Why, Savannah? WHY?

[Rae]

Why does she sometimes hork up her breakfast? It's rare, but as I'm off we got up, potties, ate breakfast then went back to bed... because as you all know, dachshunds can tell time. Mealtime is promptly on the sixes here, am and pm.

Noting gets a dogmom moving faster than horsing sounds IN THE BIG BED, and I got her out and on the floor before she expelled breakfast in three small neat piles. Ugh.

Then of course she wanted to kiss me. Um, NO.

SEEMS FINE NOW - maybe she just ate too fast.

[Alex's Mom]

Ferk will do that sometimes too...usually if I give her a tad too much food, esp in the morning. I think maybe her innards haven't entirely woken up yet. And eating too fast can certainly do it! (Not that that's a factor with Ferk LOL...15-20 minutes with Heidi the hungry shark circling..... )

[Rae]

Savannah Hoovers her food. To the point that I’m thinking of getting one of those bowls that slows them down. This morning was quite icky!

[lotsadox]

Savannah Hoovers her food. To the point that I’m thinking of getting one of those bowls that slows them down. This morning was quite icky!

Scooter hoovers his food, too. Sometimes I don't think he's sure what he ate. He's also my empty tummy barfer. Does Savannah only hork up her food in the morning?

[Rae]

Scooter hoovers his food, too. Sometimes I don't think he's sure what he ate. He's also my empty tummy barfer. Does Savannah only hork up her food in the morning?

Yes, only in the mornings, and she lost ALL of her breakfast again this morning. It was scary - she was throwing up big globs of undigested kibble and tummy contents, and I was worried she couldn't breathe.

After it was over, she was her normal tail-waggy self.

[lotsadox]

Yes, only in the mornings, and she lost ALL of her breakfast again this morning. It was scary - she was throwing up big globs of undigested kibble and tummy contents, and I was worried she couldn't breathe.

After it was over, she was her normal tail-waggy self.

Try feeding her a small meal of several treats before bed. I think they call it empty tummy syndrome. When their stomach gets too empty they get nauseous. Scooter used to be really bad but since I started feeding him a handful of treats (as opposed the one I used to give him), he doesn't have much trouble anymore. He's still my throw up boy but he's not throwing up every morning like he used to.

In her case, her tummy is empty, then she overloads it by eating too fast and everything comes back up. If it was just from eating too fast, it would happen at dinner time, too. Since it's only in the mornings, I think its empty tummy combined with hoovering her food. Result: Throw up.

[Alex's Mom]

Good point Patrice. I used to feed Alex a very small meal just before bed for that very reason. So she ate 3 times a day much to her delight!

[LexieLuvr]

Savannah Hoovers her food. To the point that I’m thinking of getting one of those bowls that slows them down. This morning was quite icky!

That bowl might be a good idea!

[Alex's Mom]

Savannah Hoovers her food. To the point that I’m thinking of getting one of those bowls that slows them down. This morning was quite icky!

I used to turn a small upside down in Alex's food dish...it made her slow right down.

[Rae]

I used to turn a small upside down in Alex's food dish...it made her slow right down.

Paula - just a regular smaller sized bowl? I need to give this a try - this morning was icky and scary, and I know her needs her Brekkie!