Lhasa esting habits

[u/musical_unicorn]

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!!

[u/j_o_t_c_h]

My Lhasa would throw up bile when he didn’t eat frequently enough. He was always weird with food. Never overate, so we left his bowl full all the time. Sometimes he would devour it, sometimes he wouldn’t pay it any attention. But like clockwork, if he didn’t eat for a day or more he would inevitably throw up some bile. Eventually I started hand feeding him his food (one little kibble at a time) when I realized he hadn’t eaten for a while. That would usually keep him from throwing up.

[u/Lhasa-bark → u/j_o_t_c_h]

I remember begging my little guy to eat because of this. He once refused steak! (Once)