My puppy threw up twice today and was dragging her butt on the floor. Should I be worried?

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I have a pom-chi, shes about a little over 5 months old. Today I noticed she threw up twice, and I just caught her dragging her butt on the carpet. I read it could be because shes hungry. She hates her puppy food, but constantly eats the cats food and the bigger dogs food. I’ll be changing her food to a different brand tomorrow. Should I be concerned? Any suggestions to what it might be?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Kerpella
She could have worms, take her to the vet.
Worms live in the intestines of the dog and can cause vomiting and itching around the anus, hence the butt-dragging.

Answer by Bizzytrick
Pom-chi? No, you have a mutt or a pomeranian/chihuahua cross. But that is beside the point.

I’d get some food in her, tempt her with something you know she’ll eat and keep an eye on her behavior. If it continues, then have her see a vet. Be sure she is getting enough water because vomiting can cause dehydration

Answer by canine mom
Take her to a vet. Most dogs drag their butts b/c their anal glands are impacted. Are you feeding the same food that she is accustomed? If not, you need to GRADUALLY change it to whatever you want her to eat. Any sudden change is going to caue problems.

Answer by Melissa
I would take her to a vet. Sounds like she might have worms.

Answer by tammy43mack
dragging the butt could be worms.also could be anal glands. for the vomiting give her some cooked white rice with a little low fat 1% cottage cheese .Add the cottage if she won’t eat the rice plain.or you could use chicken broth.put the cat food up so she can’t get it. it doesn’t have the nutrition a puppy needs.

Answer by Jason
look at her bum there could be something she chewed like a piece of rope or something like that caught ive seen it on two different occassions dogs dragging their bum i ended up pulling a lot more rope out than you could imagine that would explain the vomiting too.

Answer by Jenny
Vomiting is a sign of stomach upset; it’s more likely that the pup’s been in the cat’s litter box, not her food dish. All dogs like to eat cat feces; it’s just one of those things.

Butt-scooting is a sign of trouble in the anal glands, or possibly pinworms, though pinworms are rare.

Neither symptom means the pup is hungry. The fact that she keeps raiding other sources of food means she’s hungry.

I would suggest switching the dogs to raw/prey model, yes, including the pup. Cats also benefit from the switch to raw, but are often much more reluctant to abandon their addiction to commercial food.

I have lost all confidence in the commercial dog food industry since the melamine contamination; I’ve switched my dog to her species’ natural diet: raw meat on the bones.

I feed raw/prey model; my 50-pound shar-pei mix gets about 12oz a day, but when I have a gorge meal for her, like a turkey carcass that will take her 4-5 hours to eat, she won’t be hungry or interested in food for 2-3 days. In general, a dog is fed 2-3% of the ideal body weight each day. A puppy gets 2-3% of the ideal anticipated adult weight each day, divided into 4 meals.

The ideal diet should consist of approximately 80% raw meat, 10% raw edible bone, 5% raw liver, 5% other raw organs, the occasional egg, shell and all, raw. Puppies start off with chicken breast, since it has the most accessible edible bone.

NO veggies, NO fruit. Dogs cannot digest vegetables or fruits; they lack the enzyme necessary to break down cellulose. Look at cows: they have the enzyme, and they still need four stomachs and they have to eat the cellulose twice. Dogs have one stomach and a straight-and-simple digestive tract. So fruit tastes good, but it’s nutritionally null for your dog.

They also don’t have flat-topped grinding molars: the dog’s back teeth are carnassials, designed to scissor through meat and bone, to break up prey animal carcasses into chunks small enough to swallow. This is something every dog has to learn; sometimes they have to hork some pieces back up, shear off a piece, and try again. Totally normal.

NO grains; again, dogs can’t digest cellulose, and the other ingredients are the primary cause of allergies and diabetes in dogs.

NO dairy; dogs are lactose intolerant: another digestive enzyme they don’t have.

NO supplements other than a spoonful of deepsea fish body oil for the Omega-3 that corn-finished meat does not contain.

Chewing up raw meat takes work, as does chomping through the incidental bones. The exercise involved in handling Big Complicated Food (several days’ worth), and in breaking up bones into swallowable chunks, keeps dogs teeth clean and satisfies a part of their brain that nothing else touches. These dogs are less hyper, friendlier and a bit more calm and satisfied.

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Answer by Darcy M
This crowd’s probably got it right. Given her age worms are a good bet. Did you have her wormed at least twice when she was little? It could be anal glands but that’s a lot less likely at her age.

Don’t just switch her food suddenly. If that’s what you’ve been doing she could be scooting because of diarrhea. Diets should be changed slowly over a period of weeks.

Go see your vet, they’ll help you out. Good luck!

Answer by Puppy looove
She most likley has worms. It is easy treat ment, and not that expensive. If you go to your vet and get a de-wormer shot or some treatment, she will be fine within a week or so. The best dog foods are:

Iams
Pedigree
Natural balance
Ceaser (wet or dry)
Ect…

Some bad kinds are:

Purina
Kirkland
No Name
President’s choice (PC)
Kibbles N’ bits
Ect…

Color in any pet food is horrible. It is just added poison.
Good job looking after the health of your pet!
HOPE THIS HELPED!

Answer by Jadie
your dog has probably has worms take it to the vet because our dog had worms once before and it did that we toke her to the vet so do that don’t leave her

Answer by Paulette
she definitely has worms: dragging her butt and the vomiting are signals. Medicine will help.
All young cats and dogs do have to get the medicine.

Answer by PRINTS
She might need a different food, if she does not like her food. She also may be allergic to it and it is irritating her little behind. She could also be doing this due to parasites. So, change the food to a food without wheat and consult the vet for a parasite check. She should not be vomiting. This could be due to the food or parasites. Any time a puppy is sick and especially vomiting, it needs to be seen by a vet. Cat food WILL irritate a puppy tummy and butt.