[nagdu] major relieving issues

Tue Sep 30 19:02:51 UTC 2014

It is not the most environmentally friendly thing, but in a pinch I have 
dropped a dog bag down a storm drain, or chucked it into the woods. Other 
emergency disposal methods I have used are tossing it off the side of a 
bridge, and bagging it and leaving it in the gutter. Just be creative if 
your dog does decide to relieve when you are not anticipating it. I have 
found that standing still, and letting the dog walk a full circle around me 
works to stimulate him to go if I don't have time to go for a walk, and he 
is refusing to go.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] major relieving issues

> Hi Marsha.
> I too feel your pain.  Ben is stimulated by walking, and regularly needs
> to go on route.  I hate it.  I've spent way too much time walking around
> with a full baggy, looking for a trash can.
> I agree with Brandy.  If she usually goes around one spot, pick a spot
> nearby, at the time she usually needs to go, and let her go.  Then at
> least you have some control and can pick up.  This is what I did with Ben.
> It's a pain, and it requires building extra time into the route, but it's
> the best I could come up with.  If he goes in the designated spot, or even
> does the dance of good faith, I praise him.  If he fools around, or tries
> to go elsewhere, I growl at him.
> I never had a dog before who does this, either.  It's maddening.  I've
> said, frequently, that I don't want another dog with this problem.  If New
> Dog does it, you'll probably hear my howls all the way to Philly.  But,
> like Brandy said, it isn't the worst problem I could have, as Ben is
> otherwise an excellent guide, though, when he gets relieving on his mind,
> not so much.
> Good luck.
> Tracy
>> Hi List,
>> I know, I know, I know that this topic has been discussed ad nausium. My
>> current pup from GDF and I have been working for almost two years. Of
>> course because I am back to school, this issue has come up again. When I
>> was in classes at my university this was always an issue too. I feed pup,
>> Natures Domain, 2 cups a day. So she will relieve in the morning, with
>> plenty of time to go. Then around lunch time, as late as two o'clock I
>> will then relieve her again, this time its on my university campus, or at
>> my internship. If I am in classes, like I said its at 2pm, the earliest I
>> can relieve her. If I am at my internship, I take her out around lunch. 
>> At
>> either location, I can spend my entire lunch break, an hour, 30 minutes,
>> whatever, and she will not go. I can walk her around the block, down the
>> block. She will not relieve. I have taken off the harness, left it on, 
>> she
>> will not relieve. I head home around either 4 or 5pm, but almost every
>> single day, she will relieve on the sidewal
>>  k, in the middle of our route. I have tried to reduce her food, only
>> giving her a half cup of food, tried giving her all two cups at once,
>> tried leaving out that meal all together. The reducing the meal to a half
>> a cup, will delay the relieving to a morning poop. Like I said I thought
>> it might have been the walk that stimulates her to go, so thus why I have
>> walked her, but she will not go. Its always on the way to the train. I
>> honestly do not know what to do from here, either I can just live with it
>> or something has to happen. Please do not give the feeding nature talk,
>> its not for me. My dog has no other health issues other this. I myself am
>> nw having anxiety about her pooping on our route. I have had 3 guides,
>> none of them have done this. Please give suggestions? I am in classes two
>> days a week, internship three days a week, my schedule is busy, and she
>> loves all the work. So like I said, here is the schedule. I wake up, feed
>> pup, take her out, depending on the day depends
>>   on when she eats and relieves, its usually between 5am and 7am. Like I
>> said above either at lunch time, 12:30pm or 2pm, relieve again. 4 or
>> 5pm, head for home and the train, when she will poop on route. Its at
>> least 4 out of the 5days she poops on route. Then when I get home around
>> 6 or 7pm, fed and relieved. Again at bed time, relieved at the last
>> time. I never ever ever know when she is going to poop, its been two
>> years and we are still not on a schedule. Thought I would ask here, as
>> some of you all have worked many many dogs. Like I said, she is an
>> absolutely great worker. Like I said I need suggestions, not criticism.
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Marsha drenth
>> email: marsha.drenth at gmail.com
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>> errors. Please do not be hesitant to ask for clarification as necessary.
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