Stomach issue

[deke]

My 9 month old black lab pup woke up yesterday and had went to the bathroom in his kennel. Later in the day he started throwing up regularly. I thought he ate something bad so i just let him throw it up and relax in the shade. Later in the day he threw up some blood so we took him to the emergency vet. This morning i picked him up and they said that his stomach was swollen 4 inch walls. I guess they are usually an eighth to a quarter inch wide. They had to cut him open and drain his stomach. So when i picked him up i took him to my regular vet, under their orders. Now he is getting a bunch of tests ran, and recovering from surgery. But both vets are puzzled, as am I. We switched his food from PPP chicken, to ppp beef two days ago. Has anyone ever heard of a reaction this bad from switching food? or maybe a Hereditary disease? Any help would be very much appreciated.

[mcbosco]

Was there any torsion?

[Cajun Casey]

Did you go from ProPlan Performance to ProPlan Beef Shredded Blend? The soy would be a major difference, but I've never heard of what you describe being caused by a food change. I would like to know what you find out. Hope recovery is rapid.

[ezzy333]

My 9 month old black lab pup woke up yesterday and had went to the bathroom in his kennel. Later in the day he started throwing up regularly. I thought he ate something bad so i just let him throw it up and relax in the shade. Later in the day he threw up some blood so we took him to the emergency vet. This morning i picked him up and they said that his stomach was swollen 4 inch walls. I guess they are usually an eighth to a quarter inch wide. They had to cut him open and drain his stomach. So when i picked him up i took him to my regular vet, under their orders. Now he is getting a bunch of tests ran, and recovering from surgery. But both vets are puzzled, as am I. We switched his food from PPP chicken, to ppp beef two days ago. Has anyone ever heard of a reaction this bad from switching food? or maybe a Hereditary disease? Any help would be very much appreciated.

The problem isn't food related though you cant rule out something the dog picked up and ate. nd I am quite sure you can rule out any kind of hereity issue. Wait and see what the test show if anything.

Ezzy

[kninebirddog]

Have or are they biopsying the stomach lining for Cancer?

[deke]

They are testing him for cancer, and any toxins. I just saw him about ten minutes ago and he is actually up and walking. Drugged up but still walking wagged his tail a little bit to. There was no torsion, just the walls of his stomach were swollen.

[kninebirddog]

The other thing I saw was that Irritable Bowel syndrome can cause that also

Hope the find out what it was and that it is curable..Mojo and prayers headed your way

[big steve46]

Perhaps a blockage in the small intestine causing a spasmodic reaction of the pyloric valve? Just guessing.

[displaced_texan]

My 9 month old black lab pup woke up yesterday and had went to the bathroom in his kennel. Later in the day he started throwing up regularly. I thought he ate something bad so i just let him throw it up and relax in the shade. Later in the day he threw up some blood so we took him to the emergency vet. This morning i picked him up and they said that his stomach was swollen 4 inch walls. I guess they are usually an eighth to a quarter inch wide. They had to cut him open and drain his stomach. So when i picked him up i took him to my regular vet, under their orders. Now he is getting a bunch of tests ran, and recovering from surgery. But both vets are puzzled, as am I. We switched his food from PPP chicken, to ppp beef two days ago. Has anyone ever heard of a reaction this bad from switching food? or maybe a Hereditary disease? Any help would be very much appreciated.

The problem isn't food related though you cant rule out something the dog picked up and ate. nd I am quite sure you can rule out any kind of hereity issue. Wait and see what the test show if anything.

Ezzy

Unless it is some sort of allergy to something in the new food...

It would be a long shot, and a severe reaction, but still...

[GUNDOGS]

It COULD be a food allergy, when i took my dog to the vet the first time cause he had such bad diarrhea the vet gave his stomach a real good squeeze and said it was REALLY swollen, he told me that with an allergy the dog has had to have been exposed to the allergen then the reaction in the mast cells in the gastrointestines/stomach can be severe which cause vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stools, hives, hot spots, hairloss, itching ect..i switched his food right away to no soy, wheat and corn and within a week he was 100 percent better and no issues since i kept him off grains ect...it doesnt hurt to go threw process of illimination and first i would go with a hamburger and rice mix rinsed off really good OR a vet prescribed diet for gastro issues just to relax the stomach and intestines then go from there with a more natural/holistic diet and see if you see improvements while getting some tests at the vet..hope you get some answers but i just wanted to let you know allergies do happen in dogs and are more common than people realize...ruth

[deke]

Update...... Deke is doing fine. He had a bacteria in his stomach that caused the inflamation. Vet had never even heard of it, or seen it. A couple of shots later and some canned food for a week and he is back to normal, besides the stitches.

[displaced_texan]

Excellent news! Thanks for the update.

[Ahumphers91a]

Update...... Deke is doing fine. He had a bacteria in his stomach that caused the inflamation. Vet had never even heard of it, or seen it. A couple of shots later and some canned food for a week and he is back to normal, besides the stitches.

Say what the bacteria was caused from?

[ezzy333]

Update...... Deke is doing fine. He had a bacteria in his stomach that caused the inflamation. Vet had never even heard of it, or seen it. A couple of shots later and some canned food for a week and he is back to normal, besides the stitches.

Thats about what it had to be from the symptoms but no one can diagnose on the internet and You just can't tell anyone exactly what it isor what to do. Glad you found out and got it solved.

Ezzy

[deke]

They dont really know how he got the bacteria. From what I understood it was a common thing for older dogs to get, and dogs eat random things. The vet does not know if the bacteria caused the problem or made the problem worse. Anyways, he is back out hunting, put him on some birds yesterday and besides running into a barbwire fence he did good.

[big steve46]

Sounds similar to what I suggested. Infection can affect the pyloric valve to spasm and not function. It's great he's ok.