From a friend who doesn't have Usenet access:

buddy is throwing up this nasty orange red bile.. in very large quantities..
could you check with the news group please..

I have never seen this and have no clue.. but i am concerned there are liver
issues.

I know the first response is "see a vet" and I am sure he will do that
first thing tomorrow, but finding a vet on Sunday where he lives is
difficult to impossible. Buddy is a black/chocolate Lab and AFAIK
hasn't had problems like this before.
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From a friend who doesn't have Usenet access:

buddy is throwing up this nasty orange red bile.. in very large
quantities.. could you check with the news group please..

I have never seen this and have no clue.. but i am concerned there are
liver issues.

I know the first response is "see a vet" and I am sure he will do that
first thing tomorrow, but finding a vet on Sunday where he lives is
difficult to impossible. Buddy is a black/chocolate Lab and AFAIK
hasn't had problems like this before.

Septic Bile Peritonitis?

If he hasn't sought a 24 hour emergency vet already, it might be too late.

Costly yes. an effort for him? Yes.

He may have to drive over a hundred miles or so for help. If it were my
dog, i would.

Kevin Michael Vail wrote in
:

I know the first response is "see a vet" and I am sure he will do
that first thing tomorrow, but finding a vet on Sunday where he
lives is difficult to impossible. Buddy is a black/chocolate Lab
and AFAIK hasn't had problems like this before.

Diddy is right. I think it's absolutely emergency vet time.

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"Kevin Michael Vail" wrote in message
...
From a friend who doesn't have Usenet access:

buddy is throwing up this nasty orange red bile.. in very large
quantities..
could you check with the news group please..

I have never seen this and have no clue.. but i am concerned there are
liver
issues.

I know the first response is "see a vet" and I am sure he will do that
first thing tomorrow, but finding a vet on Sunday where he lives is
difficult to impossible. Buddy is a black/chocolate Lab and AFAIK
hasn't had problems like this before.


It sounds something like what our murphy, lab mix, did when she was
diagnosed with pancreatitis. Our's happened on a sunday late
afternoon/evening. At first we thought it was simply a typical barf-up, but
by monday morning I realized it was more serious then that and we had her at
the vets when they opened at 8:00 a.m.

If at all possible, I'd advise your friend to get the dog to a vet, call in
as an emergency, or what ever it takes ASAP.


td
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Kevin Michael Vail | a billion stars go spinning through the night,
| blazing high above your head.
. . . . . . . . . | But _in_ you is the presence that
. . . . . . . . | will be, when all the stars are dead.
. . . . . . . . . | (Rainer Maria Rilke)

In article , diddy none
wrote:

Kevin Michael Vail spoke these words of wisdom in
:

From a friend who doesn't have Usenet access:

buddy is throwing up this nasty orange red bile.. in very large
quantities.. could you check with the news group please..

I have never seen this and have no clue.. but i am concerned there are
liver issues.

I know the first response is "see a vet" and I am sure he will do that
first thing tomorrow, but finding a vet on Sunday where he lives is
difficult to impossible. Buddy is a black/chocolate Lab and AFAIK
hasn't had problems like this before.

Septic Bile Peritonitis?

If he hasn't sought a 24 hour emergency vet already, it might be too late.

Costly yes. an effort for him? Yes.

He may have to drive over a hundred miles or so for help. If it were my
dog, i would.

Thanks, diddy, elegy, and shelly. I have forwarded your responses to
him and they match my own. I'll post back whatever I find out.
--
Kevin Michael Vail | Dogbert: That's circular reasoning.
* | Dilbert: I prefer to think of it as no loose ends.

Kevin Michael Vail said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

buddy is throwing up this nasty orange red bile.. in very
large quantities.. could you check with the news group
please..

Bright red spots in bile is no biggie - darker (not spotted) red
indicates digested blood and could be a real problem.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky wrote:

Bright red spots in bile is no biggie - darker (not spotted) red
indicates digested blood and could be a real problem.

What could a bright red spot be that is not a biggie? They could be the
result of an upper gastrointestinal bleed caused by something like a
perforated ulcer or a friable esophageal polyp, both of which need
reasonably prompt medical attention.

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Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

Rocky said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Bright red spots in bile is no biggie - darker (not
spotted) red indicates digested blood and could be a real
problem.

I just saw how late I was on this. I hope everything worked
out.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Bright red spots in bile is no biggie - darker (not
spotted) red indicates digested blood and could be a real
problem.

What could a bright red spot be that is not a biggie? They
could be the result of an upper gastrointestinal bleed
caused by something like a perforated ulcer or a friable
esophageal polyp, both of which need reasonably prompt
medical attention.

Bloody spots in bile vomit often result simply from the physical
stress of vomiting. I should have written "is not *necessarily*
a biggie." My point was that what *was* described probably is a
biggie.

Let's focus on Kevin's friend's dog for now, though.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky wrote:

Bloody spots in bile vomit often result simply from the physical
stress of vomiting. I should have written "is not *necessarily*
a biggie." My point was that what *was* described probably is a
biggie.

Let's focus on Kevin's friend's dog for now, though.

Agreed, but I work in the healthcare field and always collect as much
medical information as possible.

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.