When to call a vet

Contact a vet or emergency clinic immediately for trouble breathing, collapse, inability to pee, a seizure, serious bleeding, or suspected poisoning. A swollen painful abdomen with repeated retching is also an emergency. These examples are not a complete list; call if you are worried.

Vomiting with low energy, blood, pain, or signs of dehydration needs prompt advice. With a young puppy, contact your vet promptly about vomiting, diarrhoea, refusing food, or an unusual change in behaviour rather than applying an adult dog’s “wait and see” advice.

If they may have swallowed a harmful food, medicine, plant, or object, call immediately. Do not induce vomiting unless a vet tells you to. Keep packaging or details of what and when they ate it.

Have meal, pee, and poop times and your notes ready when you call. Describe what changed and how your puppy seems now. Puptime’s patterns and reminders cannot diagnose illness or rule out a problem.