[nagdu] flying, changes, and vet visit

[Criminal Justice Major]

Hi, Hannah,
Yes, it is all right to feed her the white rice whith boiled chicken and 
cottage cheese.
Dogs can eat that directly.
Other types of human foods they can have are Golden Delicious and Granny 
Smith's apples, fresh carrots, green beans, spinach and bananas.
They can also have baby snack sized carrots.
When dealing with the fresh carrots and green beans, peel the skin on the 
outtside off and chop them into tiny pieces.
If you should use canned carrots, sweet peas and green beans, open the can 
halfway to drain the preserves liquid out before giving them to her.
Same thing goes with canned spinach.
If you prefer the frozen peas and spinach, give her a very small amount.
As for the Golden Delicious and Granny Smith's apples, just peel the skin 
off on the outtside, remove the core in the middle with the seeds and chop 
it into small pieces for her to chew on.
Avoid giving her red apples as they are extremely sweet and too soft for the 
dog to digest.
Bananas are also good because of the patasium, (paticium) but only if your 
vet recommends it.
As for the science diet, if you choose to stick with that food, be very 
careful with it as it is very rich on the dog's stomach.
This means that if you were to do a test with the food by soaking it and it 
turns into a gravy like substance, it's really rich.
With foods that are rich, the dog would only be able to have a half cup of 
the food unless you mix it up with another dry dog food.
Yes, it's true depending on the trainer that trains your dog, they'll tell 
you something different, but my advice is always listen to your vet on what 
they have to say.
They will get to know your dog more.
Odie has a sensitive stomach, so he can't have anything that is very rich 
where it will turn into a gravy like paste.
I learned the hard way as back when he was eating Blue Buffalo with brown 
rice, chicken and sweet potatoe, it tore his stomach up bad to where he had 
constant gas.
He continued to eat the food, but I had to add another dry dog food to it so 
he wouldn't have that awful mash potatoish stool.
Although I'm sure others on the list may have different views, feelings or 
opinions, I  still say definitely stay on top of communicating with your 
vet.
Yes, stress can be a major factor for when it's a new environment and the 
best you can do is give her time to adjust.
I've worked with guide dogs off and on for almost twelve years.
Hope this helps.
Bibi, husband Dale and Odie
medical alert service dog
the happy spirited bounty labra wolf