[nagdu] When To Relieve

[Vivianna]

Hi Elise,
first of all.  you have said that you have only had your dog for a few days?  does this mean that you are still at a school?  are you still in some sort of training?
have you told the trainer that you are an early riser and, exactly what that means?  some folks think that 7:00 is early.  lol.
does the trainer know that you are feeding your dog at 5:00 a.m.?
usually, they want you to take your dog out right after feeding so, i am thinking that is what a trainer should be telling you to do at this early stage.  remember, your dog has been living in a kennel for months, releiving whenever and, whereever she wants so, you are, in a sense retraining her to be house trained.
it’s my personal opinion that, as long as you give her 4 times to relieve, spread out through the day, she should be good.
i am also guessing that, if you get up at 5 you are going to bed relatively early as well, so, her last time to go would be earlier than for someone who takes their dog out at 8 for example.
if the trainer still insists that you take her out at 7 then, i would not feed her until then as well.

Vivianna
	
> On Feb 26, 2015, at 8:04 AM, Elise Berkley via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey, everyone.  I need help.  My trainers have Becky on a very tight relieving schedule.  Her first time to go, by them, is 7:00 a.m..  I feed her, water her, then relieve her.  I am a very early riser, and I took her out earlier than 7:00 a.m.  But, by her actions, she had to go and she went immediately when I took her out.  They told me not to do this because we did not want her out of schedule and she could hold it.
> 
> The same thing happened this morning.  I got up at about 5:00 a.m.  My husband told me she had to go out.  I told him what they said and I was going to have her wait.  But, I really do not like doing that to her.  When I took her out, she did #2 again immediately.
> 
> It seems inhumane to make her wait to go when I know she has to go because of a schedule.  Please give me input on this because I am a first timer here.
> Thanks and happy guide dogging.
> 
> Elise and Becky
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