Now and again my westie gets a very gurgling tummy,  really quite loud.  Normally it doesn't seem to affect her but today she is "gurgling" and seems off her
food.  I shall try her with a bit of chicken later.  She is also trying to eat grass.  She is eleven years old and normally healthy.

Does anyone else have a dog with this and any ideas what causes it?

Thanks

Snowflake

There was a recent thread here - extremely noisy tummy - which may be worth a read :)

Thanks for that dogs a babe.  I have read the thread and it is exactly as Bev describes.  However now,  a few hours on,  Lucy is eating her breakfast and the noises seem to have abated.

Another thing she occasionally does first thing in the morning before eating is starts to pant.  if I don't jump to it and get her downstairs (she sleeps in our bedroom) and out the door she will bring up yellow bile everywhere.  I believe this is not uncommon although I guess it is something to do with the empty tum syndrome.

Snowflake

>if I don't jump to it and get her downstairs (she sleeps in our bedroom) and out the door she will bring up yellow bile everywhere.  I believe this is not uncommon although I guess it is something to do with the empty tum syndrome.

Yep, one of mine does this - he likes his meals at regular intervals!  You could try giving her a plain biscuit before the panting starts to prevent the acid tummy reaction.  Some people find a dry biscuit at bedtime helps too.

Hi,
We had a Westie with the very same problem as you describe. Suffered from bilious vomitting and would get a really noisy gassy tummy. We could tell he was in pain as he kept stretching out and refused to eat.
Our vet told us to always feed twice a day (which is what we have always done) and to give him a biscuit before going to bed so that his tummy would never really get empty.

He did always have the odd off day but he was with us until just before his 12th birthday and kept in good spirits apart from this.
It is painful for us to watch them in pain and I used to give him a little syringe of Gaviscon or Kolaticol Gel if he was like this in the morning, then within a couple of hours he seemed to perk up.
Hope your little one gets sorted out

Hi my Westie was also like this, my vet gave us zantac and said to feed him a late meal as it was always worse in the morning. Evidently it turned out with mine that he had inflammatory bowel disease. Hopefully yours is just the odd bout of acid tummy though.

My vet told me regularily bringing up bile ie each morning can normally mean dogs food is irritating the stomach , this happened to one of mine recently , she has been on same food for years but bringing up bile every morning which I knew wasnt right as tried the bis before bed  etc etc:
He changed her food to RC sensitive for a week  and within 2 days she was fine, he then said I could try any food I wish after that but not my regular one, she is now on Wafcol salmon and potato . He said this can happen even when a dog has been on same food for years with no problem .Shes happy , I'm happy so I would suggest you try a different food.

Also because of her age I would also get her a check up just to be safe.
As for zantac I have heard this used before but my vet who is as i have mentioned before into natural remedies ,rarely medicates , told me zantac is commonly  used  but to him  is a definite no no he prefers to cure the problem rather than mask it.

Roni