Little Gifts Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 i can set mny watch by my little foster girl. if she does not have breakast by 7am and dinner by 6pm then she goes a little loco. it is currently 6.16pm and she is sobbing and chewing on one of the dog feeding stools simultaneously. if i am not awake and ready to fill her bowl by 7am she will get on the bed, start talking and chewing on whatever bit of me she can find until i get up and go immediately to dole out the food. she has had a problem where if she gets too hungry she vomits up bile so i do aim to stick to the timeframes, but honestly she carries on so desperately i can't help but laugh. she cries and talks and jumps around and comes over and gives me looks and generally can't sit still or keep her mouth off anythiong until food goes into her belly. anyone else have a dog like this? my other two couldn't care less about feeding time until 7.30pm - that seems there limit and they start hanging around like bad smells. and now at 6.22pm she is eating the knobs on the back of my computer chair with great urgency! must go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julesluvscavs Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) Yep my Cavs go silly at dinner time, well half hour before lol Morning times they are too.. Mine would die of hunger if they weren't fed by 5.30pm at the very latest :laugh: Edited December 15, 2012 by Jules♥Cavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisys Mum Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 My two get fed at 5pm on the dot! And by god if I am even a few minutes late there is hell to pay :laugh: it's the same with their breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 There is no set feeding time here..so none of the anticipatory silliness :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Mine is teething... she chews all sorts of things at the moment. I still don't know what it was that she threw up this morning - but it couldn't have been anything that could cause an obstruction - this house is definitely designed for having "inquisitive" puppies, and nothing scary gets left lying about. The only sure bet about feeding here is what time I decide to drag my butt out of bed, and when I get home from work. I do give the pup some "midnight snack" food when she is put in her night crate though - so she doesn't get all loud and cranky first thing in the morning. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotdashdot Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Oh good! Im not alone! Cleo is just insanely food motivated, it actually bugs me, because I can't train her from about 4.30pm until she's fed. She runs to her "spot" whenever she sees me, waiting for food and from about 5.30 she'll whine until fed. I don't like having a whiney dog!! It's like she doesn't realise that food is indeed coming, i haven't starved her yet! And it's not like we have a set time either, any time between 4.30 and 8pm is dinner time, whenever we get to it. Tonight just proved her hungry dog silliness to me. I'm working on teaching "roll over", taught the basics in a training session during the day when she's sensible but then work on it more at dinner time before she's fed. First of all, she sits on her station (her bed) until called off, then sit, drop, roll. She does it well, and gets one kibble as a reward. without prompting, she returns to the bed (because she has to be on the bed before dinner is given) even though I want to try her roll over again. We do the come, sit, drop, roll and does a really good roll without much direction/hand cueing (using a kibble to direct her movements) so I jackpot and give her about 10 kibble peices. She totally ignores the small collection of kibble and runs back to the bed because she knows that on the bench is her bowl and she wants it. I know that trying to train her at dinner time obviously doesn't work for her, and I know how to work around it. Im now just resigned to the fact that I have a crazy dog between 4pm and dinner time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 There is no set feeding time here..so none of the anticipatory silliness :) i didn't set the times pers - she did! it is like she is just so incredibly hungry that her world is off kilter until she eats. in turn she makes the house chaos until she is fed. she doesn't gulp or eat it fast and she isn't like this at any other time. she also gets a late night snack which has prevented bile vomits in the morning. obviously her tummy rules the rest of her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donatella Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I can't remember the last time I wasn't hovered over and poked at if i'm not up by 6.30am. They wont jump on me but they'll come up close to see if i'm awake, play at the end of my bed and subtly try and get me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 i didn't set the times pers - she did! it is like she is just so incredibly hungry that her world is off kilter until she eats. in turn she makes the house chaos until she is fed. She obviously has her priorities!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundyburger Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Ours act like theyre dying from 630 if theyre hungry. Some nights they dont realise its past teatime at 730!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel_ Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 My Cav usually gets fed dinner around 6pm and knows it as well. At 5.45 he already starts getting restless and paces up and down the yard :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuddleDuck Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Kodiak was the same with dinner-if we were a minute past 8.30 she would be inconsolable. Then we had the girlchild and we made dinner time more flexible....any time after our dinner. She hasn't adjusted well, she lies on her bed completely alert whimpering softly. Pre-girlchild she would put a paw in her bowl and flip it over then sneak a glance at us during the ridiculous clatter to see if it worked. As she can't make that much noise anymore she goes and lies just outside the open dog door and growls, whimpers and scratches to be 'let in' despite the dog door being open and her knowing full well how to use it. Doof couldn't care less. It's easier....shame he is off the wall neurotic in so many other ways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Weekdays the pugs get fed at 6.30am when i get up, so come weekends when I don't have to get up, their tummy alarm clock still goes off at 6.30 so Max sits on my head licking my ear till I wake up :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danois Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Don't tolerate that behaviour! Gets fed when I decide it's time to be fed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esky the husky Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I'm evil. My girl has to earn every last piece of dinner :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Don't tolerate that behaviour! Gets fed when I decide it's time to be fed. i tolerate my foster girl given she does get vomity if not fed regularly. i don't think she can help that and she makes no other demands on us. all our dogs have to sit and wait for their food but you can imagine how hard it is for her to keep her bum on the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ams Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Don't tolerate that behaviour! Gets fed when I decide it's time to be fed. i tolerate my foster girl given she does get vomity if not fed regularly. i don't think she can help that and she makes no other demands on us. all our dogs have to sit and wait for their food but you can imagine how hard it is for her to keep her bum on the ground! Is this where I break all rescue rules and say Merry Xmas to Puppy Sniffer. Dimples is now officially Tempeh and is no longer a foster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Well that sure is worthy of breaking most rules, Ams. Congratulations P_S . Except for Bunter, my dogs eat to stay alive so unless I am uforgivably late with breakfast or dinner, there aren't any performances. Even Bunter doesn't create; just lies in the hallway in view of the kitchen keeping an eye on me in readiness - LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ams Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Because I do rotational shift work I can't get the dogs to understand I don't want to get out of bed at 3.30am EVERY morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Is this where I break all rescue rules and say Merry Xmas to Puppy Sniffer. Dimples is now officially Tempeh and is no longer a foster. Awesome news! All great foster carers have at least 1 foster failure... It's probably a good thing that Tempeh reminds you of her feeding schedule given that she has tummy upset issues if not fed at the right times. What a smart baby girl! T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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