[nagdu] walking faster

Fri Feb 10 04:07:40 UTC 2012

Hannah,

In my opinion, I would switch your dog off science diet posthaste. Obviously 
consult with your veterinarian first, however, I would feed a higher quality 
grain free food if I were you. Besides, science diet is over priced and as a 
result, you could feed something better for the dog, for far less money.

For your reading pleasure very interesting

Dog food comparisons

Science diet

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/hills-science-diet-dog-food-adult-dry/

Taste of the wild.

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/taste-of-the-wild-dog-food-dry/

Goode luck,

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking faster

> Garry and all,
> Yes, Princess is still having soft stools, but at least it's not runny any
> more. She started her rice, chicken and cottage cheese diet on Monday 
> night,
> but tonight I decided to mix her science diet  with the recommended 
> mixture
> because I think she'll be ok since it's been a few days.
>
> I've tried what you do - getting them excited, but it didn't really work. 
> I
> do understand it takes time for us to bond, but I'm bringing this up 
> because
> I don't want her to get in the habit of it.
> All the best, Hannah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of GARY STEEVES
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:48 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking faster
>
> Hi Hana:
>
> I have this problem with Bogart sometimes. I have especially noticed it 
> when
> I'm anxious and in a hurry and really need to get somewhere. What I've
> learned to do is to really get excited about us going wherever and try to
> get Bogart excited about it as well. It works about 75% of the time.
> Sometimes he also takes a block or two away from the house before he kicks
> it into gear. But an example is last week I had to get out for lunch, get 
> to
> my bank and then bus and train it to my office where they needed me to 
> sign
> something before the courier came at 1:30pm. It was 11:30am when I left 
> the
> house. Normally we'd walk to the restaurant, 5 blocks, but bogart was
> working so slow that I hopped onto a bus for two stops to get me there. 
> once
> I had lunch and we headed to the bank he was fine ad working at his normal
> speed.
>
> The other thing I do with bogart is be sure that to get out once a day 
> with
> him in harness. Even if it is just the 3 block walk to the wine store, or
> corner store for milk. He gets to walk around the block in the morning and
> at night on a leash with me using my cane so he can sniff and be dog like 
> so
> I think, to keep him understanding that working is required too, I try to
> get him in harness every day. some days it is for 15 minutes and some days
> we travel all over the city.
>
> Be patient but keep working with Princess. If I recall though, wasn't she
> just  sick? this will take her a bit of time to recover from as well. 
> Also,
> as  a side note, bogart had pretty loose  stools for quite a long time 
> after
> I got him. It's only since we've been on our current food that he mostly 
> has
> nice firm stools. I think poodles get really stressed with change. When I
> travel with bogart I now know that he will eat about half of what he eats 
> at
> home. So now I pack 3/4 of what he eats at home to save some space and 
> still
> usually bring  food home.
>
> Poodles are poodles.
>
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net>
> Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012 4:10 pm
> Subject: [nagdu] walking faster
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>
>> Hello all,
>> I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but Princess sometimes
>> walks super slow, almost like at an ants pace. Just wondering if this
>> is part of the bonding? I've done a lot of praising, and encouraging
>> her to go faster, but nothing seems to work. It seems like she just
>> wants to relax at home - lying in the sun and sleeping all day long.
>> Is there anything, anything at all that I could do to get her to walk
>> faster?
>> All the best, Hannah and Princess
>>
>>
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