[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Feeding Times
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Showgsd-l <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:11:00 -0500
When I had horses, if you were late feeding, the horses would fret
and start fussing, neighing, stall walking and the like, not to mention
some of them would try to kick the barn down. . Really hot blooded
animals could get themselves into such a state that they'd get sick.
I found that varying the time made a big difference.
With the dogs, when I worked full time I wasn't always home in time
to say "Oh, I always feed at 4, or at 6, or whatever," so, no matter
what breed
or breeds are in residence here, they get fed anytime between 5 and 7,
sometimes later, and occasionally, earlier.
They do just fine, and they never start fussing until they hear me start
to gather up dog bowls. Everybody's in good weight,
nobody's a fussy eater (well, one...but he's been that way since he was
a baby). Every now and then I skip a night, and they don't fuss
then, either. The last thing I do at night, every night, is give them a
dog biscuit...on the nights I don't feed a meal, I give them their
biscuits, and they seem to know that's going to be it. They quieten
right down and go to sleep.
I used to skip feeding on Sunday nights, but now it's random...makes no
difference to them.
When I'm away from home, my dog sitter sets her own schedule, and
the dogs don't seem to mind that, either...she starts her day earlier
than I ever do, and she puts dogs to bed much earlier than I ever
do....but everybody's happy.
Yes, the house dogs tend to wander into the kitchen around 5 or
so, but I think if the cat didn't do it, they wouldn't, either. The cat, of
course, never fails to tell me that it is time to put his daily teaspoon
of canned food down, but he's the only one who does it.
Peggy
BJBuie@xxxxxxx wrote:
>When we are home, feeding time is on a regular schedule. We as humans tend
>to "get hungry" at whatever our regular meal times are and can't imagine the
>dogs are any different. If I'm the one who is "running behind," the dogs let
>me
>know it is time to eat and Fiona in particular will do things like picking up
>and shaking a throw rug or dog bed mattress in front of me to get my
>attention if I am on the phone, computer or otherwise ignoring her. Sort of
>like a
>human two year old -- if I get on the phone, she finds a way to attract my
>attention. If we are traveling, they don't get as insistent as if we are just
>hanging out at home.
>
>
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