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My dog is vomiting blood like coffee grounds and not eating. Why?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 4 years and 3 months old

Hi! I hope you could help me with my furbaby. My dog vomitted twice this month already. Two weeks ago she vomitted with fresh blood like coffee grounds then it never happened again until yesterday. She haven'tt ouched her dogfood for 4 days in a row now so i fed her rice with chicken meat yesterday and been giving her bread too which she always finishes to eat. She's active though but there are moments when i see her tremble/shake even if it's hot here. -labesigvanessa gmail.com

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Answered By Joy Fuhrman, DVM, MBA, CPA

Veterinarian

Published on March 30th, 2017

Vomiting coffee grounds is an indication that Yaggi is bleeding in her stomach or intestines. This is not only extremely painful for her but If not treated immediately it could lead to her developing a hole in her GI tract that would cause her to become septic and critically ill. You should take Yaggi to see a veterinarian immediately to get this treated.

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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    Oh no, poor Yaggi! It's extremely serious that she has vomited blood and she could be suffering from GI ulcers. Those would also cause her to not eat. Other causes of vomiting blood include a foreign body, trauma to the GI tract, eating something toxic, and GI tumors. It's best that Yaggi is seen by a vet immediately for this to diagnose what is causing her to vomit blood so she can be treated.

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