One of the most common questions I receive is regarding seemingly healthy dogs vomiting at some point during the day. The description is almost always the same!
"My dog is vomiting this foamy white or yellow stuff! What is wrong with my dog?"
Since a dog's stomach is highly acidic, an empty stomach can cause nausea in many dogs. These "hunger pukes" are most common in raw fed dogs, since raw food is digested in approximately 4 hours as opposed to kibble fed dogs. Kibble takes approximately 8 hours to digest, which is why raw fed dogs tend to vomit in the morning before they get to eat breakfast.
The solution is easy! You can increase the amount of food your dog eats in a meal or offer a snack mid-day. You can add a natural source of fiber to your dogs AM meal like sweet potato(1 ounce to start and can go up to 3 ounces)I also add natural sources of fat like coconut oil and 2% plain yogurt. The benefits of coconut oil are many like: antimicrobial affects, boosts heart health, reduces hunger, reduces seizures and protects skin, hair, teeth and makes your dogs coat soft & shinny. Yogurt is high in calcium and protein. It also can act as a probiotic, which can be good for the digestive system. If you are going to feed your dog yogurt, it should be plain and free of any added sweeteners, both natural and artificial. You can also split the meals into three times a day instead of two, or feed your dog's last meal right before bed (I feed my dogs at 11am and 7:30pm) I have been raw feeding since “1999” and this is how I feed my dogs.
Here’s what my meal times look like:
Breakfast: 11:00 am
Texas Tripe 80/10/10 Beef Blend w/ 1 ounce sweet potato, organic coconut oil, raw dog vitamin blend, fish oil.
Dinner: 7:30 pm
Texas Tripe Rabbit/Duck Blend w/ 2 Tbsp coconut oil, ground egg shell, fish oil, plain Greek yogurt or cottage cheese.
This type of vomiting is not dangerous, but the important part to remember is that your dog is used to having kibble that is chalked full of artificial fillers, carbs, unhealthy additives and well....JUNK!! Your dogs transition from kibble to raw is the best thing you can do for him and his health. This is part of the process and you shouldn’t worry, he will get used to it! Some dogs have a harder time than others.
Hunger Pukes in Raw Fed Dogs
One of the most common questions I receive is regarding seemingly healthy dogs vomiting at some point during the day. The description is almost always the same!
"My dog is vomiting this foamy white or yellow stuff! What is wrong with my dog?"
Since a dog's stomach is highly acidic, an empty stomach can cause nausea in many dogs. These "hunger pukes" are most common in raw fed dogs, since raw food is digested in approximately 4 hours as opposed to kibble fed dogs. Kibble takes approximately 8 hours to digest, which is why raw fed dogs tend to vomit in the morning before they get to eat breakfast.
The solution is easy! You can increase the amount of food your dog eats in a meal or offer a snack mid-day. You can add a natural source of fiber to your dogs AM meal like sweet potato(1 ounce to start and can go up to 3 ounces)I also add natural sources of fat like coconut oil and 2% plain yogurt. The benefits of coconut oil are many like: antimicrobial affects, boosts heart health, reduces hunger, reduces seizures and protects skin, hair, teeth and makes your dogs coat soft & shinny. Yogurt is high in calcium and protein. It also can act as a probiotic, which can be good for the digestive system. If you are going to feed your dog yogurt, it should be plain and free of any added sweeteners, both natural and artificial. You can also split the meals into three times a day instead of two, or feed your dog's last meal right before bed (I feed my dogs at 11am and 7:30pm) I have been raw feeding since “1999” and this is how I feed my dogs.
Here’s what my meal times look like:
Breakfast: 11:00 am
Texas Tripe 80/10/10 Beef Blend w/ 1 ounce sweet potato, organic coconut oil, raw dog vitamin blend, fish oil.
Dinner: 7:30 pm
Texas Tripe Rabbit/Duck Blend w/ 2 Tbsp coconut oil, ground egg shell, fish oil, plain Greek yogurt or cottage cheese.
This type of vomiting is not dangerous, but the important part to remember is that your dog is used to having kibble that is chalked full of artificial fillers, carbs, unhealthy additives and well....JUNK!! Your dogs transition from kibble to raw is the best thing you can do for him and his health. This is part of the process and you shouldn’t worry, he will get used to it! Some dogs have a harder time than others.