Dog vomiting and weak, vet visit today was not helpful, need advice from a dog owner?

Let me start out by saying how RUDE people are on Yahoo answers. Everyone knows best! NOT! Its like the people asking the questions are horrible and don't care about their animals. Makes me angry to see the "know it alls" answer questions in such a snappy manner like their sh*t don't stink. Not directly pointing at anyone who has answered this particular question.. but there may be some in the future.

Now on to answer the question at hand.

I have to commend this asker for doing EVERYTHING right within her means to keep this dog healthy and comfortable. No body is made of money and you made the right move by taking ur dog to the vet. GOOD JOB.

Now of course ALL the vet care in the world could be performed, but honestly with these hard times who can afford it. As a precautionary measures SURE the vets need to do it. They are just doing their job. Dogs cant tell us what hurts, how they feel. It is up to US as dogs owners to decide how far our budgets will stretch. Logically we and our children need to eat... Common sense people. And don't put this person down because they opted NOT for the vet care at the time.

Now aside from genetic problems that I am going to let everyone else lecture you about... and you have already scopped the area- no poisons to your knowledge, no trash diggin, etc. You can't rule it out... dogs are sneaky. Bloodwork is only way to rule most of the complications you will see arise for a poision overdose.

Ur baby is still losing fluids. IV fluids WOULD BE BEST! It is the quickest way to get your dog rehydrated and also the most efficient. Common knowledge tells you that the further along he gets in the 'sickness' the more dehydrated he could become costing more money than originally planned. My suggestion would be to take him to another vet tomorrow have your records faxed over from first vet visit and they can take it from there without having to repeat any testing (maybe).

For overnight- if he will not drink on his own. Take a syringe of pedialyte and water or whatever combination of electrolytes you prefer to feed him. And slowley force feed him fluids by hand. This is not ideal but the best you can do. Do this hourly. Make sure that what is going in is coming out as well... k?

You can email on here is you need any one on one talk. This is all I can help with at this time.

P.S. thumbs up of thumbs down people... its not going to hurt my feeligs. I don't care.

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Dog vomiting and weak, vet visit today was not helpful, need advice from a dog owner?

I have a 6 yr old Yorkie-poo. Late last night he throw up about 3x's, watched him and took him into the vet this afternoon after he threw up again. He is getting weaker and weaker and is not eating. I just put down some unflavored pedialiyte to try and replace the fluids he is loosing.

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How long have you had your dog? For him to suggest IV fluids, the vet obvously think it maybe Parvo

Vomiting?

Is your dog a garbage guts? Vomiting is often due to irritation of the stomach by eating spoilt food from garbages, high fat foods, or many other substances and foreign bodies they seem to find with ease. These cause inflammation of the stomach lining, called gastritis.

Vomiting can also be caused by viruses, such as Canine Parvovirus, and is usually followed by profuse and foul-smelling diarrhoea. Intestinal worms, especially roundworms, can cause vomiting in puppies.

Vomiting may be a sign of another disease process, particularly if the vomiting occurs intermittently and over a period of time. Your vet may consider kidney or liver disease, diabetes, tumours or conditions such as food sensitivities.

These dogs are usually bred for money, not to be healthy.

People in the breeding business for money will not have their dogs health certified, so that new puppy may have a host of genetic problems. If your new dog becomes ill, do not expect any help from a poor breeder. They have your money and are done dealing with you. Good breeders will never intentionally breed mutts, so finding a "high quality designer dog" is pretty unlikely.

In addition, a poor breeder will not have given his pups much by way of needed veterinary care, such as their shots. So that's more to shell out on an already high price tag.

Also, "Hybrid vigor" is fairly questionable especially in "just for the money" breedings like these. If a parent has bad genes, those are passed to their offspring regardless of how great their mate is. Some genetic problems are actually dominant, so if one parent has them, all the pups are likely to have them too.

Why did you take him to a new vet? Have you moved recently? Has he had all his shots? Has he eaten something new or strange? Keep him hydrated as much as you can. Does your vet offer Care Credit? This is a great, no interest card that would let you get your dog the treatment he needs.

Try massaging his stomach area. You need to keep the blood flowing. 6 is middle age for that breed, he should recover okay unless he got poisoned by something. Did your vet suggest blood tests? $380 is very high for simply IV fluids...would that have included xrays and blood work perhaps? Does your vet take credit or payment arrangements?

Honestly If you want to find out whats wrong with your dog you need to find out how to pay for it.

You could one. Wait to see if he gets better. Which in turn in neglect, since he could be suffering and very well may die if not treated, or at least get diagnostic tests to try to find the problem.

Does he get into a lot of non-doggie items, or swallow things he shouldn't or do you feed him rawhide?

He could be impacted and thats why he is throwing up.

I think your vet should be doing bloodwork, and an x-ray at the very least to see if has anything to do with an internal problem that you cannot see. Talk to your vet about a payment plan, or see if you can be on something called care credit. If you want your dog to get better you should try to do something

it could be GIARDIA you should have his old vet fax his info to his new vet