Dog Advice
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laurenebargar wrote: »indigoblue9572 wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »8 hours a day is not terrible. Most dogs will adjust to that routine just fine and nap while you're gone. Just make sure he gets plenty of exercise and attention when you ARE there, and I would generally say that if your dog is crated all day, better NOT to crate overnight.
As for not eating in the morning - I'm a big dog person, so this isn't something that would worry me in the slightest. BUT if you're worried, can you use a little bit of "treat" food - canned food, or pour some broth over his dry food? To make it more enticing and convince him to eat it. After a few weeks, you can slowly cut back on whatever additive you've used. He just needs to break the "grazing" routine.
Don't let him graze at night, either. Put down his food for like, 30 minutes, and then make sure he's watching when you pick it up. Use a phrase like "food!" when you put his bowl down and "time's up" when you pick it up. Something. He'll learn.
This is a great tactic for medium/large breeds, but this dog is 5lbs fully grown. Small dogs are notoriously picky eaters and their stomachs are so tiny they really can only hold a few pieces of food at a time. Low blood sugar from not being able to eat regularly throughout the day can affect these little guys so really, she should give access to a small amount of food all the time.
I must have missed that,my recommendation, on eating once a day was based off a medium sized bread (roughly 30 lbs) I dont know much about tiny dogs, if your vet isnt worried about it though, I dont think I would be either, does it eat normally at night?
I put his food out for him in the morning when we wake up (he sleeps in the bed with us). I leave it out from about an hour and try to get him to eat but he is not interested at all. I gave him a treat this morning just so he'd have something in his tummy. He eats good in the evening. Usually when we are all gathered in the kitchen for dinner he wants to eat.0 -
kschwab0203 wrote: »laurenebargar wrote: »indigoblue9572 wrote: »JeepHair77 wrote: »8 hours a day is not terrible. Most dogs will adjust to that routine just fine and nap while you're gone. Just make sure he gets plenty of exercise and attention when you ARE there, and I would generally say that if your dog is crated all day, better NOT to crate overnight.
As for not eating in the morning - I'm a big dog person, so this isn't something that would worry me in the slightest. BUT if you're worried, can you use a little bit of "treat" food - canned food, or pour some broth over his dry food? To make it more enticing and convince him to eat it. After a few weeks, you can slowly cut back on whatever additive you've used. He just needs to break the "grazing" routine.
Don't let him graze at night, either. Put down his food for like, 30 minutes, and then make sure he's watching when you pick it up. Use a phrase like "food!" when you put his bowl down and "time's up" when you pick it up. Something. He'll learn.
This is a great tactic for medium/large breeds, but this dog is 5lbs fully grown. Small dogs are notoriously picky eaters and their stomachs are so tiny they really can only hold a few pieces of food at a time. Low blood sugar from not being able to eat regularly throughout the day can affect these little guys so really, she should give access to a small amount of food all the time.
I must have missed that,my recommendation, on eating once a day was based off a medium sized bread (roughly 30 lbs) I dont know much about tiny dogs, if your vet isnt worried about it though, I dont think I would be either, does it eat normally at night?
I put his food out for him in the morning when we wake up (he sleeps in the bed with us). I leave it out from about an hour and try to get him to eat but he is not interested at all. I gave him a treat this morning just so he'd have something in his tummy. He eats good in the evening. Usually when we are all gathered in the kitchen for dinner he wants to eat.
Some dogs like to graze all day, my dog used to do that, but then she was eating too much and gaining weight, so shes not allowed to eat like that anymore lol! Maybe get a second opinion from another vet0 -
indigoblue9572 wrote: »laurenebargar wrote: »indigoblue9572 wrote: »LOVE Corgis! @laurenebargar
Me too! looking to get Kiki a little brother this winter! Perfect size dog for us! lol
And sooooo adorable and fun! Such personalities Corgis have!
They definitely do! lol such a fun breed!0 -
I'd leave him in the bathroom or a hallway with pee pads (heck, you could litterbox train a dog that small) and food and water. Heck even if he pees on the tiles in the bathroom, it takes 30 seconds to clean up. And yeah, see if there's a kid or retired neighbor who can take the dog out during the day.0
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My dog used to be like this as well. She would only eat when someone was in the kitchen with her. If you left the kitchen before she was done, she would follow you and forget about the food. She did get over it eventually, we didn't do anything different.
Please don't feel bad about having a dog and working. I hate when people think that just because you and your partner are both working full time and the dog has to be alone for 8 hours a day that you should give it away to a 'family that will love it'. Why can't I love my dog in the time I am home? My husband and I both work 8 hours a day so our dog is alone from 8-5. When we get home she gets a good walk and lots of cuddles, good food, and sleeps in the bed with us (2 large people and a 70lb Doberman in a queen size bed...good times). We rescued her from a neglectful home and I'm certain that if she could talk she would thank us profusely.2 -
laurenebargar wrote: »indigoblue9572 wrote: »laurenebargar wrote: »indigoblue9572 wrote: »LOVE Corgis! @laurenebargar
Me too! looking to get Kiki a little brother this winter! Perfect size dog for us! lol
And sooooo adorable and fun! Such personalities Corgis have!
