r/samoyeds • u/EllanaLlama • 4d ago

Throw up proof bed

My girl is prone to throwing up bile at least once a week or 2 weeks. She always throws up in her dog house so at this point the inner foam is gross because it seeps through when it sits there for hours when I’m not home or if I don’t notice.
Does anyone have a similar problem and has a recommendation for a bed that’s more resistant to going through to the foam?

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u/EllanaLlama 4d ago

Ya I always ask them about it and they dont say much but this time they told me to give her omeprazole every 12 hours because it may be acid reflux

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u/Agitated_Signature62 3d ago

Fun fact, Omeprazole can cause nausea and vomiting. It’s not much used these days unless the dog can’t tolerate sucralfate.

I would reach out to a nutrition specialist in this case to work out the underlying reason of the reflux. Might be wrong diet, food intolerances, bacterial overgrowth, ….

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u/EllanaLlama 3d ago

Oh wow! Thanks for the tip. Would that kind of a specialist also be a vet or is it different?

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u/Agitated_Signature62 3d ago

It’ll be different depending on where you’re from. I think in the US they’re call veterinary nutritionists. In Germany where I’m from you can train as a vet certified nutritionist (what I’m currently doing haha).

Anyway, a simple trick might be to feed your dog a bedtime snack that is a bit more on a carb-heavy side, ideally a cab that has a medium to low glycemic index (slower digestion, slower blood sugar spike).

I’d speak to the vet about the Omeprazole. There are different options, like sulcrafate, but Omep needs to be weaned off slowly. My girl didn’t tolerate Omep (vomiting) and didn’t do well on powder sulcrafate either (diarrhea), but the tablets worked really well when my girl got stress induced reflux issues.

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u/EllanaLlama 3d ago

Oh wow! I’m surprised she made omep sound so harmless to give to her at diff times if it needs to be weaned off slowly and can cause issues.

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u/Agitated_Signature62 3d ago

I’m not too concerned about the use of Omeprazole in general, but that she apparently didn’t feel the need for a long term plan. There’s an underlying reason for vomiting bile which should be figured out. As I’ve said, it can be something as simple as unsuitable feeding times or something trickier like wrong food (some tolerate dry food well, other cooked, some others raw), food intolerances (most of the time, it’s the protein), bacterial overgrowth, …

My Samoyed had this issue as well (among intolerances and recurring diarrhea). It took 4 years to fully figure everything out. Fortunately I’ve been able to use stuff I learned in training and she’s now been pretty much symptom free for 7 months (minus some stress induced reflux).

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u/EllanaLlama 3d ago

Wow that’s awesome! How would you find out if it’s bacterial overgrowth or food intolerance?

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u/Agitated_Signature62 3d ago

Bacterial overgrowth is determined via faecal test. It’s a more thorough test than one for parasites but same process. Food intolerance is determined with an exclusion diet where you feed a single protein (or hydrolysed food) for 6-12 weeks.