Poor Alfie is poorly today. He drank sea water yesterday evening and vomited 6 times before bed. He took half his breakfast but won't drink today . I put the bowl in front of him and he just looks at it. Just lying in his bed looking sorry for himself . just wondered if anyone had any tips on how to make him feel better .

Dont know what to suggest to make him feel better but had a similiar experience last week. We have had a lovely week in St Ives again and at 6.30am every morning, it was just Finn and myself trundling up and down Porthminster Beach. He was loving every minute in and out of  the sea, picking up sticks with the obligatory mouthful of sand every time. The same routine was after 8pm. All was well until day 4...... If any of you are familiar with St ives, you will know The Wharf as being probably the busiest walk through area, and it definetly was this particular day.  With no prior warning, no twirling, no sniffing, Finns' back end exploded like a formula 1 sports car off the grid! Oh to see the look on every face that lm sure was looking in my direction ( apart from my husbands, who had long since legged it and l could only see the back of him!!) I had no option but to grab a huge beach towel out of my bag and drop to my knees and wipe every scrap up!  When l finally finished and started to walk off, trying to look composed, we got 10 yards and he did the same again with the same gusto!!  Out came beach towel number 2. .........p.s. hope hes feeling much better soon!

The joys of excess sea water ..................been there, got that tshirt!!!  The most memorable occasion was when the youngest dog took on more seawater than was good for him with the result we had projectile vomiting one end together with projectlile skitters from the other (simultaneously ):roll:whilst he spun about  like a whirling dervish no doubt wondering what was happening!  He fully recovered after a couple of hours - he's never tried to drink the sea since.  He got a couple of light dinners such as scrambled eggs and boiled rice to help his tummy over the strain.:)

Sorry to hear Alfie's feeling poorly - don't know what to suggest except maybe give him a break from the seaside & take him elsewhere for his exercise.  Perhaps when he goes back to the sea he'll remember not to drink the water that made him so ill last time!  My problem is one of my dogs and seaweed.  Minnie, a 7 yr old flat coated retriever, hates the sea but loves the beach & spends all her time eating dried seaweed.  We've just returned from a lovely week on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, but poor Minnie is still feeling the effects of a diet too rich in leafy greens & iodine - what comes out the back end is not only extremely loose but a rich shade of dark green!!!  Hope Alfie feels better soon. 

We take a bottle of water for Ollie to drink on the beach, he does try seawater but not in any great quantity.  The problem is that they get very excited, hot and thirsty and gulp it down with thinking it tastes horrible.  As for eating seaweed, people pay good money to do that - but if Minnie is anything to go by I might  skip that one on the menu

Thanks for your comments. Alfie is fine and back to his usual self.  After 24 hours he was fine and very hungry the next day after all that vomiting. 

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Glad to hear he is okay - yes we carry bottled water and a brilliant collapsable bowl from pets at home, as both ours love drinking sea water - although the back of my car doesn't.  However much we distract - he runs up and down like a whale catching plankton - no idea why so we now encourage carrying his ball or something to stop it.  They are just too smart as he always sneaks a gulp.  So far all okay but my vet said that when a dog is very sick, bloated and unwell they do struggle to drink so either a children's medicine applicator, like a needless syringe just squirting water every so often into the corner of the mouth is good or an ice cube as the dehydration is the problem. Hopefully it won't happen again but if he's anything like mine syringes at the ready!

Dimmy