[nagdu] Feeding on the go?

[Nicole Torcolini]

This is an interesting topic, and the following are my opinions on it.
First, every dog is different. Second, there is when dogs actually need to
eat and when dogs think that they need to eat, but it is really just that
they want to eat. Dogs may need to eat at a certain time for a couple of
different reasons. The one that comes to mind for me is when a dog has the
problem that he/she will vomit bile if there is not any food in the stomach.
Lexia had this problem, and, if pushed to long between meals, she became a
ticking time bomb. I always carried some extra treats. I would sometimes
give Lexia a snack, but I did not usually give an entire meal early.
Some dogs think that they need to eat, but they actually just want to, and
they start acting crazy. JMHO, this is not acceptable behavior. Lexia has
eaten as early as 5 or 4:30 and as late as 7 or even 8. Of course, I gave
her snacks as appropriate, but she never got meals by asking for them. She
would sometimes sit and stare when she wanted to eat, but this did not buy
her anything as she just got sent back to her blanket.
I used to use the canvas bowls. Yes, I know all about the move the bowl
around game. I started using the rubber collapsible bowls, though, because
the canvas ones do not wipe out well, and, once you get grease in them, they
never really come clean.

Nicole

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie via
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Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 1:55 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Feeding on the go?

Hi!
I know I have emailed before regarding keeping emergency food baggies, but
what do you guys do if you are out and about and need to feed your dogs?

I am thinking more for when we are in New York, but I seem to have put
myself in a situation today where I am not able to feed her until approx.
6:30, which is about the end of her "I'm HUNGRY!" rope, unless I feed her in
the mall or on the bus, which I am not really willing to do.  She has eaten
that late before, but when she is hungry like that, she is much more
distractable.

Should I just not worry about it and feed her when I get to my destination?
Find a quiet out of the way place to feed her? Give her some treats to tide
her over before we leave work?  Am I just over thinking?

Daryl

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