Scheduled feeding
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Both dogs get fed in their own crates. They're usually anxiously waiting in the crates before I can get there with the bowls. btw - Daisy (14 weeks) is now crate trained - not potty trained yet, but we're getting there. I am hopeful that another month and she'll be good. It's mostly that we are not vigilant enough because we are not home - working and busy when we are home. My husband and son have agreed to step up the training to be more consistent with my plan. (fingers and paws crossed)
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We follow a strict schedule…it's 6am wake up & out for a potty & nice long walk (with a backpack :) ha!) and then it's time to feed at 7am...I give them about 20 minutes but REALLY they scarf it down in about under 5 minutes!!! :eek: One would think we starve them!
Before dinner they go out for a potty another walk (weather permitting) and then back home to eat at about 7pm.
I like to make them work (nothing in life is free not even for spoiled Bs LOL) for their food too...they have to do their "job" before they eat & it's the same routine EVERY DAY (weekends too :) )
1st-We walk
2nd-We wait patiently for our food in a sit/relaxed position. They are not allowed to crowd the cook (that's ME) at the counter while food prepping.
3-They must go into their crates and sit BEFORE I set their bowl down.I like to give them discipline & rules for feeding otherwise there could be fights but it also teaches them that I feed them on my terms. There's no knocking the dish out of my hands or jumping on me for food. They need to respect me & I will give them everything they need :)
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We feed once a day, in the evening (6.30pm). Four are in crates while they eat and two others in a seperate part of the house are not in crates.
We give them treats in the morning after they go potty. We let them out again before we leave for work and they get hooves and sometimes a chicken jerky in their crates as we leave for work.
Same thing everyday…..except show weekends.
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Even on weekends, wow u r good. I'm not a morning person and I like that Champ has become flexible in the am but I do have a schedule during the week. And now that the nice weather is here I'll do the 1hr walk before breakfast and dinner. He is good about waiting patiently for his food. He sits and waits until I move away and then eats, but not all at once. Slowly but surely we are both working on our training.
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Sophie and Stick are fed once a day around 7pm. Funny story- we learned quickly after we got Stick that if his bladder wasn't completely empty before we fed him he would pee while standing up…still eating! :rolleyes: Craziest thing I've ever seen. He seemed to have no idea that he was doing it! LOL.
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Cali is on a strict feeding schedule 2 times a day. Between 6:30-7:00a and 6-6:30p 7 days a week. Of course I would like to sleep in on weekends, but we do better on a schedule. I usually leave a treat and ice cube in her crate before I leave for work and one Kong. This may sound strange, but Cali does not eat her food out of her bowl. She only drinks her water out of her bowl. I normally put her kibble on a plate (yes a plate, I am crazy:o ) or feed her from her Kong. I have 3 med size Kongs and will fill 2-3 up and place them in different places around the house for her to find. She loves this game because she thinks she is hunting for her own food. For some reason she does not like eating out of her bowl. I noticed this the first few weeks that I had her. She would go days without eating so I finally decided to try a plate and she loves it:) She has her own plate.
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We feed twice a day, around 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM.
We used to feed once a day, but found Jazzy gains weight very easily, and splitting up her feeding seems to make a huge difference. She gets 3/4 cup in the AM, 1/3 cup in the PM. Mid-day she gets a snack, and late evening she gets a rawhide, peanut butter Kong, peanut butter or cheese/kibble stuffed bone, or something long those lines.
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I tried the scheduling and it seems our B is now eating less. So I went back to leaving his food out although come Monday it's full day in the ccrate (1st time) and I don't think it's big enough for him to have food, a blanket and his favorite toy-ball so I guess he'll be force to eat when feed. Wish me luck. I like that idea about hiding the toys with food around the house. I think our B would love that except he won't even look at his kong.
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This whole training thing is so new to us. I had a toy poodle before and training was never used so we're still learning. There is alot to learn so thanks for all the suggestions and feedback.
