redditchlady Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Max and Korky have 1 main meal about 4 ish. They have a small breakfast of toast or scrambled egg to keep them going. Not spoilt at all Kazz xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooandboo Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Three times a day but no treats. Toast in the morning (or Harry is sick ), small meal at lunchtime & main meal at 5pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Once a fortnight here I open a bag of dry food, and leave it for Meg to eat, it takes her roughly a fortnight to get through a 1.5kg bag. She doesn't do bowls, (she picks them up, carries them about, dumps the food, then chews the bowl up, even metal ones, or china ones! ) but is happy to help herself from the bag, so i let her. She has a half slice of toast in a morning if anyone makes it, or she'll finish off some cereal. At night she has any leftover dinner if there is some, but her main diet is her dry dog food, she can't stomach wet food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafrisk Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Nog's free fed as is mil's dog when she stays with us never had any squabbles over food but then Nog's pretty easy going when it comes to his food as Wendy will confirm he doesn't care who eats out of his bowl - Connie found that out pretty quick when she visited I think Poppy must have told her I've found free feeding to be a very good way of sorting out food issues but I am by no means saying it would work for every dog or every household, but it's worked for us for many years and many different dogs. Nog had been a starving stray when we rescued him, a real scavenger, so we simply put down small handfuls of food in the bowl whenever it was empty until he realised that it was the magic never ending dog bowl and quit worrying about caching food in case of emergencies. Nog grazes throughout the day a nibble here a nibble there plus he has any leftovers from our meals, he tends to help himself to a few mouthfuls of the dried last thing at night just before bed and a couple more in the morning, the rest of the day he rarely bothers. If there havent been any leftovers then I'll stick a tin of sardines in with a handful of the dried for variety. Same here. When I got Willow I think everyone assumed that he would have food issues for the rest of his life because he'd been starved before being fostered by Marie (Granny Squirrel). It didn't take him more than a few months to realise that he was never going to have starvation issues in our house!! To date he's never 'surfed' the kitchen worktops - last week I left the leftovers from the roast on the cooker overnight cos I forgot to put it down for him (it was his anyway) and it was untouched when I came home I just let him graze and he eats when he needs to. He used to be a bit unsure of Gizzy and Ziggy cats stealing his food and would come crying to me that they were nicking his food. That was until the sneaky b*gger realised that once the cats ate it all, he got fresh food Now he actively encourages them to go first Three times a day but no treats. Toast in the morning (or Harry is sick ), small meal at lunchtime & main meal at 5pm. Willow has toast - so do my Mum's. It's just been a family tradition thing as I grew up cooking extra toast for 3 dogs because Mum and Dad used to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 (edited) [quote name='ReikiAnge' date='Jun 25 2007, 09:15 PM' post='494975' I can't imagine eating just one meal a day so I don't want them to either Thats how i feel to but once a day seems to be working for them at the mo, they do get a biscuit in the morning and get fed at about three, it's very interesting to see diffrent feeding methods, i don't know if having food down all the time would work, they get lamb mince in their food and i would worry about fly's in the summer. I had always fed twice a day when i had Louie (GSD) but this pair just aren't that arsed about food, unless it's ours i will try twice a day again in the winter when they might need more nutrition, or if they start to lose weight. Thanks for all the replys Edited June 26, 2007 by celeste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 twice a day here too and a small piece of carrot, turnip or parsnip as a treat for when look extra adorable (which is every day ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 On vet advice I feed twice a day. Well in theory anyway. George has breakfast and supper but Archie grazes, there's always something in his dish as he never takes more than a couple of mouth fulls at a time. Marion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACKYSIAN Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Twice for my lot. They have 2 good runs a day so I prefer them to have 2 meals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddysky Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Twice a day for my 2 They eat at 7.30 in the morning even before i have mine, then if i haven't fed them by 4.30 they will pester me till i give them their tea. I'm pretty sure they can tell the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rileyroo Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Twice a day - plus training treats or kongs to keep her entertained if she's on her own or OH needs to work without interruption for a while. I've been seriously considering free feeding her - she was a stray and is a really bad scavenger. Although, not sure how that would work with our re-hydrated dog food and worry that she'd eat herself stupid. Going back to mealtimes after trying free feeding could be a disaster - she'd never trust us that she was going to get food again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda72 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Mine get a dental stick in the morning, plus cod liver oil capsule and two meals a day, in the morning and around 7pm at night... On occasions they may get extra like a few scraps, but not all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindlebabe Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Twice a day for our 3. Usually 7 - 7.30 am and again at 2pm. Tea is that early as tea at 4pm meant Molly would want to go out at 3,4 or 5am. She's settled well to this. They have a few biscuits or treats in the evenings after their evening walk. When we had her alone, she free fed but hardly ate anything. We couldn't do that now as Izzie is obsessed with food and thinks all food is hers. Fin is the hardest to please with food, as he suffers badly with wind whatever he eats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendbert Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Twice a day here. Because of my odd shift pattern, they don't have set times, so it can be early if I'm on days (5am) or later if I'm coming home from nights (7am) and anything between 5pm and 7.30pm in the evening. Bumpy tends to put weight on so doesn't have treats but Pops and Connie have a few treats each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Morning & night - plus whatever treats or of mine they can cadge in between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fee Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 My 'younger' (ie middle aged dogs) get a smallish breakfast and their main meal in the evening. I keep the morning meal small because they usually have their main offlead run in the morning, and I find Sophie and Taz's recall is much better if they aren't too full to want whatever's in my pockets The two oldies get their food split equally morning/evening, I think it'e easier for them to digest two small meals than one large one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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