I’m devoid of anything of substance to post today, so instead I give you my list of some of the random things I need to discuss with Megan when she gets back tomorrow.¹
- Introducing Dolly and Yara, tentatively Tuesday night.
- Using the Met as our New York City destination for Saturday’s trip. ($20 admission fee for adults.)
- Work with Yara about getting into cars!
- Yara. Food. Oiy!
- The loose clasp on the prong collar.
- . . . There was something else and now I forget . . . Poo.
1. I know, aren’t you thrilled beyond telling?
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I wandered on here from a friend’s LJ Idol. Hopefully this doesn’t seem creepy.
I noticed that you were having problems getting Yara to eat and I thought I’d share the only trick that has worked so far with my mobility dog. He has trouble keeping weight on because he isn’t food motivated, so I’ve been mixing a little bit of brown rice syrup in with his food. He has a huge sweet tooth and he absolutely loves it, plus he can’t pick around it, it’s relatively cheap and it’s not too high calorie.
And finally…achromats unite!
Hello Tiffany, welcome! Nope, it isn’t creepy at all. Hard to be creeped out when you own a domain. Not to mention the whole point is for people to find their way here!
I’ve actually been having a moderate amount of success with the canned food being mixed in. I think part of Yara’s issue is that she doesn’t like her kibble soggy, so when I added a bit of warm water to the leftover, refrigerated food, she wasn’t so keen on it. I microwaved the food this morning for about 30 seconds and then mixed it with the kibble and she ate nearly all of it and cleaned her bowl out during her dinner meal.
I’ll keep the rice syrup in mind, though! Eventually I’m going to need to find a solution that gets her just eating her food without all this extra added in stuff that’s not so equally healthy for her. We’ll see. (I’m personally not a huge lover of Abady but that’s a whole other issue onto itself.)
I take it you have Achromatopsia, too?
I’ve been using Science Diet with Kain, as unfortunately he has an extremely sensitive stomach and is gluten intolerant. That’s also why I’m not able to use wet food with him, as most of it contains traces of wheat gluten. I’ve never heard of Abady…does your training program require it or do you have some flexibility?
I have incomplete acromatopsia, recently diagnosed at the tender age of 22. Everyone was always puzzled why I could see great at night but would walk in front of cars in bright daylight. No one really investigated though, because if I wear really dark glasses and squint I get around ok. I finally got sick of it and went to a specialty eye clinic where I got a diagnosis and much better glasses! Life has been a lot nicer since then.
Science Diet is crap. It’s got corn meal (or something, I forget) in it and corn is just horrific for dogs. If you want a good gluten free food, try EVO (it’s made by Natura who also makes Innova), it’s awesome stuff. No food with any type of corn is good for a dog, it’s terrible on their digestive systems (which is why I loathe Abady). And yeah, Fidelco very strongly recommends to keep their dogs on Abady, between you and me and everyone else reading this (ahem), I’ll probably find a better food (Innova or EVO or something). We’ll see.
I was diagnosed when I was four and I still tease my dad about it that it took him four years to figure out I was blind. But in truth it’s sometimes hard to recognize, as (a) I could see stuff, but I’d walk into the coffee table a lot or something and (b) it’s rare and also when looking just at the eye, the retina doesn’t appear abnormal in any way. It was a specialist who diagnosed me as well. I’m glad that you were able to finally get a real diagnosis and be able to get a good pair of glasses and such!