Dutch Shepherd Forum

Sadie is 7 months now, every time after eating she walks into the other room, and sort of motions like she is going to throw up. She arches her back a bit and makes the head motion and licks, once in a while she lets out a small whine. She has never thrown up though (yippe) It only lasts for about a minute then she is fine. When I got her at 4 months she ate so fast, I always put toys in her bowl to slow her down, Its working fine, she eats alot slower but still a bit fast. Just wondering what is going on? She eats 3 times a day.

Thanks

Sugar sometimes throws up some food or water. She will definitely throw up after drinking water if she has too much at one time, and the vet recommended raising her water dish, which I've done. She hardly does it anymore.

Also, now that its Spring, has she been eating grass? That will so it!

At breakfast and lunch I had Sadie inside and Thalie outside, neither has food aggression but I wanted to test that theory, it worked, Saide was fine. She may be a bit anxious about thalie even though Thalie dosnt do anything.

Sasha did that quite a lot when we first got her, she would throw up dog biscuits, water, grass, food, etc. She's finally calmed down and doesn't do it at all now. We had a rough time getting her to eat food AT ALL in the beginning. Sally was feeding her in her kennel in the mornings, all alone, and she lost probably 5-6 lbs. over a couple of weeks. We discovered by accident that she wants to eat when our whole family is in the kitchen, cooking supper, running in and out. She happily gobbles down her food amidst all the commotion.......whatever the reason, it has worked and she has gained most of the weight back.

Libbyt wrote:Sasha did that quite a lot when we first got her, she would throw up dog biscuits, water, grass, food, etc. She's finally calmed down and doesn't do it at all now. We had a rough time getting her to eat food AT ALL in the beginning. Sally was feeding her in her kennel in the mornings, all alone, and she lost probably 5-6 lbs. over a couple of weeks. We discovered by accident that she wants to eat when our whole family is in the kitchen, cooking supper, running in and out. She happily gobbles down her food amidst all the commotion.......whatever the reason, it has worked and she has gained most of the weight back.

Awww, thats cute! Sadie has a few anxieties about Thalie so Ive been keeping them farther apart, Thalie dosnt do anything but come over and check, and when I let them outside, If Thalie goes first she turns around and herds Sadie, Thalie does that to the Basset hound too, but Sadie dosnt like it.

If she eats like Gwen maybe she isn't chewing her food and some is getting stuck..???? Gwen is getting to the point now where I can tell she is chewing it but when I first got her she ate like the food was running out of her bowl...

Maybe she just likes the food warm

Sorry...

Anyway, Ivil has it very rarely, usually when she thinks we are going some place when she is eating, like I accidentally touch my jacket while she is eating, than the whole bowl is swallowed in a second and comes right back out 20 seconds after I let her eat it again, otherwise I have to clean it up myself

ow, not the bowl itlself...just the food

Marjolein wrote: Anyway, Ivil has it very rarely, usually when she thinks we are going some place when she is eating, like I accidentally touch my jacket while she is eating

LOL!!

Marjolein wrote:


I let her eat it again, otherwise I have to clean it up myself

she seems better when Thalie is farther away. I know she dosnt chew, sometimes when im doing training with the food, I give her the reward and she dosnt even know she got it because it goes down so fast.