safe time to exercise after eating to avoid bloat - Page 1

anyone know of a time frame to exercise a dog after eating to avoid bloat.

obviously not immediately but I've heard everything from 30 mins - 4 hours

would appreciate any input and experiences

Personally I don't feed my dogs until after all exercise/training is done in the morning, so they don't eat until late morning, after which they are in kennels/yard and have no stimulation until later in the afternoon - at least a couple of hours of "quiet time".  At night same thing - all dogs are out, have their walks/training/exercise/in the yard/play time, then last thing at night I feed, so they are "put to bed" when I feed.  They do get one more "outside" time later in the evening but only to use the bathroom then back to bed.  So my dogs' schedule fits mine - they eat late morning and late evening, after all exercise is done with.

molly

I always go by:  No exercise 1 hour before eating, and wait 1 hour after eating.

I've never had a dog that got that........ (knock on wood) I would hate to see something like that happen,

Some guy I know, that breeds labs, said his older male was performing stud service, and it bloated & died........

I guess you could call that exercise.............

Thanks Molly.

It would probably be safest if I rearranged my feeding/exercise/training schedule to avoid it all together, kind of like you mapped out.

I know this is true of human athletes.  One must eat within one hour of exercise for maximal benefit.

So exercise first and eating afterward, and not very much later or you lose some benefits.

Only light eating before very long and exhausting exercise and no eating at all before sessions of one hour or less.

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Investigators at the School of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Birmingham, in England, and Studies at the University of Lubeck in Germany found that eating anything, even fast-releasing protein foods, such as hydrolyzed, or predigested, proteins, before exercise has an even more profound cortisol-elevating effect than whole-protein foods. Note that chronic elevated cortisol has been associated with muscle waste and fat gain, particularly abdominal fat.

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Post Workout the canine and human body is in a highly catabolic state. It will soak up anything you give it. Remember you only have 30 minutes Post Work Out to get the nutrients into your canine or yourself.  Dont forget you need the Dextrose or Maltodextrin or both as a transport. Only the dextrose-maltodextrin will replenish the valuable muscle glycogen. Fructose replenishes liver glycogen.

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