[kmwillis]

Gunner has regurgitated his food (and water) since he was a puppy. That includes spitting up yellow bile and foam. We have tried many things including special prescription food thinking it was allergies. He became very ill this last weekend and ended up in the ER Vet's office because he was laboring when he breathed and would not eat (and his nickname is little goat - he eats everything!). He was diagnosed with megaesophagus and aspirated pneumonia. He is getting better now but we know he will need special care for weeks to get totally over the pneumonia, and feeding him vertically (water too) to avoid the regurgitation and getting pneaumonia again is indefinite. The good thing is he's alive and as loveable as ever and we are so glad.. What we now believe is a lot of the spitting up was his food not making it too his stomach - which caused the bile to build up. He now is on medicine for the pneumonia but also will be taking pepsid for the stomach acid and another prescription for coating his esophogus to heal any ulcers. The thing we learned most is if they aren't eating and breathing appears difficult - immediately take them to an ER Vet or your vet.