[nagdu] Feeding dog during long day?

[Dan Weiner]

Welcome to the list, Ian.
Now five to six miles a day at guide dog school, which school was that, I
want to try it--smile.

Dan W. 

dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net		 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ian C. Bray via
nagdu
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:43 PM
To: Daryl Marie; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Feeding dog during long day?

Hi all,

When I got Stanley, he was getting 2 cups twice a day.
We of course were walking like 5 to 6 miles a day at guide dog school.

When we got home from school, I realized he was picking up a little weight
because we were not working very hard.

I decided to change his food to a lower fat food & go from 2 cups 2 times a
day to
1 cup 3 times a day.

My reasoning was that I did not want to reduce his food by half, and I
didn't think 1.5 cups twice a day would do him because he was already
getting hungry by 2:00 pm.

I spaced out his meals & reduced each of them & he is holding right around
72 to 73 pounds now.

HTH
Ian




----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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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