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Hi everybody. Sorry for not introducing myself yet (I will later) but my pet has something I think is very serious. Here's the story...

3 weeks ago, we had to bring our pet, a 5 months old dobby, to the vet at midnight because of an emergency. She hadn't eaten in 24 hrs (she didn't want to... Usually, she's a "food addict" dog), she was vomitting litterraly everything that she was eating in the next 2 hrs after she had eaten it, she was having VERY liqui diarrhea (litterally brown water). At that time, she became lethargic... After waiting 4 hrs in the isolation room with the dog, the vet eliminated most of the things that were scaring us (Parvovirus and Obstruction). We still had to let her sleep there and put her on IV for rehydration. They gave her anti-vommiting medications. She stayed there for 2 days and after, we had to take antibiotics and a special diet (diet gastrio-instestinal problems). Even though they never found the exact reason for all this (it might have been something she ate...), the clinic saved the pet... for 1300$ (we were actually happy, the initial estimate was 3-4000$ for a 5 nights stay).

In the mean time, we moved from Kingston, ON, to Winnipeg, MB. We had to take the plane only 5 days after she was out of the animal hospital. The trip went well, she didn't make a deal out of the plane rides. We installed in our new home, everything seemed ok until now. We stopped her special diet 5 days ago. Now she's on her regular diet (Science Diet for large breed puppies). Yesterday, she started to have very liquid diarrhea, and vomiting her last night's meal (just the way she started to get sick last time). We don't want to spend an other 1300 or so dollars so we try taking the problem in advance. Last time, from the first time she had liquid diarrhea to the time she was getting lethargic, it took 48+ hours. Now we are 12 hrs after the first diarrhea. She still wants to eat so that's good. But she won't keep it for more than 2 hours. She still drinks.

Had this problem happen to anybody before? I don't see what the problem is and I just hope it's not going to be a recurring problem.

Any advise is welcome!

Thank you very much guys/gals,

Max

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Just a quick update about our little dobbie, she seems fine now. She has harder poops and she can eat without vomitting. We fed her her food she was given when she had that same episode 3 weeks ago and everything went okay. She still drinks and eat and seems happy!

We went through the event that preceded both of those events and we realize that before she had those vomiting/diarrhea problems, she was in contact with cat and got to eat some of the cat food. The only problem was that during the first episode, we were visiting some family in Montreal for a couple of days and she kept eating it for a few days. For the current episode, she ate it once and then we came back home. She was sick twice and had "shooting diarrhea" as Dobbie2006 described it in a different post (
Anyways, everything seems fine now! We're glad we don't have to go through all this again. It was hard for the dog, of course, but also for us!

The picture is Gretchen just today, looking better! That couch is HER couch!!

Max

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WHat a beautiful shinny dog....

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Beautiful doggy.. You might want to keep in mind that this could be a food intolerance too. Intolerances can take a while to produce consistent symptoms... My big doggy has an intolerance to chicken, and he'd vomit once in a while at night and then all night some nights when he had only eaten in the morning. Eventually, he'd get both diarrhea and vomiting and have to go in for antibiotics and antivomiting injections. The upset to his system from the chicken (which he was eating every day) caused bacterial overgrowth but it built up so gradually and unnoticeably until he was really sick.

Anyway, all that to say, I switched him off the crap chicken/corn food he was eating onto a bison/salmon food and he has barely thrown up since. I know science diet is one of those chicken/corn foods, so that's why I thought I'd share.

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That is one beutiful baby, I am glad to hear you care for her so much - im sure she will grow up to be a healthy, happy dobie. Some dogs do just have naturally sensitive tummies so this may be something to watch for in the future. Good Luck and let us know any developements

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Very beautiful doggy! I so prefer Dobies when their ears aren't cropped. Echoing what Prin said, it could be a food intolerance. Science Diet isn't what would be considered a 'good' brand of food, even though a lot of vets will say it is (mainly because they sell it in their offices). Head on down to the food folders (a little further down from here on the board) for some great suggestions at alternatives in every price range. Keep those pics coming!

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I know science diet is one of those chicken/corn foods, so that's why I thought I'd share.
LOL, you mean corn and chicken by-products, right?

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That's one gorgeous dog. A dobie at top speed is one of nature's wonders. Love the uncropped ears (now someone tell me why they have to axe the tail).

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Originally Posted by badger
That's one gorgeous dog. A dobie at top speed is one of nature's wonders. Love the uncropped ears (now someone tell me why they have to axe the tail).

We also love the uncropped ears! That's her charm!! Unfortunately, the tail was cropped before we could say anything. But she's still the most beautiful dog in the world

Max

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For more pictures featuring Gretchen, see this thread :


Enjoy!

Max

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Originally Posted by technodoll
LOL, you mean corn and chicken by-products, right?

lol I was being gentle.

Great pics in the other thread.

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