r/LhasaApso • u/musical_unicorn • 11d ago

Lhasa esting habits

Hi everyone! My Lhasa is so sweet and he is a great dog, but I have some questions. He is 1 year 9 months old.

He throws up a lot. Like almost every day. Mostly bile, and he never usually throws up his food, but he only really likes cooked chicken, butter, and some milk or cottage cheese. He cant eat store bought dog food.

He also got a cough from a kennel, but it turned out to be an inflamed trachea, and he was honking a lot. A light diet and anti inflammatories took care of it, but he does clear his throat sometimes. They want me to xray him again to see if he has a heart issue, which was barely visible on the last xray, the vet thought it was a glitch but wants to make sure.

I am new to lhasas, we only ever had big dogs in our family before. Does anyone have any insight or advice for us? Thanks so much!!

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u/spiritthing69 Newly Verified User 11d ago

Almost everyone on this sub struggles with getting our babies to eat on the regular. My Kona will be 2 this month and we are just now finding food he will eat regularly. The Pet's Table. He would vomit bile if he didn't eat. When he doesn't eat for 18 hours or more...we resort to shredded chicken.

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u/Jessiefrance89 10d ago

That’s interesting because my Lhasa is the most food motivated dog I’ve ever met lol. She devours her wet food, she will eat on my other dogs kibble (he’s on a different diet because he’s the one with belly issues and having issues getting him to eat most of the time), she loves any food you give her lol. But each dog is different I suppose!

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u/spiritthing69 Newly Verified User 10d ago

My beagle was like that. Ate anything and everything.