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Stitches29 · 06-21-2005, 04:44 PM

Well, dang it. I have been knocking on wood for the past 10 days. No Puke!!!! This morning I HAD to go grocery shopping. I left Maggie at home. She hates to be left at home alone. I left every TV on in the house, the lights, stereo just so she wouldn't be alone. That DID NOT FOOL her. I got home from the store--took her out to PP---up came the first of three pukes within a hour. Needless to say, she didn't get a grocery store treat for being good. So, I guess I can add NERVOUS TUMMY to the list too.

Euro · 02-25-2013, 02:00 PM

My little yorkie is acting like she's having a seizure but she's eating fine drinking running around ,it's only when she try's to stand still that her head bobs ,her rear legs give out and she lays on her side. I'm frantic Can't get to a vet on another island until morning. This has happened before and the vet couldn't find anything wrong except to say maybe it's something in the environment . I wash the floors with plain water, no chemicals or pesticides. What can it be and is it life threatening? Anyone have this problem. She is two years old and very active.

yorkietalkjilly · 02-25-2013, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by camarolynn73

Every time Zoey eats anything besides her dry food, she throws it up. At first I has giving her things besides her dog food, lettuce, treats, etc... I'm not going to give her anything else but her Purina One, for sensitive stomaches but was wondering if this is typical of Yorkies? and she is not sick and has a good appetite, It just seems her stomach gets upset at everything

Tibbe doesn't throw up but occasionally spits of bile and doesn't eat for several hours. He grazes out in the back yard some but doesn't get other food. I gave him one of those chew things made of lots of pieces glued together for the first time in 8 mos. Saturday night and today, he spit up yellow bile, isn't eating. If he doesn't eat something on his own soon, will put some food in his mouth until his tummy settles. Usually he's sick at his tummy about 1/2 a day. He never has diarrhea but sometimes does have mucus on one end of a stool.

Yorkiemom1 · 02-25-2013, 03:18 PM

I do not have any of my dogs with allergies, skin issues, or sensitive stomachs, thank goodness....I think it has to do with the breeding.

yorkietalkjilly · 02-25-2013, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I do not have any of my dogs with allergies, skin issues, or sensitive stomachs, thank goodness....I think it has to do with the breeding.

Tibbe's tummy was ironcast - he could eat anything - until he got pneumonia last year when he was 4 1/2 and was on steroids and antibiotics and had some Milo's Chicken Jerky Treats just before the pneumonia for about a month. He began to spit up bile occasionally after giving him the Chicken Jerky but at first I didn't associate it as he got it so occasionally. The doc thinks he aspirated during one of those vomiting sessions and that gave him the pneumonia. Then for a while, the steroids and antibiotics really wrecked his tummy and it was off and on bad through May, early June. Since that time, he's been as I described. My Scotty had a fine stomach and could eat anything. Jilly had terrible tummy troubles but she was a tiny runt, born of normal-sized parents and w/normal siblings.

Kiki Mama · 02-26-2013, 05:01 PM

Kiki had a weak tummy too! Too much water playing to hard anything different. Sunday she stole my mom's dogs sweet potato treat in less than 5 mins the kids were telling Kiki you are gross! She eats Purina one Lamb and rice and has done much better. She has gotten sick in the middle of the night for whatever reasons before the change in food. Oh and if she has a empty stomach she will get sick! But we love our little sensitive princess!

yorkietalkjilly · 02-26-2013, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Euro

My little yorkie is acting like she's having a seizure but she's eating fine drinking running around ,it's only when she try's to stand still that her head bobs ,her rear legs give out and she lays on her side. I'm frantic Can't get to a vet on another island until morning. This has happened before and the vet couldn't find anything wrong except to say maybe it's something in the environment . I wash the floors with plain water, no chemicals or pesticides. What can it be and is it life threatening? Anyone have this problem. She is two years old and very active.

Oh my! I missed the earlier! The only thing I would know to do is to get her to a vet ASAP, which I hope that you did this morning on the other island. That sounds very, very serious and I am hoping that by now she has had some tests, an exam and some treatment. Please update this and you might ask Admin. to move this to the Sick/Injured Forum so that you will get more replies and comments once you post an update and want to have some feedback on others who have had to deal with seizures. This is so scary that I will be praying this poor baby is hanging on and getting vet care by now. Update as soon as you can on a New Thread you start in the Sick/Injured forum. I'm praying for that baby.

