Hello, I have a senior miniature pinscher. I've had her since I was a child and only more recently become taking care of her in adulthood.
She was never cared for very well and was obese most of her life (weighing over 25-30 lbs when she's meant to weigh about 10-15), I have gradually worked her down to 13 lbs with regular exercise and preventing her from overfeeding (she loves to eat trash and steal food)
I cannot afford to take her to a vet, I could maybe manage the checkup fee but it will be some time before we have a clear day in our schedule to take her in, we cannot afford to miss work. We are coming out of homelessness due to my family, so this is not for lack of trying or care.
About a night or so ago, she was puking bright yellow, bile presumably, and was experiencing diarrhea. She gets fed twice a day normally, but I switched to the same total amount of food three times a day because looking into it I found that sometimes dogs will vomit bile if their stomachs have been empty for too long.
It was very early morning/late night so I only noticed a bit of blood in her feces a bit later because there were stains on the carpet where I had already cleaned it up.
Since then she has had progressively more blood in her stool and I'm very worried she could have possibly eaten something outside that may have punctured her bowls or maybe caused an obstruction. My brother is suggesting she may "just have an ulcer". I'd just like to know what to look out for and what I can do to avoid making it worse, because I may not be able to get her in to a vet.
I'm considering starting a GoFundMe to pay for the vet costs but I've already done so before for myself to get out of a bad situation and I feel like I'm really pushing it with.. needing help I guess.
I called the vets in the area and the local veterinary school, the vets said they can't give me any information even basic input because she's not their patient, the vet school has a Good Samaritan fund for dogs with already confirmed life threatening conditions if you are eligible, capping at $1000, so that would not help in this situation.
Thank you for your time and input, please be kind, I am extremely distraught. I can't lose her like this.
IMAGES OF BLOOD AHEAD
More recent
From earlier today, when there was less blood