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My puppy is vomiting and has bad diarrhea. Could it be parvo?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pit Bull Terrier | Male | unneutered | 0 lbs

My puppy is throwing up brown liquid and sometimes yellow he has diarrhea that smells really bad. This is going on the second day he hasn’t ate anything. I’m not sure what to do. I’m not sure if he ate something he wasn’t suppose to have eating. I’ve had him for about 8 days and he has been fine up until now

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on January 20th, 2019

Bentley sounds very sick if he's vomiting and having diarrhea, and if the diarrhea smells really bad, I'd be quite concerned he could have parvovirus. He needs to see a vet immediately. Please take him into an ER vet clinic; if there isn't one in your area, there will be a vet on call for emergencies. The information to reach that vet is found on a clinic's answering machine or website. Best of luck.

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