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Dog vomiting, bloody poop, still sick after vet. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Male | neutered | 2 years and 10 months old | 25 lbs

My dog (Archie) has been sick over the last 4 or so days not even keeping rice down this morning I took him to a vet expecting them to x-ray his stomach as I noticed blood in his poo which was very sloppy ( this has been 2 days) they said as he is still perky and bright eyed to feed him smaller amount went home tried him on a small amount of rice and he has brought this up I want to believe the experts but would like some advice please thank you, Regards Jon

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Answered By Lauren Kennedy, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 16th, 2017

I think it is fine that your vet tried a conservative approach initially. However since that hasn't worked now I think he needs to go back in for a recheck. I would recommend at this point definitely doing the x-ray and a fecal examination to check for intestinal parasites. At the very least Archie will need some medication to help with the nausea and vomiting. I hope this helps. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Best of luck.

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    Answered By Jeffrey Milner

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    Based on your description of the situation, I would have expected the vet that Archie went to see to at least administer and/or prescribe some anti-nausea medication and subcutaneous fluids. Some of the anti nausea medications we use in veterinary medicine (Cerenia in particular) are extremely effective, and if a dog/cat vomits through this medication it is typically an indicator that something pretty serious is happening. Bloody stool is typically an indicator of parasitic infestation, generalized inflammation of the bowels/stomach, pancreatitis, certain infectious diseases, or some sort of foreign body in the GI tract. If Archie is continuing to vomit even through small meals, he needs to be returned to the vet (a different one if you think the first one isn't going to administer medication) for treatment and diagnostics. As you mentioned, x-rays would probably be a reasonable place to start given his persistent symptoms. Hope this helps.

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