Frisket Care Instructions

Feeding

Frisket eats two meals a day. Her meals consist of half a cup of dry food (thus, one cup total per day). The meals are after her walks.

Frisket should have free access to water throughout the day.

It is typical for dogs in a new environment to not necessarily eat the first day or so, so if she doesn’t eat her food initially don’t sweat it, she’ll eat when she really has to. If you get really concerned you can crumble treats in as an incentive.

She has seasonal allergies, so if you notice her licking her paws excessively you can give her 1 Apoquel with her food (as needed once per day max). She’ll eat medicine without issues.

Before going to bed she gets a brushless toothpaste treat.

Walk Schedule

Frisket has a morning walk usually between 7-8:30
Frisket has an evening walk usually between 4-5
Always attach the leash to her harness so that if she tugs it won’t choke her.
She will sometimes run away when you try to put the harness on. This is just a game for her, you can follow her around for a bit and she’ll eventually settle down, or just wait by the door until she is ready to go.
Avoid close contact with other dogs, and be mindful of other people. You can pick her up when you can't avoid close contact. She has an instinct to leap into your arms when picked up.

Bathroom Schedule

Frisket typically needs to go out every 3 hours. For this reason we also don’t leave her alone for more than 3 hours. So we typically do something like:

Morning walk
Noonish
2:30 to 3
Evening walk
7ish
Before bed

Commands

Frisket knows the commands “sit”, “down”, “wait”, “come”, “touch”, “look at me”, and “leave it”, although she is usually reluctant to follow these commands from strangers, but please feel free to work with her if you feel like it! You can give her a treat after she successfully follows a command, or for just behaving well in general. “Touch” is one of the easier ones for her to follow, she will touch an open hand with her nose, and you give her a treat with the other. This is a good way to redirect her attention and guide her where you want.

Vet/Emergencies

Contact info for Frisket’s vet in case of an emergency:

Timonium Animal Hospital
2411 York Road
Timonium, MD 21093
Phone: (410) 252-8820