Dog vomiting - what to do?

I'm sure smarter people than I will wade in here...but raw chicken? Hells Bells I would puke more than your dog does. Has he been wormed recently? One of our guys was 8 years old and fed dried food all his life but I happened to see what I will not describe here tonight and got him right in to the vet the next day! Speaking of vets...has he been in recently?

Take him to the vet.  He may have pancreatitis,  Pancreatitis can kill a dog.  Scooby the Wonder Dog just had a bout of this.  Vomiting and water poop for about half a day.  Then lethargy, wouldn't drink, wouldn't pee, wouldn't walk.  Two days in the hospital with an IV of antibiotics and pain killers took care of him.

@RRP‌. ..I'm pretty sure he meant the pup was on a raw diet with chicken being the protein.

I'm with Ron on this one. Our dog is 14 years young and has battled a sensitive stomach for most of it. Bet told us that dogs need a stable diet of the same thing and that varying that diet can cause trouble. We've had good luck with science diet sensitive stomach food.

First off for those that don't understand raw diets or have never been exposed to it. It sounds absolutely crazy but, this is "Fact" one of the best diets for canines. It has many befits and those that oppose it are out there as well. But, that is a different subject all together.
First things first and that is getting to a Vet for cultures and blood work. Although raw is one of the best diets for a canine we opted to go with Blue Buffalo. You may not have changed the diet but, your dog may have got into a plant, root, etc which could also cause these symptoms or could be more serious. And unless your dog is trained in food refusal is it possible someone has given him/her bad things to eat or laced with bad stuff. I realize it's a reach but, it has and does happen. Go to your Veterinarian you owe it to them.

Take him to the vet, let them run some labs on him.  Hopefully it's nothing too serious. I had a dog that got a massive infection in it's intestines and stuff, lots of necrotic tissue inside once they opened her up for surgury, she had to be put down.  The vets commented that they were amazed how happy and normal she acted for how messed up she was inside.  Please don't let your dogs' happy behavior make you decide against seeing a vet.

Plus a bunch for taking him/her to the vet.

FanOfFanboys said: Carolina Q said: Has he gotten into any apples, cherries or peaches lately? The fruit's ok (I think), but the seeds/pits contain cyanide which is of course, fatal if enough is eaten. Mine ate half an apple core I left within reach the other day/ Spent the next day throwing up, like yours, on the carpet. Which is when I found out about the cyanide. The following day he was fine.
Bottom line, I know there is at least one vet on the other forum, but most of us are not. Take him there. That is an interesting idea. I do have a apple tree, forget which kind of apple, in my backyard. Last year he was a puppy so never went to that side of yard. Might be option that he did eat one. 

No expert by any stretch, but I think the dog has to bite into the seed or pit for the cyanide to become a problem. If he swallows one whole, maybe not so serious. 

My dog developed allergies as she aged. Any blood in the vomit?

The vet instruction was to reduce the diet to plain rice for five days or so. If there is no more reaction, start introducing other food. Start with boiled plain chicken. Do that for a few days. If any of the new foods elicit a response you know where the allergy lies. You literally add one more ingredient at a time per five days.


If the vomiting continues and it's just rice, something else is going on.

nick_banich said:

I wouldn't not feed him - that can cause ulcers and him throwing up even more.

Until a vet sees him, we won't know.  Scooby the Wonder Dog had pancreatitis and any food or water would increase the seriousness of it.  They gave him an IV to rehydrate him because even drinking water would stimulate the pancreas and make it worse.  So really, until a vet sees him any action or inaction might be right or wrong.

But you are right about money being no object for many of us when it comes to our pets.  Scooby the Wonder Dog is now worth $2000 more than he was about 2 weeks ago.  It was well worth the money, both because we love him and he should still have a few good years left, but curiously enough, he had been slowing down and having weakness in his back legs for months.  They diagnosed it as a combination of arthritis and nerve irritation at the base of his spine.  He comes out of the hospital, and boom, he is now like he was 6 months ago, no leg weakness, a lot more eager to go for longer walks.  We imagine the pancreatitis must have been annoying him all that time and building up to the day when all went wrong. 

Take him to the vet. If was you child you'd take him/her to the doctor .

Vet, no food for 24 hours since last throw-up/diarrhea episode. Cooked rice to ease back into it. 

Why are you even asking what to do here? Why isn't he at the vet already? Any pet owner worth his salts would take care of his pets in an expedited manner.