lola is not eating!

[regg]

so i just rescued a 8 year old pug and she was doing great. now 3 weeks in she is puking and will barely eat,i took her to the vet and they want bloodwork and xrays_they gave her a anti vomiting shot and some pills. her energy is good and she still drinking water, has anyone seen this behavior?

[Tinker's mom]

Hello & to the village! So sorry to hear your pug is sick. When do you get the results from the tests? How long has she been throwing up?Is she having stools and urinating?

[tall grass pugs]

Eight is not an old pug, just mature. Take her off everything she has been eating, search the house for half eaten toys or chews. Making sure that she has no access, ever, to pig ears and rawhide bones. Look at any nylon bones, examining carefully for fragments or chunks chewed off and ingested. Does she have access to Greenies? Throw them away too. You probably have rice in the kitchen cabinet. Cook the rice until tender enough for your plate and set aside. Parboil white meat chicken and dice. Fresh chicken, not canned, to avoid MSG, salt or preservatives which may irritate her stomach further. Spoon the chicken into little pieces into the rice. Serve in very small portions. Has she been conning you out of table food treats? Pugs never cease to amaze me---joyously greedy and self advancing, their appetite is their undoing. You can gently reintroduce her own kibble after her stomach settles. The underlying concern is that she has eaten something her intestines cannot pass, causing a blockage, hence your vet's desire to do xrays. Please consider having the x-rays done and let us know how she is doing. As a thought, if she is on free feed (food in her dish all day long) pick up her dish and throw the kibble in the dish away. It gathers house dust and dog hair all day long. Instead, offer a modest portion in the morning and at night, leaving the dish down for no more than fifteen minutes before you pick it up and throwing away the unused food, wash it up.

[Snifter]

It might be "just one of those things" but I would wholeheartedly endorse the bloodwork and x rays just to be sure. The feeding of small bland meals as described by Tall Grass Pugs is spot on.

Hope she's better soon.

[pugaddiction]

How is Lola doing, did you get the xrays done.
Welcome to the village.

[shaynapug]

Welcome to the Village!!

Hope you got good news!

[CSollers]

So, what do you consider a senior Pug?

[bnwebm]

Good question. I think "officially" they start being seniors at 8 but good luck telling some of the pugs on here who certainly didn't get the memo!


ETA: Oops, I should answer the OP's question, eh? If you JUST adopted your pug and the bloodwork is fine, i'd guess it's just the adjutment to the new environment. Don't coddle your pug (I know that's hard not to do), put the food down, give him/her 10-15 minutes to eat and pick it up. Trust me, NO (healthy) PUG WILL STARVE ITSELF.

So, what do you consider a senior Pug?

[*Leenie*]

Hmm, kinda sounds like a blockage. Did you do the xrays?

[bestpuppyfood]

Sounds like he just needs to adjust to his environment, but def get bloodwork and x-rays done.