OK, so here I go, being a paranoid dog mom. Ranger's stomach is not feeling well, and I am totally freaking out.... I will try not to be too gross about the details... Â
On Friday night, he wasn't interested in his dinner. I thought he was just being fussy about things because Scott decided to feed the dogs dinner right before all the humans were walking out of the house to go somewhere. I figured he knew something was up and was just being fussy. There are times when he doesn't want his breakfast, but I have never seen him not eat his dinner. We coaxed him a little bit and he ate a good portion of it. This was at about 6:00 PM, and he seemed fine the rest of the night.
On Saturday morning, about 7:00 AM, ,he threw up what I can only assume was his partially digested dinner from the previous night, and then immediately ran outside and had what I will term as "yucky poop". He acted fine after this - bugging me for petting, and then going back to sleep... My mom and I (she is in town for a couple days) had to run out for a bit, and Scott said that he did throw up a little bit of yellowish bile-type stuff around 9:30 or 10:00 AM, which he will sometimes do if he doesn't have a little something in his tummy...
The rest of Saturday he again seemed fine. He still had yucky poop, but in very small quantities... Saturday night he had plain, boiled rice and plain, boiled, washed hamburger for dinner and was very interested in it. He ate about 90% of it, and then ran outside for a little more yucky poop. Still acting fine - playing with toys, jumping on his sister, and TOTALLY begging my mom and I to give him something from our dinner plates (which he of course did not get), etc.
So this morning was the litmus test - would last night's dinner stay down? Here is this morning so far - 4:00 AM, outside for yucky poop. I can't tell how much cause it is dark, and I am not climbing down the hill to check it out... 5:30 AM, we threw up. Not last night's dinner, which has appeared to stay down, but a little bile stuff. Followed by a little bit more yucky poop....Â
So, now what do I do? Do I assume that maybe he snarfed up something in the yard that didn't agree with him, and this is just the last of his system cleaning itself out? The hamburger/rice seems to have stayed down - do I give him a little more of it for breakfast and see what happens? Do I immediately try to get him into the vet today? I want to, but I can also picture the conversation when I tell them that he has only been throwing up for about a day, and is acting normal, playing and begging for food...Â
I haven't had to deal with any health problems with him yet, and I am an overprotective mom, so I am freaking out. Plus, all the issues that Cabo had with his stomach (i.e. pancreatitis) have probably made me oversensitive to this kind of thing... I am worried, and super-tired, and could use some advice. Any suggestions? Â
