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Originally Posted by kjc  Sorry, I guess I'm more 'Old School'... you said this has been on going for a month now... IMHO (Vet Tech), this is becoming a chronic condition and I'd be in search of a vet to be a bit more aggressive (or push your vet to get more aggressive) at finding answers and getting my pup back on the road to a healthy state.
Blood work at least to get a baseline to work from and to rule out anything medical going on, possibly X-rays to get a picture of anything obvious in the gut.
Food experimentation should only be attempted in healthy dogs bc you'll not know if it's the food change or the illness causing the problem.
Also, illness in the gut takes time for the gut to recover and heal, and is best accomplished on a bland diet, easily digested.
Yorkies are good at hiding their illnesses, after owning them for 40 years I've learned it's better to use what's medically available to get to the core of the problem asap and to treat appropriately then to guess with these guys. |
I appreciate your opinion. I guess I should have been more clear, but by saying it has gone on for over a month, it started VERY slowly. I am told repeatedly, by vest and Yorkie owners that the occasional vomiting of the bile is "common" when the stomach is empty, which has happened since we had him but not frequently. When it began to happen every day (with no other symptoms) that is when the vet attributed it to him not liking his food, because he was eating less and less, but again, no other symptoms. When we switched him 2 yrs ago, we had no issues. this time, it backfired. I truly value your opinion so thank you for sharing! Believe me, if I felt there was something seriously wrong, I would be pushing for more tests more quickly, but we have used our vet since we had Petey and 100% trust him.