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Hi, I'm new to this, but am hoping that I will get a response. Last year my Husband and I found a breeder on line so we could obtain my favorite breed, The White German Shepherd Dog. Well after going through all the proper channels to get him home with us we were thrilled to finally have our Dog. Ceasar is what we called him and he is just beautiful to us. Back at the end of Feb. of this year we figured, since he just turned 6 months we had him fixed. Well after this, I would say in about March or so we noticed Ceasar periodically would vomit. Didn't think much of it because we know that sometimes dogs vomit due to either eating strange stuff outside or eating grass. Well after a while we started to notice that this was happening more frequently which started to make us wonder why especially because I decided to examine the vomit and it was clear in color but had little specs of blood in it. Well off to the vet we went and after taking blood work and a fecal exam the Vet gave said that the blood and fecal were all normal, but said that Ceasar probably has an ulcer. I asked the vet, what would make a dog get an ulcer and he said stress. He said that Ceasar could of been stressed out after the surgery, which could of given him an ulcer. Ceasar is a submissive dog and there have been times where we see he gets nervous. Well we were sent home with an antibiotic and an anti-vomiting medication and were told to mix in his food with boiled rice and chopmeat. Well as soon as Ceasar finished his meds he again would periodically vomit. So I called the vet again and this time he gave him a different antibiotic the same anti-vomit meds and we had to have him on a bland diet. So the Vet put him on Prescription Diet I/D. Well during the both times that we had him on these meds he did not vomit. Some days he seemed great and some days even though he didn't vomit he seemed so sad and lethargic. Well looks like we are back at square one. Ive been keeping track of the days he is ok verses the days he vomits. I don't understand why this is still happening. I even asked the Vet if he ever saw this before in any other dogs and he said "No" and that Ceasar was the first. I must also mention that Ceasars "poop" has no blood in it either. I called the Vet again yesterday and he said that we should still keep him on the I/D food and make sure that Ceasar goes to sleep with a full stomach. I'm at my wits end with this problem and I feel so bad for Ceasar. The next step for Ceasar would be to get the Barium test done along with xrays. The Vet told us that if Ceasar has a large ulcer that the Barium would stick to it, but if he has a couple of little ulcers this barium test would do nothing. I had also found out that doing an endoscopy on Ceasar would run me almost $2000.00 of which we don't have. All these vet visits are draining us as it is. This problem is also draining me mentally because for some reason I don't really feel that Ceasar has an ulcer. I don't know what to think anymore. Should I get a second opinion or just see what happens in the next couple of days? Has anyone ever experienced this in their dog?



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