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I have an Australian Shepherd. Female/almost 3 years old/no history of illnesses.

I got home today and found yellowish dried vomit in three separate sections on the house. An hour later she threw up two more times. She's moping around. Her nose is cold and wet, which is good, but the inside of her ears are cold.

Please don't answer this with "Ask a vet" or "look up advice online." That doesn't help. If you have a link to a website with advice though, that will help.

Please help!

First of all, when an at mal's (dog or cat's) nose is cold, hot, wet, dry, doesn't mean the sick in any way (in fact, this is normal). Same goes with the ears. (If you want to check a dog's temperature, a rectal thermometer does the trick. A normal temp is 100-101 degrees Fahrenheit.)

The vomiting isn't so normal. Is she drinking water? If you see that she isn't, take her to a vet, because if she's dehydrated she will need to be put on fluids. I would take away her food for a day or so to give her stomach a rest. But if she is vomiting continuously for the next 24 hours, I would take her to a vet ASAP.

If money is the issue here, an exam isn't really that expensive. Where I work we charge forty dollars for an exam, not including what the doctor may decide to prescribe.

~Maria, 17

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