Hi All - it's been a rough 12 hours in our house! So last night around 6:30 I fed both dogs (Cash - 16 months and Colt - 7 months). Colt gobbled up his food like normal and Cash kind of turned his nose up at it. He's not a huge eater so I didn't think much of it (they are both on different foods). Around 8:00 p.m., Colt started throwing up. At first, we assumed it was because he ate too fast (a terrible problem of his!), but then it didn't stop .... In the course of 2-3 hours, he threw up about 5 times. He made a couple of wines, curled up into my lap, and then would run off outside to throw up. My husband mentioned that he might have chewed up a toy so we made that frantic phone nighttime call to the vet since we were concerned about a blockage. They told us it was a judgement call about bringing him to the hospital and the main concern was dehydration. About as soon as I hung up the phone, Colt began to return to normal so we decided to wait out the night.
Well, right around 2 am, Cash started throwing up. Since then, Cash has thrown up probably 6-7 times and since he hasn't eaten anything, it's pretty much all water. He's incredibly "down" and has no energy. We have not offered him food yet but when he's had anything to drink, it comes back up 5 mins later (just like it did with Colt). He looks MISERABLE and my heart breaks for him.
Colt, on the other hand, is already back to normal.
We have an appointment in a couple of hours with the vet for Cash. In the meantime, I was wondering if you have any thoughts? It doesn't appear like they got into anything (I even walked around the house and backyard to see if we might have missed anything), they both eat different food, no swollen/distended stomach (I was concerned about bloat), I haven't seen worms in anything, and since they both are sick - I tend to think it isn't a blockage. Is it possible for dogs to get the stomach flu? Usually I would wait 24 hours before taking him to the vet, but since he's not keeping down water, I want him seen today.
THANK YOU for all of your help!
Well, right around 2 am, Cash started throwing up. Since then, Cash has thrown up probably 6-7 times and since he hasn't eaten anything, it's pretty much all water. He's incredibly "down" and has no energy. We have not offered him food yet but when he's had anything to drink, it comes back up 5 mins later (just like it did with Colt). He looks MISERABLE and my heart breaks for him.
Colt, on the other hand, is already back to normal.
We have an appointment in a couple of hours with the vet for Cash. In the meantime, I was wondering if you have any thoughts? It doesn't appear like they got into anything (I even walked around the house and backyard to see if we might have missed anything), they both eat different food, no swollen/distended stomach (I was concerned about bloat), I haven't seen worms in anything, and since they both are sick - I tend to think it isn't a blockage. Is it possible for dogs to get the stomach flu? Usually I would wait 24 hours before taking him to the vet, but since he's not keeping down water, I want him seen today.
THANK YOU for all of your help!