VOMITING

Vomiting should never
be considered normal, but it's probably not a cause for concern if it happens only once, and the dog feels fine.

Anytime a dog vomits three or more times in a single day, or two or more days in a row, there is cause for concern.  Continuous vomiting is an emergency.  

Many illnesses can  prompt repeated vomiting, which leave the dog dehydrated and ill.

Use First Aid to calm your dog's stomach until you can get help works well.

What to do immediately:

1.  Remove the feeding dish.

     It's best to restrict food and give your dog's 

     stomach a rest for 12 to 24 hours.

2.  Give water sparingly.

     Vomiting will make your dog thirsty.

     But, drinking a lot of water will  only

     make the stomach more upset, and the water

     will come right back up.  Instead, offer tiny

     amounts of water. . . a tablespoon at a time...

     every 15 to 20 minutes.

3.  Offer Ice.

     Vomiting causes rapid dehydration.  Another

      way to keep some liquid in your dog, is

      offering an ice cube to lick.

4.   Give your dog some Pepto-Bismol.

      It is an effective, safe, and reliable way to 

      help manage vomiting.   

             a)  Coats the stomach to soothe

             b)  Ingredient, bismuth absorbs toxins

                   that prompt vomiting.

                    .  Dosage:  1/2 - 1 teaspoon per 5 lbs

                        of body weight.

                        Maximum dosage:  2 Tablespoons

                        up to three times a day.

                    .   Suggest using:  clean eye dropper

                        or turkey baster.  

                                  - Tilt dog's head up.

                                  -  Insert tip of applicator in

                                     cheek, and squirt-in 

                                     medicine

                                  -  hold dog's mouth closed,

                                     until you see it swallowed

              OTHER VOMITING ALERTS
                             BLOAT

A dog who repeatedly tries to vomit but cannot bring anything up, particularly a large breed dog like a Great Dane or Mastiff . . . may be suffering from a twisted stomach, causing it 

Painful and can kill a dog very quickly.

          A  VETERINARIAN EMERGENCY

Do NOT waste time using home remedies if you suspect BLOAT.  Get your dog to the animal hospital IMMEDIATELY!
RAW  SALMON:

Raw salmon carries a worm called a fluke.

The fluke carries a rickettsial parasite.

Dogs who eat raw salmon, can be infested with

infected flukes and get deathly ill, and can die

from salmon poisoning. 

             1.  takes 5-9 days after eating salmon,

                     for the dog to get sick.

             2.  dog runs a fever of 104-106 degrees F

             3.  vomits constantly

             4.  bloody diarrhea

             5.  swollen lymph nodes

DO IMMEDIATELY:                  

                      .   take dog to Animal Hospital

                      .   NO first aid can help

Dogs need intravenous fluids and supportive care to survive.  Veterinarian will look for fluke eggs in the feces to confirm the diagnosis.

When the poisoning is reached in time, a 5 to 10-day course of antibiotics like tetracycline, or chloramphenicol will get rid of the flukes and rickettsial organisms and cure the dog.

FOLLOW-UP CARE:

Once the Veterinarian has treated the cause of the vomiting, usually your dog should recover without follow-up  treatment.