Playing/Exercise after eating?

[VON KIRCHER]

How long after eating can we play with our puppy? I have heard this makes the possibility of bloat ocurring. In the morning when I feed Zeus, he is so playful right after eating, but I refrain from playing.

[rotts and roses]

An hour or two hours before or after eating. In other words, Don't go for a long walk and come home and feed right away either.If he seems playful in the morning I would play with him first then wait an hour or so then feed him.

[moondog]

I have this conversation with my dog almost daily! She always gets a burst of energy after eating and wants to play.......even at 8-1/2! We wait about 1-1/2 hours before any significant exercise or play, before or after eating. By then I usually have to give her a nudge to wake her up, though! :D

[Teddyi]

This is what Janosch does too. Sometimes if I won't play with him, and Tasha won't play with him, he just goes out in the yard and has a mad case of the zoomies. It's a riot, but I wish he'd postpone it until two hours after his meals. :D To avoid the post meal madness, I have started the practice of playing with him or doing some OB work with him a few hours before his meal so he's less inclined to get worked up after his meal. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.......Puppies! :D :p :D

[Sharon Marples]

If you can't control the zoomies, I would suggest an hour of crate time after each meal. Maybe a good bone or stuffed kong will keep him occupied during this time.

[Patty1231]

I love it - "zoomies". What a good term for it! I usually get this in the back yard when I let Rocco out when I get home from work! Anyhow, I don't exercise him for 1 hour before and after meals.

[Teddyi]

Originally posted by Sharon Marples
If you can't control the zoomies, I would suggest an hour of crate time after each meal. Maybe a good bone or stuffed kong will keep him occupied during this time.

Sharon - If he goes into zoomie mode, it's off to the crate for him. Then it's the snories....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Patty - Tasha does this too when I come home. It used to be quite frightening because she's so big and did not appear to have very much control over where her body was taking her!

[Patty1231]

Oh, yea! Ditto on the frighteningly out of control look! They look like an out-of-control tank with teeth! Kinda the same look they have when they're laying upside down and their ears are flopped back (like a maniacal bat)! If they weren't our babies we'd probably be runnin' for the hills!

[Brooke&Ryan]

Julius has rest about an hour before and an hour after eating. He's usually okay with that since he's such a laid-back guy. :)

Brooke

[MicheleMarie]

Originally posted by moondog
By then I usually have to give her a nudge to wake her up, though! :D

Oh, I can't wait for this day!!!!

[Rocky's_mom]

Originally posted by moondog
By then I usually have to give her a nudge to wake her up, though! :D

I can't wait either!!! :D

...even though I am glad that my almost 9 month old has all this energy-we do lots of training and I am always keeping his mind busy-he just seems like the energizer bunny!!!! Going and going and going and going......You get the picture! :D