Hi,

What would make a dog be sick & then then eat it again?

Hi
Lots of different things can make your dog be sick, but if its the eating it thats bothering you, I know its digusting - to us - but its normal for them. Well it is for mine anyway :) Sometimes if they ate their food too fast it can come straight back up but I just leave them to clear it away, its usually gone within minutes of them doing it. Unless of course they are ill then they won't,  mine won't anyway.

Why do you think your dog is being sick? Does he do it all the time?

No she's just started doing it over the last few days, but she does eat it quite quick.

Does she also gulp a lot of water after she's eaten? I know I will probably get slated for this but I had to take the water bowl away from her whilst she was eating (she eats raw so its 'wet' food anyway), let her tummy rest for 5 minutes then only put cupfuls of water in the bowl at intervals until I was sure she was keeping her food down. This worked for her :) I still do it now and she hasn't been sick for months :) Sometimes she would just take in too much air and would bring it all back up Though I did find she likes to eat stones too so that didn't help :(

If you are really worried about her being sick though, a word with the vet would be a good idea :)

Is this the same dog that was limping/?  If so has she stopped that now when you are out? 

No this is the other one (lab).

The one that was limping (retriever) seems fine at the moment, other than being her usual clumsy self.

Thanks for asking how the retriever is.

Is she actually vomiting, or is she re-gurgitating. It sounds as though she's re-gurgitating. Being a Lab, she probably figures this way, she gets to eat it twice!!!

OH actually said knowing her she probably thinks she is getting two meals.

Probably would say more re-gurgitating.

Have you changed anything in her diet or routine at all ?

The only thing so far since changing my girls over to raw was raw mackeral which they did all over the kitchen and conservatory floor :rolleyes:

If it's re-gurgitating then the most probable cause is that she's eating too quickly and gulping air with her food. You could try just putting a small handful into her bowl at a time, wait for about 30 seconds after she has eaten it, then give her another handful and so on.

Can someone 'try' and explain the difference between regurgitating and vomiting? One of mine does this occasionally but is also a very slow eater. She will heave a couple of times and out it comes,is this vomit or regurg?she eats it again straight away.

HTH:
Vomiting is the ejection of contents of the stomach and upper intestine; regurgitation is the ejection of contents of the esophagus. The esophagus is a narrow, muscular tube that food passes through on its way to the stomach. In health, food moves quickly through the esophagus to the stomach. If the muscle of the esophagus loses tone, the esophagus dilates, a condition called megaesophagus. A dilated esophagus does not effectively move food to the stomach and the animal will regurgitate food usually shortly after eating. The food may also be inhaled (aspirated) into the airways causing coughing.

~ Vomiting is an active process. The dog is apprehensive and heaves and retches to vomit. If food is present in vomit, its partially digested and a yellow liquid (sometimes with bile).
~Regurgitation is fairly passive The animal  lowers its head and food is expelled without effort.  The food brought up by regurgitation is usually undigested, may have a tubular shape, and is often covered with a slimy mucus. The pet will often try to eat the regurgitated material. bring a fresh sample of "vomit" for the vet  to examine the pH of vomit containing food is acid, the pH of regurgitated materials is higher.

Lovely topic ;) :D

Ah lovely,thankyou,that explained it perfectly :) Regurgitation definately fits what she does.

Couldn't have put it better myself HG

no, seriously, I couldn't

:D