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[Flowta]

For a moment there, I thought I was losing my stalking powers of Hub Cludo....but really - I dont feel bad at all....even though I have seen the entire item, i still dont know what it is!!!! Very cool - well done I see MONS & Uni didnt even hazard a guess. :ph34r: :cursing:

http://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/babygear/products/38839

[Vetseun]

Hi all the clever doggy lover people.

Im a bit worried about my German Short Haired Pointer.

He eats his dry pellet food and them becomes very lethargic. (3 days now)

Eventually he asks to be let outside.

He pukes up his pellets outside.

Immediately, he is himself again, full of energy.

He is not on a new brand of food and the other dogs are chowing the food without showing any ill effects.

I noticed lots of grass in his puke.

He is a working dog so he loses weight very fasy if he doesnt eat enough.

He is my favourite pooch so I am rather concerned about this.

Oh, and when he gets up in the morning, he follows his usual routine of straight to the kitchen to wait for his slice of wholewheat bread before he goes outside to take care of his morning ablution needs. So there is no loss of appetite, he devours his food as he normally would.

 

 

Some opinions would be highly appreciated.

[Ramrod]

Hi all the clever doggy lover people.

Im a bit worried about my German Short Haired Pointer.

He eats his dry pellet food and them becomes very lethargic. (3 days now)

Eventually he asks to be let outside.

He pukes up his pellets outside.

Immediately, he is himself again, full of energy.

He is not on a new brand of food and the other dogs are chowing the food without showing any ill effects.

I noticed lots of grass in his puke.

He is a working dog so he loses weight very fasy if he doesnt eat enough.

He is my favourite pooch so I am rather concerned about this.

Oh, and when he gets up in the morning, he follows his usual routine of straight to the kitchen to wait for his slice of wholewheat bread before he goes outside to take care of his morning ablution needs. So there is no loss of appetite, he devours his food as he normally would.

 

 

Some opinions would be highly appreciated.

When last did you deworm him?

[htone]

When last did you deworm him?

 

Yep. See an earlier post regarding Advocate !

[Vetseun]

When last did you deworm him?

2 months ago. Drontal

[DJ84]

Check his feeding habits,

is he eating soon after exercise?

 

Make sure he isn't eating too fast,

this can cause big problems as well such as bloat.

 

Try feeding his main meal in 3 smaller amounts soon after each other.

Get a slow feeding bowl if you don't have one,

it might save your dogs life.

[Captain K'nuckles]

Hi all the clever doggy lover people.

Im a bit worried about my German Short Haired Pointer.

He eats his dry pellet food and them becomes very lethargic. (3 days now)

Eventually he asks to be let outside.

He pukes up his pellets outside.

Immediately, he is himself again, full of energy.

He is not on a new brand of food and the other dogs are chowing the food without showing any ill effects.

I noticed lots of grass in his puke.

He is a working dog so he loses weight very fasy if he doesnt eat enough.

He is my favourite pooch so I am rather concerned about this.

Oh, and when he gets up in the morning, he follows his usual routine of straight to the kitchen to wait for his slice of wholewheat bread before he goes outside to take care of his morning ablution needs. So there is no loss of appetite, he devours his food as he normally would.

 

 

Some opinions would be highly appreciated.

 

My bitch was doing the same. However we found the culprit. She was chowing socks, and would puke the socks out(but only 2 days later and after quite a bit of puking) She was stealing them straight out of the clothes basket. We now hide the socks from her. No more puking after eating.

 

So, maybe he is chowing something else other than his pellets and he might be a bit blocked?

[Vetseun]

Check his feeding habits,

is he eating soon after exercise?

 

Make sure he isn't eating too fast,

this can cause big problems as well such as bloat.

 

Try feeding his main meal in 3 smaller amounts soon after each other.

Get a slow feeding bowl if you don't have one,

it might save your dogs life.

A distinct possibility. Thanks

[htone]

 

A distinct possibility. Thanks

 

Vetseun, my late Doberman did something similar, and it took us a long time to figure this out. Turned out that she had a pancreatic deficiency and she really battled to digest food, but only at times. She could go for weeks without any probs and then suddenly the wretching would start - she was then also in a lot of pain, which is another symptom of pancreatitis. The solution turned out to be really simple, though - we fed her a portion of raw pig's pancreas with every meal and that completely resolved it. We initially bought this from the vet, but later got it directly from K-9 petfoods here in CPT (not sure where one would get it in GP ?). However, from having raised many dogs, the one golden thread that the Vet always gave us with any dog condition is, start worrying when the dog stops eating, if it still eats the condition is probably not serious.

 

Hope this helps, the pancreas has an effect in 2 - 3 days.

[Vetseun]

Vetseun, my late Doberman did something similar, and it took us a long time to figure this out. Turned out that she had a pancreatic deficiency and she really battled to digest food, but only at times. She could go for weeks without any probs and then suddenly the wretching would start - she was then also in a lot of pain, which is another symptom of pancreatitis. The solution turned out to be really simple, though - we fed her a portion of raw pig's pancreas with every meal and that completely resolved it. We initially bought this from the vet, but later got it directly from K-9 petfoods here in CPT (not sure where one would get it in GP ?). However, from having raised many dogs, the one golden thread that the Vet always gave us with any dog condition is, start worrying when the dog stops eating, if it still eats the condition is probably not serious.

 

Hope this helps, the pancreas has an effect in 2 - 3 days.

Vetseun, my late Doberman did something similar, and it took us a long time to figure this out. Turned out that she had a pancreatic deficiency and she really battled to digest food, but only at times. She could go for weeks without any probs and then suddenly the wretching would start - she was then also in a lot of pain, which is another symptom of pancreatitis. The solution turned out to be really simple, though - we fed her a portion of raw pig's pancreas with every meal and that completely resolved it. We initially bought this from the vet, but later got it directly from K-9 petfoods here in CPT (not sure where one would get it in GP ?). However, from having raised many dogs, the one golden thread that the Vet always gave us with any dog condition is, start worrying when the dog stops eating, if it still eats the condition is probably not serious.

 

Hope this helps, the pancreas has an effect in 2 - 3 days.

Thanks Mate

[Vetseun]

Im trying to narrow this down. Thinking about it, we have had terrible problems with rats lately. So much so that I needed to put poison in our ceiling. Since last week we have been sporadically finding rat carcasses on our lawn. Hope he didnt chow a poisoned rat.

[@flexia]

Im trying to narrow this down. Thinking about it, we have had terrible problems with rats lately. So much so that I needed to put poison in our ceiling. Since last week we have been sporadically finding rat carcasses on our lawn. Hope he didnt chow a poisoned rat.

 

oooo flip! Really hope he didn't too!

[SeaBee]

Not even a year... and already trying to look the "mother figure"!

 

[jaxtun]

My old girl decided my friend's lap was a good place to be on a boat ride!!

 

[KENDA]

Im trying to narrow this down. Thinking about it, we have had terrible problems with rats lately. So much so that I needed to put poison in our ceiling. Since last week we have been sporadically finding rat carcasses on our lawn. Hope he didnt chow a poisoned rat.

 

Flip man, that would send my alarm bells ringing.... The problems not the dead rats, he will probably avoid them. The problem is the sick live ones are easy to catch and initiate that hunting response. If it was me, I'd remove all poison from the roof and find a alternative.

 

I have had cases like this with my dogs. I remove all variables/suspects from the equation and see if it persists... Worked for me, my dog actually had a allergy to his shampoo, can you believe it....

[htone]

My old girl decided my friend's lap was a good place to be on a boat ride!!

 

 

Jaxtun..... Can we start a "Show us your friends" thread, please ?