[nagdu] Finicky eaters

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Fri Jul 2 17:14:08 UTC 2010


Hi Gary.
Glad to hear Bogart is doing well.
Cream sauce, ay?  Perhaps he's a gourmet.  He is a French poodle, after all.
Have you tried cottage cheese?  Yummy dairy, and not so hard to fix as
cream sauce.
Tracy


> Hi tracy:
>
> Now that is funny! I didn't know the solution could be so simple.
> <chuckle>
> A bit of an update on Bogart and his eating. I am off  for a vets visit
> today so we will see if he has gained any weight from when I returned from
> class(it looks like he has) . I had the opportunity to weigh him on the
> vets
> scale when I was buying his flea meds so he was 48.5 pounds. Should weigh
> about 53 or so I've been told. The food thing is still an issue but I have
> learned a couple o things. First, bogart is not a morning person and
> doesn't
> eat much kibble in the morning. We have started adding things to his food.
> We have made a bunch of lean ground beef up and frozen it in containers
> that
> I can use to add to his food for a couple of days.  This weekend he really
> loved when I rolled his left over kibble in a left over cream sauce so we
> are thinking about trying other creamy things. We have at times, added
> pork
> chops, chicken and a bit of steak. None of these meats are in a great
> amount
> but I'm just using them to get his appetite to open and then he'll eat
> most
> of his meal. He also likes to eat after our night walk and  often easts
> the
> rest of his food during the night. Yes, I do leave his food down since it
> seems to be the best solution. I wonder if he is better able to eat later
> on
> since he knows we are all relaxed, no more work, so he can relax too.
>
> We are doing good in our guiding as well accept when I put him in places
> that I don't know well enough myself.  Last week I tried a new route to
> walk
> part way to my band practice and that didn't go so well because I hadn't
> walked this route, on bike paths under our elevated train system, since I
> had more sight. I didn't realize there are several places where there are
> y
> intersections of paths. If I don't know this bogart will make what he
> thinks
> is the best decision. Often not the right way though. :) then, in the park
> that this path goes through there is a kids play area which is all
> concrete
> so the ease of following the path disappears. We needed help out of that
> section but once back on the path he did great. Found the entrance to the
> train, the escalator and even seats at the other end of the platform so I
> could use the garbage I knew was there to get rid of his gift he had given
> me on our walk. :)
>
> He is a poodle which means he is easily distracted but I find he guides
> pretty well. On Wednesday my band was playing at a bar that night so I
> took
> bogart with me to set everything up. He did a great job at hanging out in
> the pub while we set   up. It was neat to walk to a place I don't know how
> to get to very easily first with the dog and then with the cane to see
> where/how we both had challenges.
>
> Anyway, all and all, I'm enjoying my dog. It makes life a bit more
> complicated and it would be a chaleenge if I didn't have a partner who
> enjoys bogart as well to help look after him when I have to be away at
> places that aren't good for a dog.
>
> Hope everyone is enjoying your long weekend.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:04 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] Finicky eaters
>
> On the old finicky eaters thread, there are high-quality canned foods that
> my dogs think are the greatest.
> My old gal Echo seems to be having some trouble eating kibble.  Maybe her
> teeth have gotten worn down.  Anyway, she doesn't attack her food with her
> old enthusiasm.  So I have started cutting back on the kibble and putting
> in half a can of Cannidae canned food, and she snarfs it up.
> It's kinda expensive to feed the canned food, about $2 a can and a can a
> day, but hey, nothing but the best for the old lady.
> I suspect that, if she was only a bit finicky, I could put less and
> stretch a can for a couple days.
>
> And shouldn't Gary from Canada feed canned food from Canidae?  It seems so
> fitting! :.)
> Tracy
>
>
>
>
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