Tuesday Topics #26 - Breakfast Before or After?
No, Cabana doesn't actually get breakfast in bed. However, she usually eats breakfast at about 6:00-6:30am, whether during the week or on weekends (because I have somehow completely lost the ability to sleep in; I can't sleep past 6:30, no matter what day it is).
Then, about an hour later, I take Cabana for a morning walk, usually ending with a romp at a dog park. I often hear other dog owners at the dog park saying things like, "Okay, it's time for Rover to go home and eat breakfast." By this time, it might be 9:00! I always think, wow, that's a late breakfast.
But I know that out in the wild, the natural progression would be that dogs work in order to eat, whether that be herding sheep or hunting for their food or whatnot.
So should I be waiting to feed Cabana breakfast until after our morning walk? Is it better for dogs to do it in this order? Or is it more important to allot enough time after eating before you exercise them? Or since we've already been doing things in this order for her entire life, is it too disruptive to her system to try to change it now? Which do you do first with your dogs?
