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My dog vomited and is breathing heavily. What should I do now?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Male | 4 years and 6 months old

My dog just vomited and started to breathe heavily. What should I do?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on December 16th, 2019

Poor Graham. I can give you a home remedy to see if that helps. 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 his normal diet. If the vomiting continues in the absence of food, he vomits the bland diet, develops diarrhea, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, he will need to see a vet right away.

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