[nagdu] Feeding dog during long day?

[Daryl Marie]

Hi, Brandy,

This makes complete sense.  Jenny doesn't miss curbs, but when she is hungry, she will scavenge, walk too fast, and just in general be more distracted.

Last night, on the way home from the gym, we got off the train and Jenny found 6 pieces of an apple right in her path... and of course she had to get at them!  I had a spare poo bag and picked up the apple pieces, and someone was kind enough to throw the bag away for me so I could catch my bus on time.  My husband thinks that feeding her will make this a little easier, and I agree... but apples are a weakness for her.  And hey, if I'm hungry and someone shoves a chocolate cake in my face, I'd stuff my face too!

Daryl
----- Original Message -----
From: Brandy Pinder via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>, NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:27:33 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Feeding dog during long day?

On Tuesday and Wednesday I work late and definitely feed my dog before leaving because like your's mine will lose her head. We have an hour and a half commute home in which she will scavenge, make mistakes and drive me nuts. However, I tend to be like this when I'm hungry so I feel it's just simpler and makes sense to feed her at work. I have a medium plastic container I can store a couple weeks of food in at work on my shelf. My previous dog wasn't as much about time as she knew she was going to eat when we got home. So she would rush home and miss curb's and such which was very out of character. Our commute was shorter though and that was her only flaw so I learned to not immediately feed her when we got home. I would wait about twenty minutes to a half hour then feed. That fixed the rushing home part. Pinta on the other hand just loses all focus. In short, it may just be easier on all involved if you do leave before leaving the gym. You have to also consider your safety! 

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> On Oct 10, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I do the same as Sherry--feed the dog at work if I'm going to be significantly late getting home.
> If you frequently need to be out past her dinnertime, you can re-schedule her dinner permanently to a time you'll usually be home.  The easiest way would be to gradually feed her later and later.
> Tracy
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 12:12 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Feeding dog during long day?
> 
> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> jenny has been doing really well on the whole over the past few months, but I do have a quick question.
>> 
>> She eats breakfast between 6:00-6:30 every morning, because I go to work by 7:30.  On days where we don't do anything after work, she is nearly flawless in her work, but if I have appointments after work, say after 6:00 PM, she just loses her head.
>> She usually eats her dinner between 5:00-6:00 PM when we're home, or I have plans for the rest of an evening, though she has eaten later.  I have never been much of a schedule person, and Jenny doesn't seem to mind minor changes in routine in the evening... but if I am working out at the gym, she'll get her dinner when we get home at 7:00PM.
>> I am wondering if it might be helpful and keep her focused to feed her before leaving my workouts... or would this likely confuse her? Is this just a quirk I have to live with?  If I feed her a partial meal, how "partial" should I feed her?
>> 
>> Any advice would be appreciated!
>> 
>> Daryl
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