My pomeranian has been continuously sick for the past year

[inkygoose]

My pomeranian has been continuously sick for the past year.  We moved to spring about a year ago, and brought along all our animals... including my pom, another dog, and three cats.  One day I came home and my cat was lieing dead in the middle of the living room and I noticed what looked like stomach fluid or spit-up that was next to him..we never found out what caused this.  My pomeranian since we have lived here has been getting an upset stomach early in the morning and then after a couple of hours of feeling sick, finally throws up atleast twice what looks like nothing but stomach fluid.  We had tests done (blood tests) and they couldnt find anything wrong with her, and thought she might just be nervous of her new home in spring. The vet gave us some pills in case she gets sick to make her feel better....well a YEAR later, she has gone through the whole bottle of pills and it just is continuing to happen.  She will be fine for 2-3 days and then I will wake up to the sound of her tummy grumbling, and I know that she is sick... but after she throws up a few hours later she is fine and back to her old self.  I have called the vet, they wanted to make an appointment and I asked them before I bring her in, what exactly are you going to do...they told me the same thing they did last time (exam, tests, blood work), but I dont want another $400 vet bill and them tell me nothing is wrong with her and for them to send me home with some pills for nausea.  PLEASE HELP ME

[ginger899]

I wish I could help you with some positive suggestions, but am not sure what this is. It seems you thought about the dangers of garden plants. Is your dog any better since the diet change?

Also, think about where your dog sleeps at night (you mentioned the vomiting was mostly in the mornings) Is there anything which might cause trouble to your dog in that room where he sleeps? Remember, a dog is at floor-level. And their senses are far more acute than ours, and they may react more to things in the environment (emanations from plastics warming up/new furnishings/carpets/carpet cleaners/cleaning fluid residues/any pesticides you might use against bugs or flies/fumes from boilers or heating,cooling systems/room-sprays/scented candles.....) the list is endless. I'm just throwing in any ideas that come to mind here.
It is I suppose possible that fumes from the chlorine in the pool got to your animals, check you aren't using too much. Did your dog ever drink pool water? (I suppose a Pomeranian would find it hard to reach down to the water to drink though)

I do hope your dog is improving. If not I would take him again to the vet, as any 'nervousness' (as the vet thought it might be at your last visit,) would be normally passing off by now.

[inkygoose]

Some things different about this new house is we have a chlorine pool and we used to have a salt water pool... I took out almost the whole garden in the back yard after my cat suddenly died, thinking he might have eaten something like cactus...this new house is a much older house about 20 yrs old...I completely changed her diet after my first post hoping that might have some effect on her. I will just have to wait and see. Thanks for the reply.

[ginger899]

So sorry this post didn't get a reply. I can only guess at what might be causing this. But (1) investigate the plants you have in your garden. Some plants are highly toxic for animals. (2) Is there something 'environmental' in your new house that wasn't in your other house? Investigate anything new because these things might cause some toxic reactions? (3) Is there some kind old lady next door who unknown to you perhaps gives your dog unsuitable treats through the fence??.......this post of mine will throw up more questions than answers I'm sure