My 42 lb bulldog/Boston terrier mix has been throwing up her food.
-she’s fed 1 cup 2x a day
-it’s been the morning feeding she hurls up
-nothing in the vomit, just gooey kibble
-We haven’t changed food
-She is halfway thru 35 lbs of Purina pro plan focus-its the same food she has eaten since we got her 2 years ago
-over a week ago she ate a six in piece of leather shoelace(like on a topsiders shoe)
-she eats her mini milkbones treats when we put her in her crate at night
-she tolerates a “greenie” treat at 1000hrs daily(although we did just switch to that brand, where we did have a different brand. Still green,, but not called greenies)

If we wait 1/2 hour and give her another scoop she, has been keeping that down.

Should I bring her to a vet?
And if so what should I ask them to do?
X-Ray if her belly for obstruction ?

Did she poop out the shoe laces? If not get her to the vet. My big one (110 lb Dane/GSD mix) has a habit of eating the legs off his toys. Being as big as he is he has luckily been able to pass everything he ate, so far.

We didn’t find the 6” piece of leather shoelace, but we wernt looking for it.soo

Vet time I’m afraid

Take her into the vet. A bowel obstruction is life threatening.

My bloodhound has been throwing up un digested kibble for quite a while now.
The first eight years of her life we free fed her. The throwing up was everywhere when she would do it. She would throw up then go back and eat and drink then do it all over again.
Vet doesn't really know why. I had finally decided that her eating cat poop was the cause. One of our cats lived to be 19 years old. Towards the end of his life he started pooping outside the litter box and as hard as I tried she would manage to find and eat some during the night then within the next day she would start throwing up again.
The throwing up would go on from several days to as much as a week. This is when I started hand feeding her 2-3 times a day. Once the older cat passed away the puking all but stopped.
She still does it from time to time but it happens again when she tracks down and eats a pile of cat poop from the neighbors cats crapping in our yard or when I may have over fed her not really sure.
I am with her at all times when she is out side but I sometimes get distracted doing things in the yard and her bloodhound nose goes to work. She also has a sensitive stomach and will get diarrhea.
My brother’s vet recommended this https://a.co/d/aMoFiR5 For his dog when it was throwing up and having diarrhea. I spoke with my vet and she said that it was ok to give her some daily. I was first using it when she would go through long periods to throwing up but I have been giving her a small dab daily for a few weeks and it seems to help.

Vet time. Better to know then not. You mention only in morning. Maybe your pup is eating something at night or in the morning that's interacting with his morning feed? Like something in the yard unbeknownst to you.

One time... My Irish Setter, my old friend, at age 6-7 ate some towel material. Didn't know until he started vomiting a couple of days later. Vet x-rayed and saw a blockage. Had to do exploratory surgery to verify. He ended up having towel material blocking and was cutting through his intestines. 1 month in doggy ICU and he finally pulled through. Lived to be 14yrs old.

Another time...ended up being his food. For whatever reason his system took a dislike to his food he had been eating with no issues for many years. Even after his major surgery/ordeal above. Vet changed food and all was good.

Good luck finding the cause.

Definitely time for the vet. I would guess blood work, abdominal x-ray, and fecal tests, then go from there.

I'll agree that it is time to see the vet.
On a different note, my wife has done a lot of research on dog foods.
The only way you would ever find Purina in our house is as the last resort. It doesn't rate very high.

It may be a very remote chance that an actual problem exists, but if it *does* exist and you don't go to the vet, you'll kick yourself for ages.

For comparison, I've had dogs that could eat all kinds of foreign objects and not suffer at all: plastic toys, chunks of shoes, balloons, leather gloves, wood, rocks, lit cigarettes... I've had other dogs that would puke for no apparent reason.

It's the change in behavior, not the behavior itself, that sets off my "go to the vet" response. I wouldn't be paying for a vet visit, I'd be renting peace of mind.

On Christmas evening, my brother's golden retriever snagged half an ear of corn from the "Cajun Seafood Boil" in the kitchen, (he was sneaky and quiet) and ran to the living room and behind the couch. In the time it took to pull the couch away the dog had already swallowed it.

My brother was thinking of forcing the dog to vomit, but decided it would be better to go to the ER vet.

Good thing he did.

Vet induced, the corn cob returned, and with it, two King Crab legs still attached to the carapace.

He then realized that the dog had made an earlier trip and swallowed the crab legs, then grabbed the corn and headed to the couch.

(Couch being the hiding place all three dogs use, nap, chew toys and such, so they don't pay much mind when any of the dogs make a beeline)

Cost him $400, but being emergency vet on Christmas, that's a small price to pay to not be AKA "Dog Killer", or having everyone refer to him as:

"My Dad/Husband, who killed our dog on Christmas!"

Has the dog passed any stool? Any straining with no result?
I agree it’s vet time- hard a pill as it is to swallow, it’s harder still have to put the dog down if there is an obstruction, and things have gone too far to resolve. Anything stringy has a way of tangling itself into the G.I. and really messing things up.
Stop with the greenies: there’s been known problems with impaction on those types of things. Also, your vet will know what to do if you give him all the accurate information definitely an x-ray is in order if not a barium series..

Ok, she’s been passing poop w/o issue.
I made an appointment yesterday and she’s going in tomorrow.

She got a new toy for Christmas and I removed it from her.
She sleeps in a crate in the laundry room and we checked, no missing socks she may have eaten.
But it did bring up the possibility of her eating a dryer sheet. (She’s never done that but will shred trash)
Yesterday afternoon I checked all the poop in the yard and removed it. In the meantime she was blazing around the yard with the zoomies. Not acting sick at all.

She ate all of her food this morning and didn’t hurl. Quick #1 & #2. Then inside to lay down like normal.

Hopefully shes done throwing up.

I’m still gonna take her in to get an X-ray

Earlier this year our little girl was throwing up constantly for a few days. Took her to vet and x-rays showed she ate her sisters rubber chew toy and it was blocking her intestines. We came home..she didn't. Full blown stomach surgery to remove the toy. Then the real fun when she had uncontrollable diarrhea for days after surgery. A 2500.00 dollar vet visit but worth it.

Dont wait, get to an Emergency Clinic where they can at least do an X-ray.

Keep us posted

Follow up.
Took Luna to the vet, got some X-rays, and a good thorough going over.

The vet said nothing looked indicative of a blockage, and that some items may not show up (napkins, or dryer sheets)

But she was suspect of the Xmas toy, and said to get her a new bone instead and to keep the toy away. I tossed it.

She’s back to her normal wild self, having the zoomies and playing chomp with the teenager.