My dog's not well

[Chris_H]

I'm quite new to dog ownership, so not sure what to do (if anything) with my poorly boy.
He hasn't eaten since yesterday's breakfast which he ate 90% of. He went for all his walks yesterday (about 5 miles) without any obvious signs of being unwell. Then yesterday evening I gave him his dinner and he didn't touch it. At about 10pm last night he was sick. He slept all night as usual but still won't eat this morning. When he is up and about his tail is up and he looks OK, but he sits down a lot and stares at me.
So, should I just keep an eye on him, or should he go to the vets?

[illmonkey]

Why have you even posted, you know the answer. Go.

[bexVN]

Vets. They can ck his temp, ck how his abdomen is feeling, he may have diarrhoea on the way!

If he was absolutely fine apart from the vomiting I'd say give him 24hrs but as he is off his food and not acting completely himself he really needs to get ck'd over today.

[Chris_H]

Thanks Bex, I'll book him in.

[OldJohnnyYen]

Does he limp when he walks or eat grass when he is out? both signs that he is feeling nausio...nausi...nauti...poorly sick

[andrew186]

how old is he?

young pups can go off their food especially if they are teething, with some associated nausea and they might throw up once or twice too

[Chris_H]

Well, happily, after I left the message for Bex, I went into the kitchen to call the vet, and low and behold, he was eating. Then he drank and then he started chucking his toy around.
So, I think he's OK now. He's been for a walk and was fine. He's now sun bathing in the garden.

[bexVN]

Chris_H said:

Well, happily, after I left the message for Bex, I went into the kitchen to call the vet, and low and behold, he was eating. Then he drank and then he started chucking his toy around.
So, I think he's OK now. He's been for a walk and was fine. He's now sun bathing in the garden.

amazing the power of the vet, they don't even need to see the pet to make it better just the threat of a visit!

I assume you didn't get as far as making an appt as a result of him eating. Any chance he ate anything on a walk in the last couple of days or any new treats that may have given him some tummy ache?

[Chris_H]

bexVN said:

amazing the power of the vet, they don't even need to see the pet to make it better just the threat of a visit!

I assume you didn't get as far as making an appt as a result of him eating. Any chance he ate anything on a walk in the last couple of days or any new treats that may have given him some tummy ache?

This is pretty disgusting, but when we were in the fields yesterday, there was a pile of dog vomit which he had a mouthful of before I got to him and dragged him away, so maybe that was carrying something.

He never gets given 'human' food, so no treats apart from training treats meant for dogs. He only eats James Wellbeloved dry food.

[pikeyboy]

Not sure how old he is but 5 mile walks for a young dog/puppy is way too far.....Bad joints latter on will be the result.

[Chris_H]

boy said:

Not sure how old he is but 5 mile walks for a young dog/puppy is way too far.....Bad joints latter on will be the result.

He's 18 months. The longest we do in one go is three miles. All his walks are around fields and countryside. He has energy to spare so can't see how it would harm him.

[OldJohnnyYen]

boy said:

Not sure how old he is but 5 mile walks for a young dog/puppy is way too far.....Bad joints latter on will be the result.

Surely that depends on the breed? My Bassett hound could of done that without breaking a sweat at 18 months where-as my staffy would of collapsed

[bexVN]

Chris_H said:

boy said:

Not sure how old he is but 5 mile walks for a young dog/puppy is way too far.....Bad joints latter on will be the result.

He's 18 months. The longest we do in one go is three miles. All his walks are around fields and countryside. He has energy to spare so can't see how it would harm him.

Don't worry, he's plenty old enough to do at least 5 miles. Caution is needed as a dog is growing. He will have been full grown by 12months. Larger dogs need to be careful for a bit longer.

Good chance that eating that vomit did cause a bit of an issue!

[Chris_H]

He's a Jack Russell / Patterdale cross. This is him:

[pikeyboy]

bexVN said:

Don't worry, he's plenty old enough to do at least 5 miles. Caution is needed as a dog is growing. He will have been full grown by 12months. Larger dogs need to be careful for a bit longer.

Bex beat me to it! As a rule of thumb 5 mins on the lead for every month of age upto 12 months for most dogs and no jumping to avoid bad joints later on. 18 months is fully grown so he's good for as far as he'll go

[SPR2]

My dog also was sick that night, but put it down to gulping water too fast after her food earlier. She was very subdued for a few hours and wanted to be in and out for an hour or so during the night.Her rear body was a little humped so guess she had tummy ache. Next morning bright as could be, obviously got rid of what had made her sick.;)