WWYD: Dog with increasingly frequent tummy troubles

[Anonymous]

Laying out the facts: DH and I both work outside the home, and cannot telework. We have a midday dog walker. We live in an apartment building with no direct access to the ground, without going in the elevator or stairs. We have a preschooler, but we had the dog first.

About once every two weeks, the dog gets sick for days at a time and constantly begs to be taken out to eat grass. I have two problems:

1. I worry about her during the day, because she is trapped inside when she might feel nauseous. She occasionally vomits bile.
2. I am at home alone a lot with the kid in the evenings, and I can’t take everyone outside at the whims of the dog, who could plant herself stay in one spot munching away for 10 minutes when I should be getting my child in bed. This is aside from the 2am nausea wake ups where we do try to take her out.

We adore this dog, but I’m starting to think that she needs to live with a family that has a yard and somebody home during the day, or the option of a doggy door. Is it cruel to both to both sides to keep her in a situation where she can’t calm her stomach when she needs to?

[Anonymous]

Take her to the vet and find out what you're doing wrong that leads to her frequent upset stomach.

[Anonymous]

It is cruel to let her keep having an upset stomach. Take her to the vet. She probably needs a different food. What is she eating now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take her to the vet and find out what you're doing wrong that leads to her frequent upset stomach.

Yeah, done that. Her vet says that thus just happens to some dog. It could be a breed problem. She’s a rescue mutt, but who know what makes up her genes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is cruel to let her keep having an upset stomach. Take her to the vet. She probably needs a different food. What is she eating now?

OMG. I have taken her to the vet MANY times about this. It’s just the way she is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Take her to the vet and find out what you're doing wrong that leads to her frequent upset stomach.

Yeah, done that. Her vet says that thus just happens to some dog. It could be a breed problem. She’s a rescue mutt, but who know what makes up her genes.

Then take her to a different vet or experiment with her diet. I've had good luck with the Royal Canin food for sensitive dogs.

[Anonymous]

Also you can give her an antacid (under a good vet's direction).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Take her to the vet and find out what you're doing wrong that leads to her frequent upset stomach.

Yeah, done that. Her vet says that thus just happens to some dog. It could be a breed problem. She’s a rescue mutt, but who know what makes up her genes.

Then take her to a different vet or experiment with her diet. I've had good luck with the Royal Canin food for sensitive dogs.

I have switched her food MANY times. I wouldn’t think about this if I thought I had other options. I have exhausted everything else.

[Anonymous]

Try a different food. Maybe grain free. Also, try feeding her pumpkin. it helps with stomach issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Take her to the vet and find out what you're doing wrong that leads to her frequent upset stomach.

Yeah, done that. Her vet says that thus just happens to some dog. It could be a breed problem. She’s a rescue mutt, but who know what makes up her genes.

Then take her to a different vet or experiment with her diet. I've had good luck with the Royal Canin food for sensitive dogs.

I have switched her food MANY times. I wouldn’t think about this if I thought I had other options. I have exhausted everything else.

We were posting at the same time- 7:47. But still, if you have not tried pumpkin, give it a try.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Take her to the vet and find out what you're doing wrong that leads to her frequent upset stomach.

Yeah, done that. Her vet says that thus just happens to some dog. It could be a breed problem. She’s a rescue mutt, but who know what makes up her genes.

Then take her to a different vet or experiment with her diet. I've had good luck with the Royal Canin food for sensitive dogs.

I have switched her food MANY times. I wouldn’t think about this if I thought I had other options. I have exhausted everything else.

We were posting at the same time- 7:47. But still, if you have not tried pumpkin, give it a try.

I have tried pumpkin. Sometimes it helps, but most times it doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Take her to the vet and find out what you're doing wrong that leads to her frequent upset stomach.

Yeah, done that. Her vet says that thus just happens to some dog. It could be a breed problem. She’s a rescue mutt, but who know what makes up her genes.

Then take her to a different vet or experiment with her diet. I've had good luck with the Royal Canin food for sensitive dogs.

I have switched her food MANY times. I wouldn’t think about this if I thought I had other options. I have exhausted everything else.

We were posting at the same time- 7:47. But still, if you have not tried pumpkin, give it a try.

I have tried pumpkin. Sometimes it helps, but most times it doesn’t.

OP here. I have tried grain free, diet, sensitive stomach... I have tried all the foods

[Anonymous]

OK- sorry, OP. I posted earlier saying take her to the vet. I guess you've tried multiple times.

My dog contracts diarrhea fairly frequently and every time, it's probably because she snarfed up a disgusting lump of crap dropped on the sidewalk. She's a rescue mutt who ensured her and her puppies' survival (before they were found and taken to a shelter) by eating all sorts of stuff, and it's been hard to break her of that habit.

I have to constantly scan everything on the ground ahead of her and beat her to the crap and step on it before she can grab it up.

Could you dog be doing the same, and could it be making her sick? Especially if she's being walked by another family member who's on their phone? (yes I've seen this happen so many times and the dog is doing all sorts of things while the owner 's eyes are glued to the phone.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK- sorry, OP. I posted earlier saying take her to the vet. I guess you've tried multiple times.

My dog contracts diarrhea fairly frequently and every time, it's probably because she snarfed up a disgusting lump of crap dropped on the sidewalk. She's a rescue mutt who ensured her and her puppies' survival (before they were found and taken to a shelter) by eating all sorts of stuff, and it's been hard to break her of that habit.

I have to constantly scan everything on the ground ahead of her and beat her to the crap and step on it before she can grab it up.

Could you dog be doing the same, and could it be making her sick? Especially if she's being walked by another family member who's on their phone? (yes I've seen this happen so many times and the dog is doing all sorts of things while the owner 's eyes are glued to the phone.)

OP here. My husband and I are pretty vigilant about having her avoid stuff like that, because of her troubles. Maybe the dog walkers let her, but I hope not.

We live in a high-traffic area where a lot of chicken bones end up on the ground. So DH and I always have our eyes peeled.

[Anonymous]

8:02 here-YES to the chicken bones! I hate them with a passion.

When I was working with a dog trainer on my dog's reactivity, he had another guy with him (a dog walker) who had three dogs on leash, to let me dog practice walking alongside and past other dogs.

The three dogs were snapping up dog bones. The dog walker said "oh well."

Maybe check with your dog walker, just to make sure?

It really could be random tummy troubles and if they are, if you're thinking rehoming... it depends on the dog.

My rescue mutt would completely freak if I tried to rehome her. I can't even leave her elsewhere for a day. It needs to be in my own home - the dog doesn't feel safe elsewhere. And the sitter has to be really good. How will your own dog fare if she's rehomed?