My heart is heavy, I don't know what to do...

[UncleDave]

Lex shoot me a PM. My vet is very good and willing to work with you. He never turns any ailing pup away. Also, do brown rice and cottage cheese for a few days until her stomach calms a little. Then go to Ranch Foods Direct and get their dog food, it is ground scrap meat from their organic beef, turkey, bison. It runs the same as a quality store food, about a dollar a pound. Your dogs will love it and they will be much healthier.

[ChadAmberg]

Not sure if you have / know someone with a Costco membership, but a great food for a great price is their Nature's Domain food. It's grain free and rates like all the 50$+ bags of food, but is more reasonable in price at about 30 a bag. If I was up your way I'd give you 10lbs of some to try out.
Do you use paypal? PM me your address on there if you do and I'll throw some funds your way as thanks for taking in a good dog...

[SideShow Bob]

Puked up a piece of rubber toy ? A good sign that there maybe another piece down deep causing blocked intestines. The symptoms are the same as a dog we once had that had a Barbie doll head lodged in his intestines, it had to be removed at the vet's office.
Pits are notorious for eating odd items.

[Robb]

Hey Alex,
I got nothing to offer other than my dogs are sensitive to diet, but when things change they just get the runny sh*ts for a few days, no barfing. I'm guessing it's more than diet and think SideShowBob is probably on the right track that it's more than just diet.
Good luck, I wish I could offer some real help.

Shoot me an email sometime, just to stay in touch.

[BPTactical]

The symptoms are the same as a dog we once had that had a Barbie doll head lodged in his intestines,

And Bob was sad after that, all he had to play with was "Shithead Barbie".....you know, the one that has ALL the crap.

[mountainjenny]

I'm gonna take the other 4 for a quick walk and we're gonna take Roxi to the vet right after. Thanks everyone. I might have to take you up on that Jenny. Thank you all for your compassion. We are hoping that her dark vomit was not full of blood.

Hoping the best for her. Send me a PM in case I miss the thread later today. Glad to help if needed.

[Lex_Luthor]

I don't know if it's her intestines that are blocked up, because she is pooping normal. It's been a little less quantity recently because she hasn't been able to hold anything down. It could be very possible that something else is in her stomach, even from months ago. She had to have eaten that piece of rubber more than 3 or 4 months ago! My other Pit Brutus ate a toy too, and puked up a massive chunk later on. He never had this kind of vomit though. We are packing Roxi up into the car and taking her to the vet as soon as the baby is packed up too. Thanks everyone for your generosity, I will send you my email address.

[Bailey Guns]

Hey Alex,
I got nothing to offer other than my dogs are sensitive to diet, but when things change they just get the runny sh*ts for a few days, no barfing. I'm guessing it's more than diet and think SideShowBob is probably on the right track that it's more than just diet.

This is absolutely possible.

This thread: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/69883-M...highlight=lola

details the issue I went through with my Terrier, Lola. She ate so much grass that she couldn't digest that it was starting to block the entrance from the stomach to the intestine. Her vomit also smelled like poop. That's when we decided to get her to the vet ASAP.

Just enough food was making it through that she still pooped a little. That was back in Nov 2012.

A few months ago she was back to the same symptoms. Only this time she managed to vomit up enough fiber filling (like the type of stuffing from a dog bed) to stuff a king-size mattress. Fortunately the issue resolved itself this time without surgery. Now we watch her 24/7 if possible, if not she stays in a crate with nothing in it.

I wish I could offer more but we're going thru issues with a sick Corgi now. It never ends with dogs...especially if you have a weakness for adopting the ones with special needs.

[Lex_Luthor]

The vet didn't think it sounded like a blockage, since she has had normal stools. He gave her a couple shots, and some medication that will hopefully clear up the sickness. They said if it doesn't improve in the next couple days to bring her back for x-rays.

What a nice start to my wife & I's 4 year anniversary from when we first got together. I told her sorry I couldn't get her anything, but at least our poor doggie was getting taken care of. Thank God she understands. (shebetter,she'stheonewhomadeuskeepthedamndog!)

[nynco]

Do they make dog enzyme pills or treatments. To me it sounds like this dog has an issue with lack of certain digesting enzymes. Just a thought hope it helps.