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Just a thought, have you considered - wake up, walkies with recall training using high value treats then breakfast on return from walkies. It was one of the suggestions we tried to improve recall with our dreadful sprollie, RIP. He was all for the hunt and could not give a fuck about treats when away from the house. However getting busy first thing then breakfast worked nicely and he was ready for food when we got home. Then having eaten straight to bed.
Constable_Savage-
We haven’t as during the first couple weeks on one day we waited an hour to feed him and he threw up bile, probably out of hunger.
He is mega treat-oriented so he recalls for high value for a while but then gets hyper and bitey.
He slept a few hours this morning since getting back but unsure if he’ll allow me this afternoon on the training course (mon-fri).
Went from this, to barking.
pdlouche
Link doesn’t work but yea, definitely no exercise straight after eating.
He’s currently on Natural Instinct Working Dog. Possibly part of the problem, that he’s getting too much good energy from the food and not enough outlet.
The last two months we waited an hour after eating just to walk him. Wake up at 07:00 and fed, walked no earlier than 08:30 but often 09:00.
As of last week with the recall/“running” to us, we do that an hour after breakfast. That should be enough time as it’s an enforced rest & digest from 07:00-08:30.