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Newfoundlands => Newfoundland Discussions => : jabear August 21, 2005, 01:33:45 AM
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After eating dinner Bear gets crazy! He runs everywhere and totally wants to play more than ever. He gets crazy- running around, jumping and throwing toys in the air just waiting for me to play with him! I always have to stop him, which makes me feel bad, so that he doesn't get bloat or anything. I was just wondering if your dogs do this to and why? Does it just feel so good to have a full belly or what?
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*bump*
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Don't have that problem here. It must feel really good to have a full belly. It puts Kiah to sleep. I wish I could take a nap after a full meal. :)
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My babies get sleepy too after a meal. Sorry can't help you there! :D
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Dixie Darlin & Sugar Bear do the same thing. They eat and then they want to run and play. I have found the best thing is for me to take them on a very short slow walk around the house. They take an hour nap and then they are ready to play.
Lisa
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Sorry Jabas, I wont be of help either :D Here they eat, then they slowly make their way to the couch and take a nap. Galahad who is the only one who needs his mouth wiped after food, tries to sneak off and instead find a pant leg or shirt sleeve to wipe his mouth on ;D After that he is huffing and puffing and dragging himself up as if he was 100 years old. Then it takes approx 15 sec and he is snorring lol....
So no play here either after breakfast or dinner
Marit
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What kind of food does he eat? Things like sugar, dye, and preservatives can cause hyperactivity in some dogs. Does he do this if he eats at another time or only in the evenings?
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Hmmm..hadn't thought about the work thing but that might have something to do with it. He is on Solid Gold Millenia (dark blue bag) and Natural Balance meat stick thing....he loves it. Maybe cuz he is off his ear meds and his appetite is back he might be overly excited too. I dunno.....make s me wonder though now that I know I am rare in this situation. :o
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according to my dogs, it isn't rare. it is normal. they eat, run run run, whipe faces on fround, run some more. maybe they have just screwed with bears head?
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Nope....I think it may be the Fresno water, mom going back to work after being home 24-7 for 8 weeks and being off his nasty, tummy-upsetting meds for his ears. He is back to normal plus some! :D
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I think crazy after dinner means that he loved every bit of the food he had!
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OMG - You are back at work!!! I was wondering where you'd run off to...I thought maybe I was in trouble again!
With Ranger, it kind of depends. If we have had our walk prior to dinner, then he just lazes around afterwards. If we haven't.....
Ranger's Brain:
1.) Where is that cat...b/c if he is around here, I must chase him NOW!
2.) Where is my leash....I need my walk NOW!
3.) I "found" my frisbee! Yahoo! Oh....Mom...I need to play NOW!
4.) What's that noise outside? I must bark loudly and go investigate NOW!
5.) Hmm...Mom's cooking dinner. Wonder if I can sneak a bite. I'll sniff around and get right under her in an attempt to make her bust her butt, yet again....NOW!
6.) OOOH...check out that laundry basket. Must chew up Mom's underwear (not Dad's)...NOW!
Just another lovely afternoon at the madhouse....
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dohertyswissy - That's so funny! The only thing Kiah does on your list is chase cats and gets under my feet while I'm cooking dinner. I couldn't stop laughing!! ;D
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OMG - You are back at work!!! I was wondering where you'd run off to...I thought maybe I was in trouble again!Â
With Ranger, it kind of depends. If we have had our walk prior to dinner, then he just lazes around afterwards. If we haven't.....
Ranger's Brain:
1.)Â Where is that cat...b/c if he is around here, I must chase him NOW!
2.)Â Where is my leash....I need my walk NOW!
3.) I "found" my frisbee! Yahoo! Oh....Mom...I need to play NOW!
4.) What's that noise outside? I must bark loudly and go investigate NOW!
5.) Hmm...Mom's cooking dinner. Wonder if I can sneak a bite. I'll sniff around and get right under her in an attempt to make her bust her butt, yet again....NOW!
6.) OOOH...check out that laundry basket. Must chew up Mom's underwear (not Dad's)...NOW!
Just another lovely afternoon at the madhouse....
Diddo...withou t the cat!
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Kiahpyr - You gotta love 'em right?! I mean, Ranger doesn't know that I have a permanent bruise on my tailbone from his attempts to countersurf and that if he chases the cat one more time I'm going to have a nervous breakdown, right?!?!? Right?!?!? (They don't know...do they?;) )
Glad someone is feelin' my pain here! ;)
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Kiahpyr - You gotta love 'em right?! I mean, Ranger doesn't know that I have a permanent bruise on my tailbone from his attempts to countersurf and that if he chases the cat one more time I'm going to have a nervous breakdown, right?!?!? Right?!?!? (They don't know...do they?;) )
Glad someone is feelin' my pain here! ;)
Oh that is such a nasty bone to have hurt too! I feel your pain!
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Jabear....that's exactly what Chester and Cowboy do as well. Dinner's done so it MUST be time to play. They've done it forever and so did my previous Newfs. Chester's on Eagle Pack and Cowboy's on cooked meat so I don't think it's food related. I think it might just be a Newf thing. I try to just take a walk through around the garden to get the energy out calmly but with Chester, that's a real trick!
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Ranger gets all sparky right after dinner too. His favorite toy lately is this stuffed chicken with a weird look on its face, called the Suspicious Chicken, and when dinner is done, he will come bouncing around with Suspicious Chicken dangling from his mouth by one leg... :)
Heh heh, he is not quite as tall as most of your guys, so when he tries to counter-surf, his up-stretched nose just clears the counter (unless he stands on his hind legs to nab something, which he definitely has done before).Â
The nose will kind of cruise along the edge of the counter like a shark fin poking out of the water. It seeks a victim - perhaps a sliver of lunch meat, or a forgotten piece of cereal.Â
If I am standing there fixing something, and I don't make him cut it out, the nose will insert itself between me and the counter and slowly squeeze forward, pushing me back until he is in between me and the counter. This not only causes me to have to reach over him to continue what I am doing, but perfectly positions his open mouth to catch any mistakes I might make....  :D
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I'm giggling here....have the perfect visual!!!!
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My guys do the tail tucked butt low circle the the yard run at top speed until they can't run anymore. No bloat yet. I really can't stop my guys since they are free in the yard and since no one even throws up I don't even try to stop them.