doggie ramblings
May. 1st, 2008 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smg011. The neat thing about Tom spending a day at doggie day care is that not only is he nice and mellow that night, but it carries over to the day after as well. He always walks especially well on leash the morning after he spent the day at ddc.
2. Actually he was restful last night that I was torn between being happy at having such a relaxing evening and being worried that he was sick. He was, I think, a little bit not himself because of:
3. I'm in the process of switching foods again. He's been eating Nutro, but I was feeling vaguely questioning about for reasons that I couldn't fully put my finger on. After raising a discussion on my doglist regarding some poop-related issues (I'll spare my flist the details unless someone really wants to know), I decided to make another change. I stopped in at our Natural Pet Food store thinking I would pick up some Wellness. After talking to the proprieter, I wound up walking out with a bag of Nature's Logic. I'm quite excited about the brand. All of the vitamins and minerals come from food sources--no synthetics. Apparently the owner of the company knows each of his suppliers personally. And Tom appears to like the kibble quite a bit. There has, however, been a little bit of digestive upset as I've made the switch. I may not have been as gradual as I should have been about phasing in the new food.
4. One of the things we started in this week's dog class is an automatic sit on our walks when I stop. We're making quite good progress on that. We'd be even further along if I had recognized that I should be rewarding that behavior all along. He had frequently done that on his own and I wish now that I had recognized that I could have been praising and otherwise treating/rewarding that behavior all along.
5. I have The Other End of the Leash on order and I'm quite looking forward to receiving and reading it. One of the people that I often run into on walks was talking enthusiastically about it.
2. Actually he was restful last night that I was torn between being happy at having such a relaxing evening and being worried that he was sick. He was, I think, a little bit not himself because of:
3. I'm in the process of switching foods again. He's been eating Nutro, but I was feeling vaguely questioning about for reasons that I couldn't fully put my finger on. After raising a discussion on my doglist regarding some poop-related issues (I'll spare my flist the details unless someone really wants to know), I decided to make another change. I stopped in at our Natural Pet Food store thinking I would pick up some Wellness. After talking to the proprieter, I wound up walking out with a bag of Nature's Logic. I'm quite excited about the brand. All of the vitamins and minerals come from food sources--no synthetics. Apparently the owner of the company knows each of his suppliers personally. And Tom appears to like the kibble quite a bit. There has, however, been a little bit of digestive upset as I've made the switch. I may not have been as gradual as I should have been about phasing in the new food.
4. One of the things we started in this week's dog class is an automatic sit on our walks when I stop. We're making quite good progress on that. We'd be even further along if I had recognized that I should be rewarding that behavior all along. He had frequently done that on his own and I wish now that I had recognized that I could have been praising and otherwise treating/rewarding that behavior all along.
5. I have The Other End of the Leash on order and I'm quite looking forward to receiving and reading it. One of the people that I often run into on walks was talking enthusiastically about it.
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Date: 2008-05-01 02:57 pm (UTC)and YAY for holistic food :D.
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Date: 2008-05-01 09:23 pm (UTC)resides what paula said, digestive enzymes can help with the transition to a new food, too.
*tackelhugs!*