A Cure for an Upset Stomach

Each week, Nibbles and Pudley have to go to the V-E-T. They've gone every week since they joined the Scottie Mom family to have their ears cleaned and checked until the bacteria is gone for good. Today, Pudley decided that once per week wasn't frequent enough for him and so, we made yet another trip to the V-E-T on his behalf.


It started after the last ear cleaning, just before dinner. The Scottie crew was relaxing on the couch pillows when all of a sudden, Pudley jumped off the couch and trotted off as if he was on a mission. He went all the way across the house and into his bed, where he promptly threw up a yellow-green, frothy liquid. Fast forward four days and the same thing happened. This time, I called the V-E-T. He had a healthy appetite, was acting normally and nothing seemed to bother him until he randomly jumped up and trotted across the house to his designated puke station. 

The V-E-T recommended I feed him chicken and rice for dinner and again for breakfast the following morning. Of course, Pudley loved this. The stomach issue seemed to resolve itself once more. Until this morning. For whatever reason, I decided to sleep with the Scottie crew in the human bed and I woke up to the sound of Pudley throwing up once more...right beside me.

Off to the V-E-T we went. His temperature was good, his stomach felt fine and we even had a fecal test done. The best the V-E-T could determine was a possible stomach bug. She also suggested that since all three incidents occurred before meal time, that perhaps he needs to be fed more often. Pudley and I were sent home with Cerenia, Metronidazole and Prilosec. Here's hoping one (or all) of these medications is the cure to his upset stomach. As soon as we got home today, poor Pudley threw up twice!

10 comments:

  1. I hope Pudley feels better! Sending hugs to all of you ❤️

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  2. I find that a large dog Milkbone either before bedtime or as soon as they get up will take care of this problem.

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  3. Our Scotty was doing the same thing And she' had a rock in her stomach so you might want to get x-ray because the vet couldn't feel it

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  4. Our Scottie just had the same issue 2 weeks ago, only he was throwing up a lot more then once or twice a day. His x-rays checked out ok and blood work was clean. After the vet gave him some anti-nausea meds and a few other meds, plus a chicken and rice diet (my Scottie wasn't complaining) he is much better after a week.

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  5. Chicken and rice is always good! Hope the tummy troubles improve...but keep that chicken and rice coming.

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  6. Both of our scotties have had this happen. Ours had eaten a fairly large chunk of a puppy teething chew and on another occasion a piece of a walnut shell from one of our trees. Sometimes a piece too large to travel into the intestinal tract will have trouble breaking down in the stomach, so vomiting is induced to try and dislodge the object the other way. Scotties love to go to ground and I believe this is a common issue.

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  7. Agree with Kurt. Out Teagan was throwing up mainly overnight/morning and turned out to have a large piece of toy from petsitter stuck. So if no other explanation, it could be foreign object. I hope they can crack it and he feels better soon!

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  8. Who's your vet? We'd like one who prescribes more food, more often.

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  9. After MANY different products & ear infections, Cucumber Melon Otic is the BEST!!
    https://anmpharm.com/product/cucumber-melon-otic/

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  10. Our scottie, Oscar, has done this on and off for years. Small amounts of periodic yellow-frothy vomit. Our vet suggested half of a human antacid before meals, along with the mild food as others have done. That seems to help as well.

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