Dog vomiting

[tickledblue]

I have a 9 year old male beagle that has been vomiting for months. I have spent $643 so far on vet bills and another few hundred on canned dog food etc.. The first two vets said that it was his teeth. They cleaned them and pulled one. He didn't change. I took him to another vet who x-rayed him and decided to do exploratory surgery. He checked his stomach and intestines all the way. He found nothing. He has had complete bloodwork that shows everything to be normal. I have had hounds for most of my 65 years. My first wife was a licensed animal health technician. I have spent much time in vet clinics, helped do all sorts of surgeries etc. over the years and have never seen anything like this. I bought him about a year ago. He has always been a slow eater. I thought it could have been his teeth. He then started vomiting and gagging like there was something stuck that he was trying to get up. We haven't found anything. I feed him two cans of food each day and he has dry dog food free choice. He is skinny and doesn't gain weight. He vomits clear foamy fluid that appers to be mostly saliva. After eating sometimes it also contains food. I am wondering if anyone has ever experienced anything similar to this with a dog. I hate to put him down but will soon if I can't find what's causing this. Thanks

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BTT

[moonshinekennel]

I was wondering if your vets did a bronchoscopy to see it the dog has a defect in his trachea and is aspirating his food or has a defect in his epiglottis? i am sorry to hear bout your dog. Could possible take it to one of the university vet hospitals.
good luck
Dale

[Alabama John]

When does he vomit. Just after eating or all along during the day? Does he do it when running a rabbit? hunting? in dog box? 9 years old, he may not run anymore so is he retired? What about his water? Does it have sulpher in it? Lime? Iron? anything but pure? I may can help, no promises, if you answer these.

[tickledblue]

He vomits clear frothy liquid like saliva. After he has eaten it will contain food sometimes but mostly just the clear frothy saliva. I don't run him. He probably would try. He is just too skinny to let him run now. We have well water and it does contain minerals. We have a water softener also. I keep 40 to over 60 dogs, have lived here for 7 years and have never had a problem with any other than him.
This dog is a son of Branko's Jackpot, a very good dog himself and produces excellent pups.
Thanks

[Alabama John]

This is an old treatment that doesn't make any sense, but it does work with saliva problems for some reason.

Take a box of regular iodized table salt, the kind that comes in a round box and with his mouth open, pour as much as you can down his throat. Fill his mouth with it. Use half a box. Turn him loose and watch what comes out of his mouth. It'll foam too. he'll vomit too.

Do this every four days for three treatments.

This might do it. What you got to lose, it beats putting him down.

[S.R.Patch]

Are his gums receded around his teeth?
Does his breath or ears smell bad?
What kind of kennel is he kept.
Hounds like children don't spit, they swallow drainage and become sick on it.
As John said, a good salt flush might do him good.
Have you ever seem him eat his stool? What does stool look like? This promotes bacteria and prolongs infection.
Does he seem to have a sore mouth when eating hard kibble?
If he were mine, I'd put him out on fresh grass along the woods. Fresh ground and air to breath, a hound will physic themselves, their bodies have wonderful healing powers. Feed chicken neck and back each day instead of soft caned food.

[tickledblue]

Since I have owned this dog he has been a slow eater. He acted like his mouth was sore. Sometimes he would vomit. That's why I took him to a vet in the beginning. They cleaned his teeth, pulled one and said that he would be alright. At that time he was straining at times like he wanted to vomit. He would strain and his tail would go erect. I couldn't get them to pay any attention to that. I had them do complete blood work, check parasites in his stool as well as heartworms even though he has been on Ivomec all his life. There were no parasites. His blood was normal. I have a copy of it. His ears are clean. I have even used ear treatment just in case. In the beginning his limpth glands in his throat were swollen big. I gave him two rounds of very expensive antibiotics that they dispensed. One vet told me to inject him with 2cc of penecillin every day for a week. I have done that 3 different times. Nothing has changed. He was a big dog and now weighs about 18 lbs. He is very skinny, vomits often and wags his tail like everything is alright. He is in an above ground kennel. His stool is normal. He doesn't eat it. He only likes one kind of canned dog food withe chunks and gravy. I feed him two cans per day with free choice dry food that her rarely eats. He still acts like it hurts him to eat. I have thought about putting him in my running pen it's the only place I have to put him on clean ground. If I do he will probably try to run and that couldn't be good as skinny as he is. I am afraid to put him on a chain because coyotes are so bad here. I have owned hundreds of dogs over my 65 years and have never seen such as this. It seems to me and the last vet that it is mechanical, a foreign object etc.. After several x-rays I agreed to have the exploratory surgery done. We thought that there would be a tumor, foreign object or something and $400 later nothing found. Next day he acted like he hadn't had surgery, tail still wagging, still vomiting. Another round of antibiotics, no change. A round of another drug that he said might help, stil no change. Thanks

[south mtn beagles]

Right now I have a two year old male that is going through the same thing that your dog had and I'm hoping for some advise!! any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[TC]

Try some Kaopectate, he may have acid reflux problem. I would try a dose of this in the AM and in the PM see if this don't help out.

[tickledblue]

My dog is still about the same or maybe improved a little. He vomits but not as often as he has in the past. I went back to one of the vets who have treated him last week and got a couple injections to give him. He is eating one jar of baby food, four big weiners, some table scraps and two cans of dog food per day . I have tried fresh ground beef and all that. I have spent about $700 in vet bills and almost that much in various foods. He is happy, wants to go hunting etc.. He is just too skinny right now. I am not giving up on him. As long as he will eat I will provide food.