Early morning vomiting - small dog

Question
Backgroud - A stray dog showed up at our door about 6 weeks ago.  She was matted, flea infested, had ticks, and underweight.  She also had an ear infection and a tape worm.  She is now all cleaned up, put on weight, healthy, had her shots and fixed.  She now weighs 11 lbs.  She is a mixed breed - pushed in nose type.  I feed her 1/2 cup mini Kibbles and Bits with 1/4 can Mighty dog (small can) twice a day.  She plays, poops, pees, sleeps and drinks water just fine.  Now the problem - she vomits between 5:00-6:00 AM about twice a week.  Feels fine afterwards.  She sleeps on the bed, so I am washing bedding a lot.  If I'm not sleeping heavily, I wake up from her constant swallowing right before vomiting.  (I can remember times when I've been nauseated, and found I produced extra saliva.)  The vomit is usually yellowish thick liquid.  I feed her at 6:30 AM and at 4:00 PM.  Could it be that her stomach is too empty in the morning because there is so much time between dinner and breakfast (14 1/2 hours)?  You know, like hypoglycemia (sp?).  She does have many bowel movements compared to our larger dog (40 lbs), so maybe she digests so fast that her stomach gets too empty.

I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.

Lauri  

Answer
Lauri,
                       
The vomiting she is displaying can be related to the worming medication, and/or any vaccines and additional medications she recently received. However, the problem can be diet related as well as most pet owners are not aware of the ingredients being used in the commercial foods that they choose to feed their pets. Look to the main ingredients in the food you are feeding, and know that by-products consist of not only indigestible items such as; feathers, hair, hooves, fecal matter, and diseased meats, deemed inconsumable for human consumption and are usually what is scraped off the floors of slaughter houses. Listed fillers are items such as hair, peanut hulls, and even newspaper. Not only are most of these foods indigestible, but they provide inadequate nutrients.
Most likely your new dog is lacking the majority of the nutrients her body needs to function on a daily basis. This can not only leave her immune system weak and vulnerable, (hence the vomiting), but can lead to most of the diseases that are pets come to be plagued by.
I will offer a few food alternatives to the current food you are feeding, and can promise you will see a complete change not only in her appearance, and behavior, but in her overall wellbeing. The foods I have come to recommend are the result of years of research on nutrition, and its relation to canine and feline diseases. Before I started my research I was also completely unaware of the direct relation. I came to realize that several of the breeds of dogs I own, (Mastiffs), where all developed in Europe and it made complete sense, that they evolved eating food ingredients indigenous to that region.
Before hand my dogs my dogs suffered many ailments from allergies to the occasional onset of unexplained diarrhea. Once I started to provide them with foods made of lamb, chicken, and barley, and oatmeal, they did complete 180 turn around, and what seemed like overnight, all the existing conditions they where displaying previously disappeared.
Most commercial dog foods on the market here in America contain beef parts, (including meats full of hormones, toxins, and cancerous parts), and corn fillers. Knowing that most breeds of dogs are also European breeds and have a tendency to skin problems and conditions; I recommend you look to fine-tune her food to one of the following; Innova, (California Natural), Solid Gold, (Hund-n-flocken), Neura/Old Mother Hubbard, (Wellness), Natural life, (Lambaderm), or Natures Recipe (Adult lamb and rice, or their breed specific created food for toy breeds of dogs).
Most of these food can be found at large pet supply stores and although they are more costly, she will come to eat less, (since she will be filled with nutritional foods rather than indigestible fillers), and you will need to buy less. Your dog food bill will be actually less.
Finally, I recommend you add an over the counter supplement called, "The Missing Link" to her diet. It is also available at most large pet supply stores. It has not only all the proper levels of nutrients, vitamins and minerals our dogs need, but also high levels of omega fatty acids that will ward off any skin problems, excessive shedding, and allergies.
I invite you to research these findings; there is much written revealing information, in addtion to a great deal of information available on the internet.
I try and inform as many of my clients and questioners of these facts as possible, and have had nothing but positive feed back. I hope this comes to offer you some insight as well, and that you will not need to find solutions for the possibility of such reoccurring conditions as diarrhea, and unexplained vomiting as she is exhibiting now. Please feel free to get back to me for more information, or with any additional questions or concerns.
                                Jodi