Wylie's Mom · 02-27-2013, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Euro

My little yorkie is acting like she's having a seizure but she's eating fine drinking running around ,it's only when she try's to stand still that her head bobs ,her rear legs give out and she lays on her side. I'm frantic Can't get to a vet on another island until morning. This has happened before and the vet couldn't find anything wrong except to say maybe it's something in the environment . I wash the floors with plain water, no chemicals or pesticides. What can it be and is it life threatening? Anyone have this problem. She is two years old and very active.

Hello - would you like me to move this post for you, and start a thread from it? That way, you'd get some good advice. Please let me know if you'd like your post moved / thread started.

Euro · 06-17-2013, 06:25 PM

Went to another island to see a vet all tests came back negative. Today liver shunt came back negative. She is fine now. No more seizures and eating and running around. The vet thinks she might have eaten a tiny lizard and had a reaction. Now I don't let her out of my sight. She likes to bite things but I don't know what to give her to bite.

LogansDaddy · 06-20-2013, 10:03 AM

Logan eats like a gorilla, but he did have an upset stomach once. It was so bad, we ended up at the late-night Emergency Vet. She gave us some cans of prescription food, and we had him on a bland food diet for a few days (half-n-half boiled rice and boiled hamburger) and then he was right back to normal.

yorkietalkjilly · 06-20-2013, 10:54 AM

Turns out Tibbe had high bile acids even with all normal blood tests for liver function and a nuclear scintigraphy and abdominal sonogram ruled out polysystemic/liver shunt and his vets now say he probably has hepatic MVD(microvascular dysplasia) that was causing his tummy troubles. He was born with it and it's an inherited condition but often it doesn't show up until a dog is beyond puppyhood. A special diet has now stopped his tummy troubles and he's back to his old self.

06-21-2005, 04:44 PM	#16
Stitches29 My Little Magwad Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,739	"Puke Party" Well, dang it. I have been knocking on wood for the past 10 days. No Puke!!!! This morning I HAD to go grocery shopping. I left Maggie at home. She hates to be left at home alone. I left every TV on in the house, the lights, stereo just so she wouldn't be alone. That DID NOT FOOL her. I got home from the store--took her out to PP---up came the first of three pukes within a hour. Needless to say, she didn't get a grocery store treat for being good. So, I guess I can add NERVOUS TUMMY to the list too. __________________ "My Furkids" Maggie, Molly and Meme...

02-25-2013, 02:00 PM	#17
Euro Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sparks ,Md. USA Posts: 73	Yorkie living in the Caribbean My little yorkie is acting like she's having a seizure but she's eating fine drinking running around ,it's only when she try's to stand still that her head bobs ,her rear legs give out and she lays on her side. I'm frantic Can't get to a vet on another island until morning. This has happened before and the vet couldn't find anything wrong except to say maybe it's something in the environment . I wash the floors with plain water, no chemicals or pesticides. What can it be and is it life threatening? Anyone have this problem. She is two years old and very active.

02-26-2013, 05:01 PM	#21
Kiki Mama Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Tennessee with Kiki Posts: 199	Kiki had a weak tummy too! Too much water playing to hard anything different. Sunday she stole my mom's dogs sweet potato treat in less than 5 mins the kids were telling Kiki you are gross! She eats Purina one Lamb and rice and has done much better. She has gotten sick in the middle of the night for whatever reasons before the change in food. Oh and if she has a empty stomach she will get sick! But we love our little sensitive princess! __________________ Spoiled Baby Girl

06-20-2013, 10:54 AM	#26
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	Turns out Tibbe had high bile acids even with all normal blood tests for liver function and a nuclear scintigraphy and abdominal sonogram ruled out polysystemic/liver shunt and his vets now say he probably has hepatic MVD(microvascular dysplasia) that was causing his tummy troubles. He was born with it and it's an inherited condition but often it doesn't show up until a dog is beyond puppyhood. A special diet has now stopped his tummy troubles and he's back to his old self. __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis

02-25-2013, 03:18 PM	#19
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	I do not have any of my dogs with allergies, skin issues, or sensitive stomachs, thank goodness....I think it has to do with the breeding.

06-17-2013, 06:25 PM	#24
Euro Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sparks ,Md. USA Posts: 73	Went to another island to see a vet all tests came back negative. Today liver shunt came back negative. She is fine now. No more seizures and eating and running around. The vet thinks she might have eaten a tiny lizard and had a reaction. Now I don't let her out of my sight. She likes to bite things but I don't know what to give her to bite.

06-20-2013, 10:03 AM	#25
LogansDaddy Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 63	Logan eats like a gorilla, but he did have an upset stomach once. It was so bad, we ended up at the late-night Emergency Vet. She gave us some cans of prescription food, and we had him on a bland food diet for a few days (half-n-half boiled rice and boiled hamburger) and then he was right back to normal.