They definitely do! lol such a fun breed!
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laurenebargar wrote: »indigoblue9572 wrote: »laurenebargar wrote: »indigoblue9572 wrote: »LOVE Corgis! @laurenebargar
Me too! looking to get Kiki a little brother this winter! Perfect size dog for us! lol
And sooooo adorable and fun! Such personalities Corgis have!
They definitely do! lol such a fun breed!
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Keep it simple here: whatever you can do to give the dog more time and space is owed to your dog by owning him, but having a job/survival of course takes priority. Trying to keep a perfect home shouldn't be a priority over your dog being able to move around in barely more space than to turn around in though, I think you probably can find a way to allow them more area to roam.
Big dogs can be fine with feeding once per day. 5lb'ers are not the same however, their metabolisms are different, just like a humming bird which has to eat constantly through the day is different from a goose that can have one evening feeding time and be fine. With a 5lb dog you can also easily give them more space than a kennel of their size with little difficulty, why not at least do that and allow access to a kibble food throughout the day?0 -
We breed and show little japanese chins (tiny little dogs).... and having 16 at my moms house we do crate them over night and for rest during the day... its a very safe space for them to the point when i got 2 myself at my house we curated a safe space under the stairs or the doggy lounge. As long as the cage is kept clean and they have water and food down... get lots of exercise love and attention it won't cause any harm at all for them to be caged.
In terms of feeding small dogs are picky we graze feed... meaning they always have small kibble down i particularly like royal canin shitzu for how small it is and the dogs love it!!! I also supplement feed at night maybe a bit of chicken and rice etc depending but most of the time they are happy with the kibble.
I do have one rescue chin that cant keep weight on (wish i had that problem) and make what we call fat balls from treacle, mince, oats and kibble the dogs adore it and helps put weight on. if you want the recipe message me.
hope that helps h0 -
We got him a crate that is actually meant for 30-45 lb dogs so that he would have extra room to move around. I think I am going to continue to work on getting him into a routine of eating in the morning even if, as someone here suggested, I lace his food with broth or something else to entice him into eating. Hopefully he'll catch on to this new routine in a few weeks.0
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We breed and show little japanese chins (tiny little dogs).... and having 16 at my moms house we do crate them over night and for rest during the day... its a very safe space for them to the point when i got 2 myself at my house we curated a safe space under the stairs or the doggy lounge. As long as the cage is kept clean and they have water and food down... get lots of exercise love and attention it won't cause any harm at all for them to be caged.
In terms of feeding small dogs are picky we graze feed... meaning they always have small kibble down i particularly like royal canin shitzu for how small it is and the dogs love it!!! I also supplement feed at night maybe a bit of chicken and rice etc depending but most of the time they are happy with the kibble.
I do have one rescue chin that cant keep weight on (wish i had that problem) and make what we call fat balls from treacle, mince, oats and kibble the dogs adore it and helps put weight on. if you want the recipe message me.
hope that helps h
My Shih Tzu is a grazer. She eats when she feels like it but I take the food away at 6PM cuz if she eats late she may have accident in the middle of the night. I agree with picky. I went through 7 brands of dog food until we settled on FROMM she loveesss that.
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kschwab0203 wrote: »We recently moved into a new house and in an effort to protect our floors and furnishings, we have decided to crate our dog. He is two years old. Before this we kept him a small bathroom with a baby gate in the doorway while we were gone. I was able to come home and let him out during lunch, but my new home is too far- so he is in the crate from about 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Is this too long? I can't leave him out because although he pottys outside if left alone in the house all day he'd for sure potty somewhere.
My other concern is that he is not eating in the morning before I put him in the crate. I put his food out for him but he doesn't eat. Any suggestions? We used to leave his food and water in the bathroom with him at the old house but again in our effort to get a better grip on the accidents we do not put food or water in his crate. So basically he has access to his food all evening, but not during the day. He is full grown at 5lbs. I read that small dogs should eat more than once a day. How often does your dog eat?
I called his vet this morning and the woman at the vets office told me his blood sugar could drop from not eating, but also told me it was whatever worked for us- no help.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
1. Yes, its way too long. Would you like to be stuck in a equivalent size space for 8 hours, 5 days a week?
2. Dogs are pack animals. For a dog to be alone like that all day (much less in a crate) is soooo against their nature.
Get another dog and give them access to the house.
I agree 100% with everything @TheRoadDog said1
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