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Puppy vomiting orange foam & liquid diarrhea. When to see a vet?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Miniature American Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 8 months and 17 days old | 24 lbs

My dog is an 8 month mini aussie. She's throwing up orange foam and has liquid orange diarrhea. She hasn't eaten in 24 hours and hasn't had anything to drink in 12. Her poop was mushy on saturday but it has progressed to uncontrollable liquid diarrhea. The vomiting started yesterday afternoon and she's thrown up two more times since then. Does she need to go to the vet?

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Answered By Christie Long, DVM

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on January 30th, 2017

Yes, i do think that Duffy needs to see the vet. Young dogs with gastrointestinal signs can have a number of problems of varying severity - anything from intestinal parasites to the very serious GI infection parvovirus to a foreign object lodged in the GI tract. She's been vomiting nearly 24 hours and by this point has likely lost considerable fluids and electrolytes, so yes, I would get her in today and get the problem diagnosed and treated appropriately.

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    Answered By Rebecca, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on August 12th, 2017

    Maddie should see a veterinarian asap. A puppy can easily become dehydrated and hypoglycemic with vomitting and diarrhea. This could be caused by parvo virus, parasites, intestinal obstruction. Any of these could be life threatening, so I recommend a visit this weekend to an emergency veterinarian.

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