[nagdu] When To Relieve

[Elise Berkley]

I have a crazy schedule.  Right now, I am in my fourth day of home training. 
I am a dialysis patient, so they thought it best to train me at home.  I 
wake up at about 5:00 a.m. every morning.  She is not traveling with me 
everywhere yet.  So, I relieve her at about 5:00, then feed, water and 
relieve her again at 7:30 a.m.  She is kenneled from 9:00 a.m. until about 
1:00 p.m. or so.  Then I water and relieve her again, feed water and relieve 
her at about 4:30 p.m. then relieve her at 8:00 p.m. (bedtime.)  I told them 
what time I get up, and they still told me that she can hold it until 7:00 
or 7:30 a.m. no matter what time I get up.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Vivianna via nagdu
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 6:28 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] When To Relieve

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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