[nagdu] Re problems eating

Thu Jun 3 22:24:52 UTC 2010

Hello Everyone:

Well I've returned home with my wonderful black poodle Bogart. I am getting a little worried though. He is about 5-7 pounds under weight and I am having troubles getting him to eat his food, especially breakfast. This was a hit and miss thing at the school but since coming home he has hardly ever ate his breakfast. Supper isn't much better but over time he seems to eat most of it. 

Right now we are going through a food transition from the garbage the school was giving him (which I can't even get here anyways) to a slightly higher quality food but that is similar to the school food. He never really gulped down any of his food but I am getting worried since he is already very skinny and can't really afford to lose more weight.

I have been reading some of the ideas already written about on the list which I was on the path to trying but I am curious if anyone has this issue with poodles or has had something similar happen after returning from school?

Thanks
Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: Tamara Smith-Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:08 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Re Annoying Behavior
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> Yeah, me, too.  Made me remember to be sure to compliment 
> the chef, who
> loves feed people as much as love to eat his cooking.  /smile/
> 
> And I've been watching my delicate eater in a new way, 
> too.  I've gotten out
> of the havit of being with her while she eats -- I used to do 
> stretcheswhile she was taking her time over the dinner bowl, but 
> lost the habit when
> we moved in here.  So I remembered praise her and give her 
> a pat while she
> was eating.  Which made Daisy remember that routine, so 
> then they grumbled
> at each other over the food bowl and I ended up dancing the food 
> dance with
> them, which made me remember why I got out of the habit of 
> sticking around
> while the two of them eat together.  /lol/
> 
> Still, I think Elizaeth is on to something.  The poodleness 
> does seem to
> prefer for me to be with her over dinner, which I guess is fair 
> enough,since she likes to share my dinner time with me.
> 
> Tami Smith-Kinney
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf
> Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:39 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Re Annoying Behavior
> 
> This is beautifully written. I'm not the person that started the 
> threadbut I love this.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Rene
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:56 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] Re Annoying Behavior
> 
> I was touched, yesterday, by the story of the German Shepherd 
> dog guide
> who 
> didn't want to eat her dinner without her human companion nearby.
> 
> This seemed so sad to me as I thought of my seven Labrador guide dogs.
> The 
> owner needed to be busy outside the kitchen at feeding time, and found
> her 
> dog's refusal to eat alone to be a problem.
> 
> NB: If this story is about you, gentle owner, I apologize for 
> not 
> remembering your name.  You deserve to be addressed 
> directly.  Let me
> just 
> tell you about my own experience and thinking about feeding 
> dogs.  If
> you 
> want to write directly to me, please feel free.
> 
> I love to cook and to feed people.  It gives me great 
> pleasure to savor 
> their company and enjoyment of what I've made, and to express my
> fondness 
> for them through food and a relaxing evening.  For most of my
> professional 
> life, I have worked a 50-60-hour week, and have known what it is 
> to be
> busy. 
> So these evenings of cooking and entertaining have been oases from
> stress 
> for me.
> 
> My Labradors have all wolfed their twice-daily meals, and have not
> minded if 
> I stepped away as they ate.  But they've all wanted me near while
> drinking 
> water, to the extent that they've  stopped drinking if I 
> moved away.
> 
> Each of them has shown me some way--by stopping to lick me, by 
> flippingme a 
> splash of water, or by washing me when they were done--that they 
> wantedto 
> share the experience of "dining" together.
> I've always seen this to be a tender and sweet expression of my dogs'
> love 
> for me, and have found deep peace in these moments.
> 
> Though sometimes I'd like to be doing something else, I've 
> learned that 
> mealtimes and watering for my dogs signify nurture just as much 
> as they
> do 
> the slaking of hunger and thirst.
> 
> And so I try to consciously offer my dogs' food and water with praise,
> and 
> with the same loving attention that I give my friends.  And 
> I do so with
> 
> gratitude.
> 
> Praise and regular attention to their needs is all our dogs ask 
> from us,
> and 
> they work so hard for us in return.
> 
> How lucky we are that our dogs communicate so clearly that we 
> matter to 
> them, and that they want us near.
> 
> Best to all busy humans and your dogs.
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> 
> 
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