? for you guys that are really up on your dog food.

[SmoothCollieluver]

Ok guys. The one dog i have comes from a line with alot of food allergies. I think i have talked about this before. Any way so we are careful what we feed, as we would be any way. I have been feeding him candiae lamb and rice since he was 8 or 9 m old. He is 13m currently. Any way for the last month or so he has been throwing up once a week, usually while crated at night not long after feeding. (I guess i should metion that since collies are so prone to bloat i feed one feeding in the evening to prevent activity after eatting. They are feed, and let out to do last potty an hour later for no more then 10 min and all are let out individually.) I have a set of elevated dishes i may start useing with this guy i generally crate feed. But he hasn't been throw up food it's thick and yellow. And he doesn't seem disturbed by it he will then sleep in it. I am unsure if it is the feeding style or the actual food that is causeing the issue...Any ideas guys?

[HerbNurse]

My sheltie (the overweight one) has to be fed tiny meals 4 times a day. When his stomach gets too empty he throws up like your collie....no food in it just thick yellowish foamy stuff. I talked to the vet about it and it is bile and my sheltie evidently has a sensitive stomach.

My sheltie's whole world went topsy turvy. First we got a puppy in Feb. '06. Then May '06 my husband was deployed to Iraq. Then shortly after that my son and his family moved away. I use to watch my granddaughter 5 days a week and they were buds. Then a few months later my daughter moved out. It seems that he is having stomach problems primarily due to the changes of our lives he is a very senstive soul. Hopefully he will be happy when hubby comes home this June. Yippee!!

I am waiting for her to call me with the results of the blood panel to see if there is any systemic problems. Then we can go from there.

Good luck.....BTW.....you collie is beautiful!!

HN

[Jynx]

I have gsd's and aussies with gsd's tending to bloat,, I to, feed twice a day vs once.

They are out to potty first thing in the morning,,then fed, then hang around for a couple hours..They are fed again at 3:30 , hang around till 5 and then do whatever it is we do *vbg*.

So you might want to try feeding a couple if not more, smaller meals per day vs one.

diane