Lots of shakes and not enough Z's
I'm worried that during the summer while we were going through living arrangement changes that she ended up getting a little traumatized. I spent some time staying at my father's house and one morning at about 6:00 the garbage truck stopped in the alley right outside our bedroom window. It was really loud and startled her terribly. So now I worry that she may be afraid that the sound may come back.
Normally I work about 40 hours a week and that often involves a night shift followed by a very early morning shift. So when I get a chance to sleep a couple extra hours I take it, but with Lola's shaking it wakes me up and keeps me up so I have no choice but to kick her out of bed for the last couple of hours. I really hate to do this because I know that she must just sit on the floor shaking by herself waiting for me to wake up. I want to find a way to correct or redirect this behavior so I can keep her with me all night!
Please help! We are both losing a lot of sleep over this!
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Comment by Lola and Paige on December 9, 2013 at 6:53pm
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I did change the way I've been feeding Lola. This morning I also bought so baby carrots for Lola and she likes them. Plus she got to eat part of a banana this morning! I'm hoping that this will help her at least a little bit!
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Comment by Linda on December 9, 2013 at 6:13pm
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Vicky...I thought computers and all this tech stuff was suppose to make our lives easier. Yeahsureright
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Comment by Vicky Hay on December 9, 2013 at 3:55pm
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@ Linda: LOL! It's been on the national news. Arizona makes itself a laughingstock again. :-D The victim in question is Maricopa County Community College District, one of the two largest community college districts in the country.
Unclear how much' data really is at risk. They're mailing notices to people who haven't had any contact with a community college here in over 30 years. What that implies, of course, is that they opened the barn door to ALL of their archived digitized data. But one never knows: this could be just another instance of bureaucratic absurdity.
Problem is, without knowing definitively what's up, you have to assume your data has been hacked. It's like being nipped by a raccoon or a stray dog: it may not have rabies, but you can't take the chance that it doesn't. So of course you get the prophylactic treatment. Hence: day after day of hassle with creditors, Social Security, the bank, and on and on and on.
Ah, the ridiculousness of 21st-century life.
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Vicky...oh crap! Haven't heard anything on the news about that but then again I haven't watched the news today.
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Since your dog's symptoms probably are unrelated to the type of food she's eating (unless it's some kind of allergy to or toxin in the chow, which seems unlikely), I would not change her food. Simply divide the amount you're giving her in half; give her half in the morning and half at night.
Like Linda, I feed Cassie the Corgi real food, but with no kibble added. Her weight has stayed stable at 23 pounds since I got her...on a mix of real ("human") food, she stays healthy, her fur looks great, her health so far has been excellent, and she stays right at the recommended weight for her breed and size. Will blog about this when I have time, which may be a few days...grades are due in four days, a mountain of student papers will come in tomorrow, and today is going to be a D from H, thanks to Our Beloved Employer's having released 8000 employees' and 2.5 million students' personal financial information to hackers.
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The main thing is to start with a good kibble. Corgis tend to gain weight very easy and a fat corgi is not only not a pretty sight to see but it puts a lot of strain on their long backs and other orgrans. I didn't see how old she is. My vet has always told me to feed slightly less than what the package recommends, my guys get 3/4 cup total for the day but the kibble needs to be the main amount in whatever you feed them. I happen to use Blue Buffalo Weight Mangement. I started using the non-fat cottage cheese, yogurt, canned chicken and veggies as part of a strict diet to get a lot of extra pounds off Max. He is a rescue and weighed in at a whopping 54 lb when I got him, got him down to 35 lb (he is one of the larger corgis) and he stays at that weight by using the same diet. That is what I chose to use for him and it has worked for us. There are plenty of other choices if you want to add something to her kibble. I know there is a thread about what to feed your corgi that can give you plenty of ideas of what you can use. Baby carrots and whole green beans make great snacks during the day to keep something in their tummies with little calories compared to standard dog biscuits.
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Yeah I'm gonna start to do that then, giving her two meals a day. I normally feed her dry food, should I mix in some wet food along with it? Or mix anything with it for that matter? She does love bananas and apples so I can use those as snacks. I will keep everyone up to date on things!
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Mine get 2 meals a day. I split their total intake of kibble in half, for breakfast I add either non-fat yogurt or cottage cheese. Dinner is the other half of the kibble with canned chicken (which is almost fat free) and veggies like green beans, sliced carrots or peas. During the day they will get baby carrots, sometimes apple slices or green beans. They also love bananas.
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Yah...I've also always fed my pooches twice a day. The more active dogs, especially, would barf yellow liquid (bile?) if they weren't fed at the crack of dawn, even if they were fed around 6 or 7 the evening before. Mercifully, the corgi seems to be made of tougher stuff.
It will be interesting to know if this makes any difference. And also what you ultimately do find out from the vet. Keep us up to date?
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Comment by Jane Christensen on December 8, 2013 at 10:33pm
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Good idea. My Corgis eat 3 times a day. At least twice and a healthy snack might be better.
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