Carolyn Pike Roman Webboard User Reg: 03-20-2007
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Just wondering what your opinions are on how long to wait. Would like to switch to late evening walks and know we should give Greta time for dinner to settle, but info I read online is conflicting when it comes to how long to wait. Some resources say 30 min, some 1 hr and others 2 hrs!
Reading about bloat risk is pretty scary. At some point we will have to wait until dark because it will be too hot anyway.
Mike Arnold Webboard User Reg: 07-09-2004
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Hmmm. Interesting.
Feed the mutts in the evening around 5:30 or so, and long walks around 6:30. More a convenience for the human schedule than the dogs.
In the morning, feed around 6:00, and no real exercise for man or dog til later in the morning. Seldom run the mutts or do other more exerting stuff for more than an hour but no real rule, more a convenience.
Of the same era, I'm a think'n.
Hmm... And it is still trying to snow this morning in CNY. Getting annoyed with the weather.
More coffee is in order.
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tracey holden Webboard User Reg: 07-17-2010
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I had it drummed into me with the Boerboels about not feeding them two hours before and after eating, ditto free access to water. Both my Boerboels died of bloat, despite adhering to this all their lives.
I also knew a woman who ran a sheep farm using her pack of Boerboels on her quad bike to herd them, and they had feed and water on the go.
Personally I never risked feeding without a 2 hour gap, but I have run my life around my dogs, because I'm a pushover and have always put them above all else, including my children and grandchildren
I usually give the dogs an hour of quiet time before and after feeding - don't recall reading anything specific about time - it's just what we always did with the horses so I transferred it to the dogs.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I usually give the dogs an hour of quiet time before and after feeding - don't recall reading anything specific about time - it's just what we always did with the horses so I transferred it to the dogs.
That's pretty much what I have read and heard (and followed) too, particularly with regard to bloat.
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