It began with diarrhea, with no blood in urine or stools. We began giving her chicken and rice. It seemed to help for one bowel movement. Then a few days after we began feeding her only chicken and rice we tried to give her half dog food and half chicken and rice to see how it affects her and it gave her diarrhea again (no blood). So we switched back to all chicken and rice. She has been on the chicken and rice diet for a week; beginning yesterday she started having diarrhea again (no blood) after not having a bowel movement for multiple days. Recently she has struggled eating, it almost looks like she is choking on the chicken and rice but she isn't coughing its more like she is trying to chew it and spit it up at the same time. Is she eating it too quickly, or what would cause that? She began this process by drinking a bunch of water and now she won't drink any water at all. She has always had arthritis issues and we have her on Glucosamine for that. She is extremely old but there are times where she still acts like a puppy but other times she is extremely lethargic but that could also be old age. We are going to take her into the vet within the next 2 days but I would like to know ahead of time what to expect and to get a second opinion.

my dog has been throwing up the past 2 nights at approx. 11pm. She is a very food motivated weimaraner, and she's eating but not as she usually eats. We use a puzzle bowl to slow her down and right now, she could use a regular bowl. She is drinking and her bodily functions are normal; pooping etc.

my dog has been sick for two days is this likely to be an infection or something else she started eating yesterday but today again is not interested in food.although she is still drinking water it isn't very often,

6 month old Golden Retriever with 4 month history of digestive issues. "Koda" kept on breeders brand of feed. Koda began soiling crate at night. Stools were loose. Over time trials of different foods, feeding time changes, and limiting pm water intake was implemented. As a puppy there was a preference by Koda to poop and pee in the snow. She would do this on walks as well. Since snow has melted more issues have arisen. She will not defecate at home but will each morning when brought over to sitters. She will no longer "go" during a walk. Her stool can be loose for days and eventually became very mucusy. She was put on Pancur "just in case", Flagyl, and Royal Canin sensitive stomach food mixed with boiled Hamburg with rice. She is also being treated for an ear infection because ear is red. The ear is clean and has no bad odor. Koda has never had a long time of "normal" stools which may have been aggravated by the crate soiling which lasted many weeks and still occurs occasionally, and a suspicion of rough treatment with all this happening. No terrible consistent abuse.

My dog is a Shitzu and she is 6 YO. Her stool all of a sudden changed in color and consistency. It starts out OK in the morning and then seems to get loose towards the afternoon. I also noticed that she is somewhat gassy. She was worse a few months ago and not as bad now. She has already been placed on an antibiotic, just in case, as well as something to help control the diarrhea she was experiencing as that had gotten really bad one day. These meds were given to her when this first started and then she had a repeat dose of the diarrhea meds since she had a bad bout of diarrhea. She has since finished this medicine (about 5 days ago). She is also going more frequently and the amount she goes has increased as well. Her stool has been checked and a UA was also done and everything has come back negative. She eats and drinks like normal. That has not changed at all. She is very playful and acts normal. No change there at all. Any thoughts/suggestions? She is now on Hills Rx food for digestive problems and has been on this for 2-3 months now. She has lost some weight. We were originally trying to have her lose weight too as she was 17 pounds. She is now 15 pounds (I believe) since this all started. We are trying to get her to gain back some weight and keep her in between 15-16 pounds.

Oliver, our almost 2 year old Goldendoodle began throwing up last night and couldn’t stop. A trip to the vet and ER surgery to remove a foreign body led to the vet finding a paralyzed digestive system and bad inflammation of his stomach and esophagus. How does something like this happen? The vet seems to think he ate something that caused the paralysis, but I doubt it. Could this be genetic? I am beyond confused and don’t know what to do. He is recovering at the vet’s now, but what do I do when we get him home if he can’t eat? What if this flares up again? Are there meds to manage this digestive disorder? I’m sure our vet will answer some of this. He already had tummy trouble-gas, burps; which we manage with a high quality, balanced home-cooked diet and probiotics. I don’t know what to do and further testing/analysis is getting cost prohibitive. This seems so unfair to my fine, happy friend.