My Yorkie has been sick the past two days, vomiting, diarrhea, not eating or drinking. She keeps throwing up foamy spit like stuff. I know that opens up a very broad spectrum of things it could be, just hoping to see what's most common in these types of dogs and what I could possibly do. Pet's info: Dog | Yorkshire Terrier | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 5 months old | 9 lbs

You are correct that vomiting and diarrhea are broad symptoms that could be caused by a number of diseases. The most common causes are gastroenteritis (stomach upset from eating something she is not accustomed to), pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas, often caused by high fat foods), a foreign body in the gastrointestinal tract, or others such as toxin ingestion or organ dysfunction. You can try to withhold food for 12-24 hours and re-introduce small amounts of a bland diet such as boiled lowfat chicken breast or hamburger with rice. If she continues to vomit and have diarrhea despite being fasted, she should be evaluated.

Hi. With Lorraine being unspayed my first worry would be a pyometra (uterine infection). This can also present with vaginal discharge but does not in every case. If this is the case-you need to see a veterinarian as soon as possible, just to be sure as this can be life threatening. Other concerns would be obstruction, heart problems, parasites, etc.

Hi and thanks for your posting. There are many causes for vomiting in dogs. Gastrointestinal disturbances caused by a bacteria or virus or parasites, foreign body ingestion, eating something out of the ordinary, gastric ulcer, pancreatitis, or other metabolic conditions may cause vomiting. You might want to withhold food from Angel for the next 12 hours and if Angel continues to vomit I would recommend getting her checked out with her veterinarian very soon.

I'm sorry Coco isn't feeling well! She could be vomiting due a GI illness, eating something rotten, a foreign body, or pancreatitis. I will give you a home remedy to try to see if that helps before having to take her into the vet. Withhold food for 12-24 hours, then feed 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 the vomiting continues in the absence of food, he vomits the bland diet, develops diarrhea, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, she will need to see a vet right away. Good luck, I hope this helps!