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My dog is throwing up yellow vomit & has soft stool. Is it her food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund miniature | Female | spayed | 6 years and 5 months old | 15 lbs

My dog has been throwing up for the past two days. Yesterday twice and today I thought we were in the clear but she just threw up again. The vomit is yellow and skimey. I just started incorporating home made boiled chicken with no seasoning in her food (blue buffalo) Her stool is soft and skinny but not liquid or bloody. She is a 6 year old dachshund and is otherwise healthy. She was recently around a dog (has shots) who had a play day with another dog that unknowingly had parvo. But my dog wa

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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Published on September 18th, 2017

I'm sorry Butters isn't doing well! Unfortunately your post was cut off, but I'm assuming you meant to say that she is fully vaccinated? If the dog she was around was fully vaccinated and she is fully vaccinated, then it would be very rare for her to get parvo. I will give you a home remedy to try to see if it helps her vomiting, which could be caused by a GI illness, eating something rotten, a foreign body, or pancreatitis. It could even be related to her normal food Blue Buffalo. Many of my colleagues have seen GI problems in dogs who are fed BB, and it's is not a well regarded food in the veterinary community. It's not a food I would ever recommend for many reasons, include the high incidence of GI issues including hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, as well as zero quality control (they don't own their own factories), and the fact they have openly admitted they have lied about their ingredients. If you were interested in switching food, brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. Dogs actually do need grains in their diet, and many studies have shown the grain free food is fad. Anyway, the home remedy I'm going to give you a home remedy that includes withholding food and feeding only a bland diet. 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, she 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!

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