've given her that treat since the stomach issues began...and she always does great on it during the day...it's like sleeping is the x-factor in this.  We checked for hypoglycemia...but besides the vomitting she hasn't really had any other symptoms.  I'm debating about setting my alarm for like 2am to give her the kong instead....although I know it will break her heart to not get it every night when we "tuck her in" lol.  Let me know what you think!

RubyandStewiesmom

.and if there is any place I can see how much pepcid to give her...I'd like to start off SUPER low...and only give more if nescessary. 

A book you MUST get - "The Pill Book Guide to Medications for Your Dog and Cat" (Dell Reference -- last pub 1998) -- you can get it on Amazon for like $6.99 -- it has dose charts for MANY things you can get for your dog, and it also explains the side effects, what an "overdose" looks like, and how the med "works".

 Tagament is a drug called cimetidine -- 5 mg/pound  (five milligrams per pound) given 3-4 times a day

Pepcid (and Pepcid AC) are a cousin drug called famotodine -- 0.25 mg/pound (thats one-fourth of a milligram per pound) given 1-2 times a day

Zantac is a third cousin drug call Ranitidine -- 0.5 - 1 mg/pound (one half to one milligram per pound) given 2-3 times a day

Probably Tagament (altho the oldest and cheapest) is the least "friendly" of the 3.  These really are NOT meant for long term -- they can all cause the very thing they're trying to prevent if you use them long term.

(yes, all that info is from the "Pill Book Guide";)

Giving something right before bed -- and I know you're trying not to do grains but those tend to last the longest in the gut -- tho some sort of sweet potato based cookie *would* work better.  Frankly, you'd probably be best off to MAKE something on your own -- maybe sweet potato and ground millet or something.

Honestly -- if I were to give you a couple more suggestions --

A.  I would do the Slippery Elm Cocktail and give it half an hour before meals (and you can give it again at bedtime).  It's VERY healing to the stomach and will help a great deal.  (I;ll  put it at the end of this post)

 B.  I would find a TCVM vet (Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine) -- they can often help these recurrent gut problems with acupuncture and herbs that are FAR easier on the gut long-term and won't cause long term problems.  This honestly is something TCVM does WAY better than regular veterinary medicine.  And it's really pretty common now -- it's on the vet school curriculum up at the University of Florida at Gainesville, among other places.

1 -- half a cup of boiling water.

2 -- add 1 rounded tsp. of ground slippery elm

3 -- let cool totally

4 -- add 1/8 c. + 2 tablespoons of aloe juice

5 -- add 10 drops of chlorophyll

6 -- Add 2-3 capsules (open the caps) of acidolpholus

Once you get it mixed up and whipped smooth, it keeps in the fridge for 3-4 days (after that the acidopholous dies). 

Use a baby medicine syringe and load it FULL.  Give about half an hour before a meal.  Just put the tip of the syringe behind the canine tooth and hold the mouth loosely closed.  Squirt slowly so they can work their tongue to swallow.

All 3 are anti-ulcer drugs -- the main difference is how long they "work" in the body.  Tagament is given 3-4 times a day.  Pepcid lasts a little longer and is given 1-2 times a day.  Usually Zantac is twice a day/