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Dog vomiting

Sage

My dog recently has started peeing when we get home on the carpet and also has been vomiting during the day when left alone. She normally is left at home for about 7 hrs a day by herself. Before this recent change, she was potty trained and capable of spending a longer period of time by herself. She is our family dog and she has recently (2 weeks ago) moved to stay with me since my parents are on vacation. Is there any advice you can give me?

Symptoms: Vomiting, Urine & Incontinence

• Veteran Advisor Helen Fines says:

  January 14th, 2008 at 10:33 PM

  Hi. I am wondering if you have 2 separate problems here, behavioural and medical, or if this is all one thing. Has Sage had a change of diet which might explain the vomiting? And is she unwell otherwise? If she's not physically sick, and only a vet exam can rule this out for sure, there may be a behaviour change prompted by the change in circumstances. From what you describe, she is urinating as you arrive, not while you are out? Both could be due to anxiety, and also sometimes house training can be inadvertantly only understood by the dog in one location- e.g.your parents home. More information would be useful to get to the bottom of this.

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• User says:

  January 14th, 2008 at 10:49 PM

  She did have a change in diet. She was eating Beneful Lamb and Rice and I switched her to Purina One but I did the gradual change where i mixed her old food with the new one. She has always been a very poor eater so every two days i also give her an egg which is what my parents always did. In general she might eat a bowl of food every two days. I cant give her wet dog food because that has in the past given her diarrhea as well as regurgitation. She seems to be well in every other instance and she had her yearly vet exam two weeks ago. And she has been with me before for long periods of time and she has always been really good about being potty trained. She is only urinating when I arrive and doesnt do it when I am out. Im just confused about what i should do.

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• Veteran Advisor Helen Fines says:

  January 14th, 2008 at 10:58 PM

  Does she do it from excitement, as if it's leaking and she doesn't know it, or is it a deliberate, prolonged urination? It sounds like she has a generally sensitive stomach, and the vomiting may be normal for her, or a mild reaction to the new food. The 2 problems may not be connected in that case. Before you can work out what to do about the urinating, we really need to get to the bottom of what's causing it. As it's in a very specific circumstance, it's likely to be a conditioned response- in some way she is getting something from doing it that makes her more likely to repeat it.

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• User says:

  January 14th, 2008 at 11:08 PM

  Its a deliberate prolonged urination and afterwards she immediately knows she did something really bad and goes and hides. I dont get mad at her because I feel really bad about her response of hiding and fear. I also take her out immediately after she does it and she goes the bathroom again immediately. She also does have a sensitive stomach. So should I wait to see if the vomiting subsides?

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• Veteran Advisor Helen Fines says:

  January 14th, 2008 at 11:16 PM

  It sounds like she really needs to go but has got her wires crossed about where is ok. Once they get anxious like this you are right about not getting mad with her. Is there a way of breaking the pattern in the short term by using a different entrance or shutting her away from the place she does it at the time you arrive home. Then hopefully she will be taken outside to urinate immediately and rewarded by you. If you do see her in the act of urniating in the house, try distracting her mid flow by clapping your hands and taking her out immediately. Be very consistent and repetitive. It should be ok to wait and see with the vomiting, providing she's happy in herself. But if it doesn't settle, it may be that the new diet has something in it that she's intolerant to, and you have to go back to the old one.

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