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cosmothunder Teenager
Join date : 2014-10-10 Location : Bear Delaware
| Subject: not home much Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:44 pm | |
| Work has been killer lately. Wake up at 6am, leave by 7am. Come home between 12 and 2 for about 20 mins then home again around 6 or 7. I feed her first thing in the morning then when I get home. Feel like I'm starving her with only 2 cups of food. What do you guys think?
So basically she is out and about for 1he in morning, 20mins mid day and usually 4hrs at night. Is this enough? |
| | | TwisterII Senior
Join date : 2013-06-14 Location : Missouri
| Subject: Re: not home much Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:04 pm | |
| Is she just out in the yard or getting structured walks? How old? Your schedule isn't a ton different than mine only I'm home by 5 and my adult dog gets 2 cups a day and is fine. She gets a little more in summer months when we are getting more miles in on our walks but a growing pup can handle a little more food though I wouldn't offer much more. _________________ |
| | | Barczewska Puppy
Join date : 2014-07-21 Location : Ottawa, Ontario
| Subject: Re: not home much Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:44 pm | |
| My boys only get about 2 cups per day for the most part (plus their stuffed and frozen kongs during the day). They seem to be fine. When I was feeding them more, they pooped a lot more and not "good" poops. I do feed Sinatra a bit more sometimes as I am still trying to get some weight on him from his"past life".
They aren't overly active with this deep freeze weather we have been having, so I try my best not to over feed them. |
| | | cosmothunder Teenager
Join date : 2014-10-10 Location : Bear Delaware
| Subject: Re: not home much Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:48 pm | |
| Lately no walks cause it's so cold but usually get a good 10mins of running and playing in the yard. loved that I moved into a house that had a fenced yard. Yes I noticed that with two cups not a lot of poop and always solid! I'm gonna stick with 2 cups just trying to see what others are doing |
| | | amymeme Senior
Join date : 2013-12-20
| Subject: Re: not home much Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:13 pm | |
| I've forgotten - how old is Bandit? That doesn't seem like a lot of activity. I actually find Ami needs more, not less activity in the cold. He becomes a barrel of monkeys in the winter and if he's not playing hard with Archer for hours and hours, then I need to walk him...a LOT. Like 3-4 miles plus his rooting around the property, playing with me with tug or ball...
And last year, when he was tethered on a trolley or in a crate all the time except for outings with me on leash, it was 3.4 miles morning and 2 - 2.25 miles evening plus several play times with ball, tuggy and squeeky toy. |
| | | Kellyb Canadian Sunrise
Join date : 2012-10-29 Location : Montreal, Canada
| Subject: Re: not home much Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:18 pm | |
| depends on the food you are feeding her, ours eat 1.75 cups a day each.
Yeah its cold, but 10 minutes of playing doesnt seem like enough exercise to me, how old is bandit? if she is still a puppy thats ok, but really the rule of thumb is 5 minutes walking per month. Cold or no cold, unless its -35 we walk ours. They still walked 40 minutes this morning in -25 weather. they'll walk another 30 tonight. |
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