May 18 2010
Dog GERD
So Buddy has had this on and off problem with what we presume to be GERD. The vet just says some dogs are just more vomit-y than others. He has these occasional episodes where he starts retching, and then we find a small amount, maybe 30 ml, of yellowish fluid, which we presume to be gastric fluid.
He doesn’t actually vomit, though, which is good.
Anyway, the current plan is to try to space out his food some more, and if things keep up, an over-the-counter proton pump inhibitor. We’ll see.
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Our cockapoo has done this occasionally for years. The only thing we’ve found to help him is just make sure he never goes too long without eating… if one of his meals is delayed for some reason, that’s when he pukes the yucky yellow stuff. We also give him little pieces of raw carrots for snacks, and that seems to keep his stomach settled.
Wow, and I thought this page was dead. Six months later to the day.
Give Buddy our love. And Kathleen and JE, too, of course.
I didn’t even realize it was 6 months… Ha… I’m just slowly trying to revive things. I think that I could definitely write pages about all the stuff that’s happened this year – job, moving, fatherhood, etc.