Help! Vomiting advice please.

[Photinie Koutsavlis]

Hi everyone - I used this forum the last time I had a medical issue with my 2 1/2 years old tiny golden doodle, and the advice was very helpful, that I thought I would ask for your help again.

My goldendoodle, Pixie - vomitted about 6 times the other night, it started with her food contents and then turned into a brown liquid - nothing changed in her diet, nor did she have any treats that she hadn't had before - but who knows if she ate something she shouldn't of had when outside.  

We took her to the vet, they did an x-ray and it came back normal - and was diagnosed with possible gastroenteritis - she has been on a bland diet (although she prefer the beef to the rice, and eats around the rice).  She had stopped vomiting for about a day, and then yesterday she threw up some yellow liquid (I assume bile) and then threw up twice more. 

We went back to the vet, they did another x-ray (looked normal) and they are doing a blood test.  She is now on metronidazole, had a cernia injection and have 4 cernia tablets for the next few days.  She still sticks her nose up at the rice and would rather just eat beef - she is acting quite normal and still playful.

I would rather not have her on a bunch of meds - and again we need to find out the results of the wellness profile blood test, and fingers crossed it comes back normal.

Any of this sound familiar to you? Any advice and suggestions that you can provide?

Thank you kindly.

 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I can't address the newest development. I hope it turns out to be mostly nothing. 

For drinking, perhaps a different style of bowl would suit her snout better - a  travel bowl maybe or a shallower bowl?  I never thought about it until we got our most recent doodle.  He often coughs after drinking.  He has a bit of a different snout/jaw formation than the others. We use a travel bowl because he dances in his water dish.

One of our dogs always "travel poos" as we call it.  He always has.  One of ours occasionally does, one never does.  I don't know if there is a lot of significance in their pooping styles, but I tend to accept what is rather than worry about it.