Pug is eating grass and then throwing up.

Question
My 7 month old male pug has begun to eat grass from our backyard and sometimes then throws up. He eats his regular food and seems normal. Took to vet about a week ago and recieved some pills for upset stomach he stopped throwing up for a few days but keeps eating and has thrown up again.

What should I do?  

Answer
Hi Tina!When your pet is vomiting,his stomach needs a time -out.Don't let him have any food for 24 hours.A short fats may be all it takes to get his stomach back to normal.If he is still vomiting after 24 hours,call your veterinarian.

Once the worst of the vomiting is over,encourage your dog to lick his whistle during his fast.The last thing you want is dehydration.

If water makes him queasy,give him ice cubes instead.He'll lick the water off more slowly,and it usually stays down better than when he drinks.Besides that,pets like playing with the ice cubes.It's a real source of entertainment.You should an ice cube in your pets bowl or on a part of the floor you don't mind getting wet.To make sure the water stays down,don't give him more than one cube every 15 minutes.

To prevent your pet from drinking too much,keep the toilet lid down.Otherwise your animal could have a double treat-an unlimted supply of water that's chock-full of bacteria that aren't going to help his situation.

After fasting for 24 hours,your dog may be ravenous for food.Start with a bland diet to gently work his system back into digesting,or else you could end up back at square one.Vets recommend mixing two parts cooked white rice with one part cottage cheese or boiled skinless white chicken.At first,feed hium small amounts about every four hours.After a day,if he's still holding the bland food down,you can begin feeding him his usual amount.

After two days on the bland diet,you can start reintroducing his usual fare.Vets recommend replacing about one-fourth of the bland food with his regular food every day for four days until he's back to normal.


Even after the vomiting stops,your pet may not be feeling up to par.Kaopectate will helps soothe his stomach.It's chalky and not exactly delicous,but it works.Give one teaspoon of Kaeopectate for each ten pounds of weight.Since dosages vary widely from pet to pet,however,be sure to ask your vet for advice.

 FOR DOGS ONLY
Giving your pet Pepto-bismol will helps soothe his tummy just as it does yours.He.You should give about one teaspoon for every 20 pounds of dog every four to six hours for up to two days.Dogs don't like it much,though,so don't be surprised if more ends up on you than in your dog.A neater solution is to use an oral syringe,which is available at pharmacies.Never give Pepto-bismol to cats without a veterinarian's supervision.It contains ingredients cats don't netabolize well,so it can make them sicker.

No one's sure why,but virtually all dogs and cats occasionally eat grass and then vomit as a result.Some vets say they do it to purge unpleasant things from their systems.Others suspect grass-eating may be more of a culinary thing.Humans might not think not think grass is tasty,but humans also don't think garbage-can contents are delicious.As long ad the grass isn't treated with chemicals and it isn't eaten in excessive quantities,grass-eating probably isn't anything you need to prevent your pet from doing.

Before trying any of this,make sure you contact a vet and see what is best.I hope this helsp! Nicole.D.