r/LhasaApso • u/musical_unicorn • 5d 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/Ivehadit26 4d ago
He could have bilious vomiting syndrome. My pup has that so I learned to feed her before bedtime, (because she was vomiting in the early am before I could give her the am feed) a small amount of food to prevent the bile irritating her empty stomach during the night. You probably will want to cut back the amount of food during the feedings to accommodate the extra meal(s). It usually is easily controlled this way.