Pup throws up in the mornings...

[lennoxbradley88]

Hey guys, Cudi my 5 1/2 puppy threw up this morning and yesterday morning. This happens before I feed him. His puke doesn't seem to have anything weird in it. It's just carrots and kibble from the day before. He doesn't seem to be acting weird or be in pain. Do you guys know what might be causing this? Maybe I'm over feeding him. I feed him Orijen.


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[jocoyn]

Is Orijen a new food for him and this is new with the food or had he been doing fine on it before? I had one dog who threw up undigested Orijen so I switched foods. Not all food agrees with all dogs........but if he had been doing fine on it before it could be something else. What are you adding in the way of carrots? Is that just for teething or are you adding them to the food?

As you mentioned.......there is kibble and carrots in the food not just yellow bile......

[Stosh]

Some dogs will throw up some bile in the mornings when their stomachs are empty. Mine did, so I give him a handful of kibble as a midnight snack so he has something in his stomach through the night. Sometimes ginger snaps before bedtime will help

[lennoxbradley88]

Originally Posted by jocoyn

Is Orijen a new food for him and this is new with the food or had he been doing fine on it before? I had one dog who threw up undigested Orijen so I switched foods. Not all food agrees with all dogs........but if he had been doing fine on it before it could be something else. What are you adding in the way of carrots? Is that just for teething or are you adding them to the food?

As you mentioned.......there is kibble and carrots in the food not just yellow bile......

No Orijen is not new to him. He has been doing fine on it. The carrots is a mid day snack. I checked his poop and it seems fine. Can over feeding cause something like this?


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[lennoxbradley88]

Originally Posted by Stosh

Some dogs will throw up some bile in the mornings when their stomachs are empty. Mine did, so I give him a handful of kibble as a midnight snack so he has something in his stomach through the night. Sometimes ginger snaps before bedtime will help

He doesn't throw up bile. He throws up undigested food from the day before. That's what's a little puzzling here. :|


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[jocoyn]

That would be hard to say. You may want to give him less but is he keeping it down during the day? Active? Playful? All kinds of things can cause vomiting including obstructions, illness, etc. I have had some dogs seriously overeat and not throw up from it though.

[lennoxbradley88]

Originally Posted by jocoyn

That would be hard to say. You may want to give him less but is he keeping it down during the day? Active? Playful? All kinds of things can cause vomiting including obstructions, illness, etc. I have had some dogs seriously overeat and not throw up from it though.

Yeah he is keeping it down during the day. Everything looks good with him. His appetite is there, he plays around, and is active. That's what I find very weird. It's only early in the morning and the rest of the day he looks and acts normal


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[LauraJav]

How is he doing? I was thinking- maybe anxiety over being alone at night?
Can you feed him dinner earlier- so it digests before he sleeps?

[flynbyu2]

Does the puppy seem to wolf his food down just a little too fast?

It takes dogs roughly 8 hours to digest food. Since they really don't chew their food, the process is mostly handled in the stomach. A "SLOW BOWL" might help resolve the issue as well as slightly wetting the food down with some water.

[Thorny]

I feel like a previous days meal should be into the intestines by the next morning, not still in the stomach. When Gunnar had slow digestion of kibble I started soaking the food in water for about 10 minutes before feeding. He stopped throwing up kibble after that.

For comparison, healthy human transit time is 2 hours to pass through the stomach and as quick as 8 hours to completely clear the gut. So your pup still having kibble in the stomach close to 12 hours after feeding indicates that something else is going on. for Gunnar it was as simple as dehydration.