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acid reflux

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Question
This may be a crazy question but I have noticed recently my boston/jack russell mix has been having a lot of indigestion, belching, eating grass and throwing up phlem. Could this be allergy, sinuses, acid reflux or something like that? I will get him to a vet but at the moment I am out of work. He doesn't do it everyday but more than he should and I have been giving him Pedigree Digestive Dog Food since he started. Thanks!!!

Answer
HI BD
I NEVER HEARD OF A DOG HAVING ACID REFLEX DISEASE SUCH AS I HAVE.
MAYBE TRY SCIENCE DIET SENSITIVE STOMACH, IT IS TO BE SUPER GOOD.  DO NOT GIVE HIM MILK, ANY PEOPLE FOODS, ONLY HIS OWN WITH HOT WATER OVER IT, JUST ENOUGH TO WET TO LET THE ACIDS ESCAPE.
GIVE HIM A TSP OF PEPTO WHEN HE IS UPSET I GIVE IT TO MY LITTLE PUPS WHEN THEY GET UPSET FROM A SHOT OR OVER EATING.
DO NOT LET HIM EAT GRASS THAT HAS ANY CHEMICALS ON.  ALSO, MAYBE HE MIGHT LICK THE CARPET OR FLOORS U CLEAN AND ITS MAKING HIM SICK.
I FEEL MOST OF WHAT WE CALL ALLERGERIES IS FROM CLEANERS WE USE IN THE HOME, WHAT WE FEED OUR DOGS AND ALL THE SHOTS, FLEA MEDS, THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE WITH VETS.
I USE BUG OFF FOR FLEAS AND TICKS.  NO CHEMICALS.  MY DOGS ONLY GET SHOTS TO A YEAR THEN ONLY A THREE YEAR RABI REQUIRED BY LAW IN PA.
I WORM MONTHLY, MAYBE HE NEEDS THIS.?  WE DO NOT HAVE TO SEE WORMS TO KNOW THE DOG MIGHT HAVE THEM.  THIS IS WHY I WORM MONTHLY, I KEEP A DOG CALENDAR FOR ALL MARKINGS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO EACH DOG IN IT.
WATCH MOTH BALLS IF U USE THEM, I ONCE HAD A LITTLE BOSTON EAT SOME AND ACTED JUST LIKE YOURS, DRY HEAVES AND ALL, BUT I SAVED HIM.
PUT SOME COTTAGE CHEESE IN HIS FOOD A FEW DAYS AND SEE IF THIS HELPS?  WITH THIS AND A DOSE OF PEPTO, HE SHOULD CLEAR UP.  UNLESS IT WORMS OF A KIND, THERE ARE MANY, WHIP WORMS ACT LIKE THIS IF A DOG HAS ONE. HOOK WORMS THE SAME.

KIND REGARDS
PATT
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