[nagdu] flying, changes, and vet visit

[Hannah Chadwick]

Yes, she has been drinking lots and lots of water! 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 3:40 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] flying, changes, and vet visit

Well, first of all, your trainers are talking about normal times. I would do
what the vet said. Not sure why boiled chicken and cottage cheese, but I've
used cottage cheese and I've used lean hamburger. You give them that and, at
least what I did, was gradually rework in the regularly scheduled food as
the dog seemed to be better.

Cindy

On Feb 6, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:

> Hi all,
> Flying back to California with Princess was easy; she did a fantastic 
> job, and you would have thought she's done that all her life *smile*.
> Since we got back, Princess hasn't been eating much and I believe it's 
> due to all the changes - time difference, new environment, etc. I gave 
> her a couple of saltine crackers because my trainer asked me not to 
> feed her the night prior to coming home, but she threw up on Friday 
> night when we got back. I went to Petco on Saturday to get her milk 
> bone treats and gave her a couple on that day because we had been 
> super busy and she did well despite all the changes. However, on 
> Saturday night she started having very soft stool and by yesterday, 
> she was having diarrhea. I took her to the vet this morning because I got
very worried.
> The vet said everything's ok, and that I should put her on white rice 
> and boiled chicken mixed with low-fat cottage cheese for a few days 
> because it will help her stool go back to normal. I feel a little 
> hesitant about this because my trainers mentioned again and again that 
> we shouldn't feed them anything besides the food they are used to having.
What do you all think?
> Should I go ahead and give her rice with boiled chicken and cottage 
> cheese or should I keep her on science diet (which is the food they 
> have been eating)? I would love to hear feedback!
> Cheers, Hannah
> 
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