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12-21-2011, 08:28 AM | #16 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Missouri, but will always be a Montana girl.
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| Hi again, Well she fell asleep on the way home (the vet's only 5 minutes down the road, which we took into great consideration when we moved). We're in MO. I just peeked in on her and she's sleeping (sort of). She was asleep until she felt me hovering and did the 'one eye open one eye closed thing'. OOPS Brussels likes it when she sleeps because he gets some 'older dog rest' too. I would very much like to put jammies on her, but she wants no part of them (she barely tolerates a T-shirt, lol). The vet insists to leave her alone and she'll tell me when she's awake, but our Brussels never did, we had to keep looking and he'd be awake, just sitting there waiting for us to take him out...so i don't know about the whole "she'll let you know" thing. I can't believe she should be sleeping 12 to 13 hours in a 24 hour period, that seems like an *awful* lot of sleep to me! He said it should be an hour or two here and there during the day, and a solid 6 at night by this age. I do trust him but that's SO much sleep! And as I write this I think I just heard her whimper. Okay so maybe he was right. *waves bye* |
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12-21-2011, 01:43 PM | #17 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: FL, USA
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| Definitely..."believe she should be sleeping 12 to 13 hours in a 24 hour period." While "that seems like an *awful* lot of sleep" to you, she is a baby dog (key word = "baby"), and as anyone who has ever had any kind of baby...dog, cat, human, or otherwise...knows, at first they sleep, sleep, sleep...and need to. This is a critical time in their lives. They are exhausted from burning energy in part because their bodies are growing soooooo fast right now. Remember, a canine reaches his adult size pretty much in the first year. Think how tired you might be if your body had to go from 21" long and 6 lbs. to...say, 5'5" and 100 lbs. in a year. I know I get tired gaining 5 pounds... Typically, a puppy still with its dam will play, drift off, awaken, eat, do its little messy things, play, cuddle up with litter mates and drift off again. Just because she is sans doggie family at this point does not mean her life should change from what would be normal if her doggie mommy raised her for six (6) months to a year. You, as her mommy mommy must step in and provide a lot of the same experiences she would have had with her doggie mommy. Also, you do not want to over-tire her so that she does not eat properly. A puppy has such a high metabolism that they will burn quickly through any (if there is any at all) reserves stored in their body. You do not want this to happen. I know how difficult it is to allow a puppy baby to mature through the stage Bella is in now, but maybe this is a good time for you to start that new hobby making doggie clothes, or hair bows, or learning how to polish doggie nails. Actually, I am only half kidding...anything you can do that will occupy you and lessen your worry/stress over your adorable little Bella will be better for the both of you. Along that line, I will tell you a quick comparison between my two (2) real sons. The first son slept only when I held him and was a night person...up all night while I was supposed to be sleeping. I always knew what he was up to...he was in my arms and I got nothing done...even for him. He slept on my chest on the sofa during the day while I dozed off intermittently. It was horrible and I was exhausted to the point I thought I'd never recover. He slept four (4) hours one night, then another four (4) straight through during the afternoon once...I cleaned the whole house and re-arranged the furniture. My second son, on the other hand, would sleep until 20 minutes...by the clock, and on the hospital's schedule, too, I might add...before his next feeding. I would change him, then feed him, and he'd repeat the routine. Based on my experience with my first son, my mother had come to stay with me...to help. We were both bored to tears except for interfacing with each other and playing with my now days-under-4-year-old son. We'd go and stand in #2 son's doorway and watch him sleep. With my mother's help, all the work was done in no time and we'd look forward to #2 son waking up just for something different to do. Fast forward several years and you would find that #1 son was neat, orderly, never made a mess...well, almost ever...my house did not even need baby-proofing because he was always wherever I was. On the other hand, if #2 son came up missing, you better find that child...he was into something that was going to give you many hours of undoing. Both are great and were great growing up, but one was easy when tiny...the other after getting a bit older. Count your blessings. Let Bella sleep. Put your 'good' shoes on a higher shelf. Puppy-proof your house. Take naps yourself. Do research on the internet. Anything interesting. Once this initial, super-sleepy stage is over, she may scoot through your house like "hell, fire and brimstone" and you will be glad you had some time beforehand. Right now, all you will miss by using her nap time for youself will be watching her breathe in and out. Get ready to NOT miss the cute and fun stuff! Glad everything is okay for Brussels. Food makes a huge difference for all creatures, dogs and humans alike...and most of us do not eat properly and we do not even have a clue 'most' of the time what might be wrong with the way or food we eat. The ingredients on the Orijin food look good to me, and I have sourced kitty and puppy food even from health food stores...until they change the ingredients and start adding stuff I know to be unhealthy for any creature to consume...even going so far as to create my own food for them. Also, I think if you want to check into it, you will find that, while dogs may not be 'obligate' carnivores like cats, they are basically carnivorous animals and their diet in the wild doesn't include buttered toast, guar gum, carrageenan, refined and/or hydrogenated vegetable oils, or most other ingredients listed on the label of a 'typical' pet food bag. In the wild, all of their nutrition comes from whatever they consumed, and what it had consumed, etc., and, in their wild, true, natural they don't get heart disease, diabetes, etc. like their domesticated counterparts. We humans think we know so much more than the animal kingdom, huh...but we are wrong...a lot. Take care. - Cat |
12-21-2011, 02:36 PM | #18 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Definitely switching food can affect tear stains! Orijen is pretty top quality, IMO, and your dog is probably just reacting better to it. Especially from Nutro. I love Acana and always had great luck with it. I've learned in the past few months that Jackson just does best on grain-free... I've fed grain inclusive since late July (different brands, but all what I consider high quality) until this past month and just recently switched back to grain-free and have noticed a difference, even just with a month back on it, minimal differences that probably only a dog-crazy mama like me would notice, but differences nonetheless (for the better). I think some dogs will do better on grainfree; some may not. But yeah, Jackson had gotten the tear stains before on certain foods. I've done tests where I would stop the supposed tear-staining food, feed the non-tear staining food, go back to the other one, and they'd come back again. So I really don't think it's a coincidence. I am certain that some ingredients, and the formulation of certain ingredients all together, can make a difference. I am so glad you found something working for you!
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