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Decode Your Dog’s Vomit
How to tell if your dog’s vomit is a sign of something serious or just temporary tummy upset — and how fresh food can improve your dog’s digestive health.
No matter how hard you try to monitor your dog’s health, vomit happens. It’s not a pretty topic, but understanding it provides important clues about your dog’s health. Here are some of the keys to decoding what’s coming up, what to do when (vom)it happens, and how fresh food can help.
Some of the most common causes of vomiting in dogs are: dietary indiscretion (eating something they shouldn’t have), parasites, food allergies, toxins, side effects of medication, poisoning or eating spoiled food, infection with parvovirus or rabies, a foreign object lodged in the stomach or intestines, bloat, pancreatitis, acid reflux, kennel cough, and switching foods suddenly, or eating highly processed pet foods.
What Your Dog’s Vomit Is Telling You:
What to look for when your pooch pukes, and when it’s time to call a vet.
Color
Bright colors can be serious as many poisons are dyed bright hues. Dark brown/ bloody colors may also indicate internal bleeding or ingestion of chocolate
Presence of Foam
Yellow foam simply indicates an empty stomach or eating too much at once, while white foam can be a sign of an upper respiratory infection (kennel cough) or serious digestive issues
Frequency
The occasional vomit is normal, but vomiting several times a day or consistently over several days may be a sign of a serious illness. Check in with your vet ASAP.
Consistency
Vomit resembling coffee grinds could be a sign of serious intestine related issues. If your dog is vomiting regularly, keep a record of the consistency for vet visits.
Regurgitation vs. Vomit
Regurgitation of undigested food occurs after eating too quickly and requires very little effort. Vomit on the other hand, involves the forcible expulsion of stomach contents through the mouth.
One of the simplest things you can do to help a dog’s vomiting problem is to know what you’re feeding them. Commercial pet foods like kibble and canned options are heavily processed, which makes them difficult to digest — and they’re regularly inaccurately labeled, making it almost impossible to identify any problem ingredients.
What you see when you feed The Farmer’s food is what you get — fewer, fresh ingredients — so you can know exactly what your dog is ingesting, making mealtimes smoother on their stomach, and any potential allergens or irritants simpler to spot.
The best food for a dog’s overall health is also the best food for their digestive health. Fresh food has been proven more digestible than dry, processed pellets, and it’s packed with powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant nutrients that help tame tummy troubles.
We’ve heard from countless customers who tell us how simply switching to fresh food has changed their dogs’ digestion, and their lives.
“Cash was eating a prescription diet for his sensitive stomach. I can’t remember a day when he didn’t vomit at least once... His prescription food plus some very expensive probiotics only moderately alleviated those symptoms. One week on The Farmer’s Dog and he hadn’t had a single stomach issue. Four months later and these are all consistent results.”
