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My dog is licking air, has diarrhea, and is panting. What's wrong?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 7 years and 8 months old

My dog was licking in the air a lot last night. Now around 4 this morning I found she had diarrhea last night ...now she is panting

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on July 20th, 2016

Licking in the air is a sign of nausea. she might have eaten something spoiled that is causing this. withhold food for 12 hours then offer her boiled boneless chicken and rice every 6 hours in small portions. if she is eating and not vomiting, continue with this diet for 2 days. After 2 days, you can put her back gradually on her normal food. If she is vomiting or is not eating, take her to the vet to get treatment.

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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    Licking at the air and an increased respiratory rate can indicate nausea, and if your dog also diarrhea, I would suspect that Maya has a GI illness. If she isn't throwing up, I would feed her a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) and white rice in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in her normal diet. If she starts vomiting, continues to have diarrhea on the bland diet, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, take her into your vet right away.

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