Spring is the Season of Green... Barfby Aimee Amodio | More from this Blogger 06 Mar 2008 08:27 PM I think my dogs Moose and Lally are jealous. With spending so much time interviewing writer friends lately, I haven't been talking about them as much. Somebody's jealous. Somebody came up with a GREAT way to get featured in a blog: barf a mysterious green liquid in the living room while I was in the shower. I always know something is up if one or both of the dogs is in the bathroom with me when I'm done in the shower. Usually, they avoid it like the plague. Running water? Soap? That could mean a dreaded bath! Today, Lally greeted me when I stepped out of the shower. "Hi, mom, we left you a surprise in the living room!" In front of the door I found the puddle. It's green. And when I say green, I mean GREEN. Like vivid spring grass Crayola crayon green. I stared at it before my brain even could process the possibility of green barf. And I took a picture of it with my camera phone, because my regular digital camera is out of batteries.
The picture just doesn't do it justice. After we went for a quick walk (where everyone piddled and pooped as usual, and didn't do any barfing at all), I did a little research and then called the vet. There isn't much information out on the internet about dogs who barf green, but the general consensus on the web was that it could be from eating grass or it could be bile. The lady I talked to at the vet's office didn't think it was bile (bile is usually yellow in my experience) but told me that her dog barfs green a lot in the spring because he likes to eat grass. Hmmm. I know a dog who likes to eat grass, and his name is Moose. Isolated vomiting (green or otherwise) isn't necessarily a cause for worry. If other symptoms appear -- like refusing to eat, lethargy, or other unusual behavior -- then I'll make him an appointment. For now, I'm keeping him away from the "salad". Learn more about Aimee Amodio  Aimee is a fiction writer... dog lover... music lover... Relevantpets tags User Comments  Courtney Mroch (9169) 07 Mar 2008 07:15 AMOH YUCK! Murph eats a lot of grass too but so far he's never thrown back up something like that concoction. Icky! (His is usually yellow bile topped with the undigested grass blades, which I thought was nasty until I saw your pic. EEEEEEWWWWWWW)  Aimee Amodio (12040) 07 Mar 2008 02:38 PMOne of my friends suggested that it wasn't Moose but instead radioactive aliens making a landing in my living room. The splotch DOES seem to have antennae... hmmm! Courtney Mroch (9169) 10 Mar 2008 08:20 AMHAHAHAHAHA! Now THERE'S a story for you...invasion of the puppies...through the grass. OH NO! We're all in big trouble!!! Community Tags barf, dog behavior, green barf, Spring, vomiting Discuss this article
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