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Our alpha dog, Eli, eats his food pretty fast. Our Sassee eats her food a little slower, so we usually feed her in the bedroom with the door closed, and so her puppy will l let her eat. We put the puppy, Ginger, in a crate to eat, so the other dogs will not eat her puppy food.
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At first, my dogs had problems eating together. They would wolf it down and kept switching dishes to try and get the most food.
I started by putting one dish in the kitchen and one around the corner. I made the dogs wait until I gave them a command to start. I made them stick to their own dishes. If one dog became protective of their food, it was taken away.
Within a couple of months, at most, they stopped competing for food, because they knew they each had some for themselves. I now put food out and leave it out. They eat when they're hungry and stop when they're full. The dish always had food in it and they know that. It is not uncommom for them to eat out of the same dish.
This may not work for every dog, but it worked for mine:)
When I am feeding them both (M-F, Smokey eats before I go to work unless he's dead tired) --
Smokey and Pork Chop usually eat together. They don't fight over food but they love to eat each other's food. I stand there and have to remind them a couple times to head back to their own bowl.
But if they get an egg or something else tasty for breakfast w/ their food I seperate them by the sliding glass door. Usually though, Smokey will eat about 2/3 of his food and P.C. will eat almost all of his and they'll walk away from their dishes. But of course, as soon as I open the door they head to the opposite one and finish it off. (Smokey only gets a munch in of P.C.'s, though, 'cause I take it away cuz P.C. is on way different food. Mean mommy.)
If they don't eat all their breakfast we leave it for them to munch on during the day, though.
I feed my dogs in the morning and at night, but they are nibblers and just eat little bits through the day. I have 2 food bowls and 2 water bowls but they each use all 4 of them. Never had a problem feeding them at the same time. Reece is the most easy going dog in the world and Lolly is generous with Reece. But if Shiloh kitty even walks in the general direction of the dogs' food bowls, Lolly will herd her off then run and start gulping down food :D