[nagdu] When To Relieve

[Buddy Brannan]

While it’s true your dog can hold it at night for quite a while, and it’s also true that they usually really have to go first thing in the morning, it’s equally true that you and your dog will adjust to your schedule. When training finishes, you’ll establish a schedule that’s convenient for you both. I gather from what you’re telling me that you’re having an in-home placement from wherever you’re getting your dog, and you’re not away at school That may make a difference as far as adjusting your schedule, especially if you are yourself an early riser. If you’re at school, it’s really easiest, for consistency with everyone else, to follow their relieving schedule, but you can change when you get home. If this is really an issue for you, discuss with your trainer, noting especially that your preference, dog or no, is to get up early. Then maybe you can work with the best way to modify the schedule. 

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194 
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Email: buddy at brannan.name



> On Feb 26, 2015, at 9:04 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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