[nagdu] Random poop

Mon Mar 25 16:46:13 UTC 2013

Yah Eve, when the subject of poop comes up lots of folks chime in!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eve Sanchez" <celticyaya at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Random poop


>I love all of the responses I have been getting on this. It is not
> normal for her and one of the times did seem to be diareahish. I think
> the idea of walking stimulating her to poop is probably right on.
> Thinking about it, when in Walmart, we walk much faster than in other
> stores. It is so spread out with wide aisles that is like a race to
> where we are going. In other stores we meander more, which is
> relaxing.Okay, I will do more of the playing heavily before hand as I
> do know that works also. I truly do give her lots of opportunities to
> go. No one has addressed the other concern though, Can we get in
> trouble for this? Has anyone had issues like that to be concerned
> about or know common laws or whatever? Thanks, Eve
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Deanna Lewis <DLewis at clovernook.org> 
> wrote:
>> Hi Eve,
>> I feel your pain! Pascal, my guide dog did this once or twice when I 
>> first got him. The first was when we went to Walmart the same day that I 
>> got home from GDB. We were in the craft section, and he squat down and 
>> had diarrhea. I did my best to clean it up, but it was difficult. We got 
>> a janitor to come and help us with a mop. We kept apologizing to him, but 
>> he said, "Don't worry about it. Thank you for shopping at Walmart." LOL
>> The ironic thing was, that this particular Walmart went out of business a 
>> few months later /smile/. I think my Mom and I were too embarrassed to go 
>> back there again.
>> Turns out that the diarrhea was caused by the food Pascal was eating, so 
>> I switched it to a new one, and he did fine.
>> My advice to you, is to give your dog ample time when relieving her, 
>> about 10 minutes. You can also try to relieve her before you go into a 
>> building or store. Many dogs are stimulated by walking, so walking around 
>> a store can stimulate them to defecate. You can also play with her for a 
>> few minutes to get her stimulated at home, then take her outside to go 
>> potty.  If the problem persists call your school for more advice.
>> Best of luck to you and your girl.
>> Deanna and Pascal
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
>> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 4:25 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Random poop
>>
>> I hate to bring this up, but I am hoping someone has a great idea or 
>> insight. It is the poop schedule that I am talking about. I feed at the 
>> same times each day and can pretty much tell you exactly when she is 
>> going to have her morning and evening poops. It is the random poop that I 
>> do not know what to do about. She does not even poop three times every 
>> day, but when she does, it could come any time in the middle of the day 
>> or even late at night. Usually not an issue as I offer the opportunity 
>> often. Sometimes though... Well, as long as I have had her for going on 
>> only four months now, the random poop has surprised me in a store twice. 
>> Yes, both times were Walmart and it
>> could have been her way of protesting, but...      I do clean it up
>> and never leave any sign of the gift behind, but what do I do? What can 
>> they do? My daughter asked if I could get in trouble. I said, "No." but I 
>> am not actually sure about this. Will, take advice, experiences, random 
>> comments, whatever. Thanks for listening to this crap. Eve
>>
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