[nagdu] major relieving issues

Danielle Antoine singingmywayin at gmail.com
Thu Oct 2 16:57:48 UTC 2014


and where can relieving harnesses be gotten?

On 10/2/14, Danielle Antoine <singingmywayin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well Mark I see I'm not the only one Have used a storm drain and yes
> that little ditch full of bikes and other trash beside the bridge.
>
>
> On 10/1/14, Shannon Dyer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> This sounds a lot like the Acelet dog. He would refuse to go for
>> incredibly
>> long stretches, which would then result in him having to poop while we
>> were
>> working.
>>
>> Almost a year into our time together, I put a relieving harness on him.
>> This
>> doesn't stop the going on route, but it seems to have helped him get on
>> more
>> of a schedule. He still sneaks a poop in every now and then, but it goes
>> safely in the bag and doesn't really inconvenience anyone. His anxiety is
>> so
>> much less, as is mine.
>>
>> Shannon and the Acelet
>> On Sep 29, 2014, at 8:49 PM, Marsha Drenth via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi List,
>>> I know, I know, I know that this topic has been discussed ad nausium. My
>>> current pup from GDF and I have been working for almost two years. Of
>>> course because I am back to school, this issue has come up again. When I
>>> was in classes at my university this was always an issue too. I feed
>>> pup,
>>> Natures Domain, 2 cups a day. So she will relieve in the morning, with
>>> plenty of time to go. Then around lunch time, as late as two o'clock I
>>> will then relieve her again, this time its on my university campus, or
>>> at
>>> my internship. If I am in classes, like I said its at 2pm, the earliest
>>> I
>>> can relieve her. If I am at my internship, I take her out around lunch.
>>> At
>>> either location, I can spend my entire lunch break, an hour, 30 minutes,
>>> whatever, and she will not go. I can walk her around the block, down the
>>> block. She will not relieve. I have taken off the harness, left it on,
>>> she
>>> will not relieve. I head home around either 4 or 5pm, but almost every
>>> single day, she will relieve on the sidewalk, in the middle of our
>>> route.
>>> I have tried to reduce her food, only giving her a half cup of food,
>>> tried
>>> giving her all two cups at once, tried leaving out that meal all
>>> together.
>>> The reducing the meal to a half a cup, will delay the relieving to a
>>> morning poop. Like I said I thought it might have been the walk that
>>> stimulates her to go, so thus why I have walked her, but she will not
>>> go.
>>> Its always on the way to the train. I honestly do not know what to do
>>> from
>>> here, either I can just live with it or something has to happen. Please
>>> do
>>> not give the feeding nature talk, its not for me. My dog has no other
>>> health issues other this. I myself am nw having anxiety about her
>>> pooping
>>> on our route. I have had 3 guides, none of them have done this. Please
>>> give suggestions? I am in classes two days a week, internship three days
>>> a
>>> week, my schedule is busy, and she loves all the work. So like I said,
>>> here is the schedule. I wake up, feed pup, take her out, depending on
>>> the
>>> day depends on when she eats and relieves, its usually between 5am and
>>> 7am. Like I said above either at lunch time, 12:30pm or 2pm, relieve
>>> again. 4 or 5pm, head for home and the train, when she will poop on
>>> route.
>>> Its at least 4 out of the 5days she poops on route. Then when I get home
>>> around 6 or 7pm, fed and relieved. Again at bed time, relieved at the
>>> last
>>> time. I never ever ever know when she is going to poop, its been two
>>> years
>>> and we are still not on a schedule. Thought I would ask here, as some of
>>> you all have worked many many dogs. Like I said, she is an absolutely
>>> great worker. Like I said I need suggestions, not criticism.
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Marsha drenth
>>> email: marsha.drenth at gmail.com
>>> Sent with my IPhone
>>> Please note that this email communication has been sent using my iPhone.
>>> As such, I may have used dictation and had made attempts to mitigate
>>> errors. Please do not be hesitant to ask for clarification as necessary.
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