My 16 month old Cairn has been vomiting a clear yellow fluid (a bit frothy too) every other day or so (once or twice a day) for the last week. Can anyone give me any idea what might be the problem? He has 2 meals a day usually tripe and a low protein dry mixer or nature diet and the same mixer. He is normally (understandably) a bit quiet after being sick but rallies quite quickly.
Thanks, in anticipation  of your help.
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Hi Andi,

Dogs can be sick for a variety of reasons and usually if it's the one-off type it's nothing to be concerned about.  However it sounds as though you should definitely visit your vet, and try and get an appointment for some time today - regular vomiting always has an underlying cause.

Regards Teri :)   

A trip to the vet would be the first thing I do.
Especially since it has been going on for a week and happens on a daily basis!

One of my girls is sick, the same frothy yellow type of stuff you describe, if i don't feed her before 9am. After a trip to the vet (again) we found it was her stomach needing food desperately and making her sick.
I now get up and feed them all at 8am and then again at 6pm, this seems to have solved the problem for us.

Ive heard mention of this being the result of an empty stomach too....

I find myself feeling sick if i havent eaten.
Some dogs just have a high metabolism and need feeding little and often as opposed to one big meal, or even two smaller meals.

Yes Lel, you're quite right - just the same way as people can have a need to have a little something to "line" the tummy with ;)

However, in both people and dogs, over production of acid can cause this condition as can also gastric ulcers etc. both reasons which may require meds. Untreated long term oesophegal reflux (sp) can, I believe, lead to cancer so it is definitely worth investigating.

Sorry if I'm scaremongering - but I don't like to second guess problems that last for more than say 48 hours.

Teri :) 

Lol Teri,
Thats exactly why i mentioned the problem with my girl. Although it looks like nothing it can become quite serious if left untreated.
Fortunately i have my lass under control, she's the one who sleeps upstairs and i even go as far as having her a little bag of food up there incase im still too drunk to get up at 8am some mornings ;)

Sounds like Gastritis to me my old Lab had this we had to eventually give him 3 small meals a day, and a small supper at night before bed,to stop his stomach from getting empty.
If they make too much acid and nothing to digest then the only way out is up!
Also my dog was put on Tagamet, daily to stop the acid secreation.Did the trick....
HTH

Thanks folks, well that all gives me a starter for ten anyway. I'll pop him over to the vet. I have the added problem of my dog not always eating his breakfast. In fact more often than not he won't touch it at all. So I have been leaving it out just in case he feels like it later in the day. So it's not as if there isn't enough food around.
I'll get the vet to have a look at him.
Thanx for all your help .
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I have this problem with my rough collie,he has always been a fussy eater especially not eating breakfast I give him an arrowroot biscuit in the morning which he enjoys and it stops the vomiting of the clear yellow frothy fluid.He has had this problem most of his life and had tests but the vet eventually decided that it was an empty tum that was the cause and the bis has done the job.He is now 15 years old.

That's good to hear,
thanks Starryeyes
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My dog has had this occasionally, (although more often of late)and she won't eat if she feels sick (acid stomach) or after she has been sick for a little while, several hours. If you can catch it before hand (so maybe a small amount of food earlier) you may find it helps :)

Usually that does the trick with mine although sometimes she seems to feel acidy pretty early and asks to be let out to eat grass. 
Rotten problem, I sympathise.

Lindsay
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My beardie has had this early morning yellow vomiting intermittently over the last 13 years - usually brought on by munching grass. She can be fine for months and then sick for a couple of days on the run. Vet has always said not to be worried by it as she is otherwise healthy. I have recently put her on hypoallergenic diet which seems to have lessened the incidences

My boy also. He'll be fine for a while then he has a few mornings when he'll bring up bile. As soon as he's bought it up he's fine and goes back to sleep. It obviously worries him for a few minutes beforehand because he comes into our room. I know the signs now and make sure I'm prepared (tissues and comfort !). The vet recently did some blood tests to rule out anything nasty but it just seems to be one of those things. We've also split his food into 3 portions instead of 2 so he now eats quite late at night. Touch wood - so far so good.