My puppy is throwing up and dry heaving with a rumbling stomach. Why?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Schnoodle | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 9 days old | 3 lbs
My 3 pound puppy threw up three times today. Twice within two minutes and the next about 30 minutes later after giving her a little goats milk. She will wake up and start to play and bite me and then will start dry heaving for a few seconds and stop. While laying with her while she was sleeping, her tummy was rumbling pretty loud.
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Published on June 4th, 2020
Poor girl. Unfortunately my major concern here is that Winnie may have a foreign body. I would highly recommend fasting her for 6hrs and then offer her a small portion of boiled plain chicken or lean ground turkey and white rice and small amounts of non-flavored Pedialyte to keep her hydrated until you can get her seen by your vet. The vet needs to do a complete physical examination and likely will recommend x-rays if a foreign body ingestion is suspected. Best case scenario is that Winnie has a really upset stomach from something she ingested and not a true obstruction. However, the next best thing is to get her seen by your vet as soon as they are open in the morning. I do hope that Winnie feels better soon! Best of luck and take care
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Published on August 25th, 2017
Hello and welcome to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. I would be very worried about Winnie because when dogs vomit up all the dinner this is a huge concern for a "foreign body". This is when animals eat something like a sock that blocks the gut. Without surgery they will die if the sock doesn't pass, and once you get clinical signs like you are describing, if it is caused by a foreign body, is incredibly unlikely to pass on it's own. This could also be caused by a gastritis or pancreatitis. Either way, I would get Winnie to a vet ASAP. The longer you wait on a foreign body the increased chance of a perforation and peritonitis which is a very serious condition. I would recommend taking her to your vet right away, or an emergency clinic if your vet isn't open. Your vet will do x-rays to look to see if it looks like there is a blockage. Best of luck with Winnie.
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