Do You Feed Your DOG/DOGS Once A Day Or Twice

**mr.chiwawa** · 01-01-2007, 06:59 PM

I will give mine a quarter cup in the morning and he will snack on it throughout the day and whatever he doesnt eat i toss out before bed and gove him fresh in the morning. I dont want a fat chihuahua so I stick to once a day. And he gets treats of course.

**cali** · 01-01-2007, 07:08 PM

twice a day with the exeption of sundays. first meal time varys and could be anywhere from 8am to 4pm lol but supper is always at 6pm sharp. on sundays they are fed once between 4-5pm.

**mruffruff** · 01-02-2007, 09:49 AM

Mine are fed once a day, at 5PM. They each get a large "cookie" for breakfast, though. I tried to get skunny Scruffy to eat breakfast, but he just picks at it, so I gave it up. Samson thinks it's too much trouble and Bella is on a maintenance diet.

Bella was fat for a while. She eats Nutro Lite, 2 level cups a day now. She dropped 5 lbs a month for 3 months and looks much better. She's a Belgian/Chow mix, and was 55 lbs before her diet.

**xcolbi** · 01-02-2007, 10:24 AM

We don't really have a time to feed Colbi. We just pour the food in her bowl as soon as we wake up, and she eats whenever she wants to. We usually refill it by supper.

**Logan** · 01-02-2007, 03:21 PM

I do twice/day, right now. I feel like it is especially important for Mack, who is still a puppy. I don't think Honey and Lilly care, one way or the other, as long as they eat, eventually!

Logan

**critter crazy** · 01-02-2007, 03:25 PM

Duke gets fed twice a day once at 7 am and again at 7 pm.

**lv4dogs** · 01-02-2007, 03:29 PM

I usually feed twice a day 3-4 days a week then once daily the other 3-4 days. I feed a raw diet so that has an impact on how often to feed (like if they get a big meal or something that may cause a digestive upset like something they haven't had before or in a while [thank god this has yet to happen but maybe that is because I feed this way??] etc... those are the days I usually only feed once a day).

**ramanth** · 01-04-2007, 01:52 PM

When I only had Kia, I fed her once a day. If only because when I tried to give her a bowl of food in the morning, she wouldn't eat it. She'd just lay there and guard it and snap at the cats if they came too close.

So I stopped offering her a morning meal.

With the arrival of Chipper and because of him needing morning medication and to put on weight, he obviously needed a morning meal. So that Kia wouldn't feel left out, I offered her a morning meal too. The first couple of times, she didn't eat and again just guarded her food. So I'd take it away from her and give it to Chipper.

This seemed to shock Kia and now when they get their morning meals, she eats it all up and doesn't protest if Chipper licks her bowl looking for any leftovers.

So I guess my answer would be yes, they get a morning and evening meal.

**gemini9961** · 01-04-2007, 02:38 PM

Once here. Grant needs to drop some weight and Sadie needs to loose a little. Maggie is fine weight wise but she doesn't eat that much. They are ready to eat when they get fed which is in the evening. They will get treats/snacks too. Mine are fed raw.

**anna_66** · 01-04-2007, 03:58 PM

I feed big raw meals so mine eat once/day, in the morning.

**DrKym** · 01-04-2007, 05:23 PM

Twice a day for the Goof and Sequoia, 3 for Rusty as it seems to help with his thyroid issues and meds (plus i can change up his pill hiding so he isn't always sure when it is in there

) the cats free feed and we have one of the huge water bottle holder things that allows fresh water, we use a 5 gallon jug a week (not counting toilet dunks

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**KYS** · 01-04-2007, 06:48 PM

I feed twice a day, and a dog buiscuit for a snack.

**BitsyNaceyDog** · 01-05-2007, 08:32 AM

Mine eat once a day, in the evenings.
Charlie, Buster and Nova wouldn't eat in the morning if I offered it. Nacey and Bitsy are both late sleepers and I can hardly get them to even go potty in the morning, I'd never be able to get them to eat in the morning. Jake probably would eat in the morning, but to keep him on the same schedule as the other dogs I feed him once a day too.

**Rachel** · 01-05-2007, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by lizbud

It is very furstrating when Smokey could eat 3 times a day & not gain
weight & Maggie can't even look at food without gaining weight.

It's the same with Tucker and Hannah, and for that matter, my husband and me.

The dogs get breakfast around 5:30 am, a snack around 1:00 pm, dinner around 4:30 pm and a *nighty cookie* around 8:00 pm. Empty stomachs around here are prone to upchucking stomach acid. {gurk, gurk, gurk}

**chocolatepuppy** · 01-05-2007, 06:35 PM

Lacey and Layla are fed three times a day. Laceys two meal a day portions are separated into three meals so she can eat when Layla does. When Layla is older and goes to twice a day, Lacey will go back to twice a day also.
They eat at 6:00, 4:00 and 8:00. Feeding time when back to twice a day will be around 6:00 and 6:00.