My dog vomits half-digested food weekly. Is it his diet or reflux?

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Roku vomits once or twice a week. He used to vomit bile when he was smaller and he doesn’t do that no more but now he vomits 4-5 hours after eating and he does it when we are going out for potty. He vomits half digested food (cream color) and he throws up once. I feed him twice. Once raw and frozen new york strip steak. Dinner, ground beef mixed with science hills kibbles. He is energic and playful but I’m worried. In recent check up vet said he is fine but do you think a blood work necessary? Pet's info: Dog | Shiba Inu | Male | unneutered | 2 years and 9 months old | 23 lbs

Dr. Strydom, DVM · Accepted Answer

Blood work is always a good idea. He may have gastric reflux in which case it is best to feed him multiple small meals throughout the day to keep his stomach from being empty too long. You can also try a trial of Pepcid (famotidine), 5mg once a day in the evening before bed (so 1/2 of a 10mg tablet). Do this for 7-14 days and then see what happens. If no improvement I think you and your vet should do more testing to figure out what may be going on. If this does help, I suggest you consult with your vet about what you did and see what their recommendations are from there. It is not usually a good idea to keep them on famotidine daily forever as it will shut down the stomach's ability to produce any gastric acid which is not a good idea. As a side note, ground beef and steak are really high in fat (even the lean varieties) so I would stop feeding that. High fat diets can cause pancreatitis and vomiting. Boiled chicken or turkey would be better. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

My dog vomits half-digested food weekly. Is it his diet or reflux?

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