SUMbuddie just *<Urrk'd & Gurk'd>* his dinner!




Dinner was "served" over an hour ago -
Nobody did much of anything after eating.
Went like this:

"Queen" Cinder got hers in the kitchen;
SmokeMutt got his under the cawfee table in the living room;
Bowzie got his beside the #2 Kliner chair in the living room;
I had to <shoo> Hobo away from each other Mutt's bowl, but he was
keeping his eyes on the stacked bowls and followed along to the
next stop without TOO much pushing & shoving from me...

"FeedMe-FeedMe I'm STARVING" followed his bowl into the puter room
and began <gobbling> beside me.

I made him <SIT> and he dug right in, but wasn't <bolting> it -
more like a very determined, steady, continuous <munching>!
I could hear him "crunching" the Krunchies, and he didn't seem to be
taking *giant* bytes - but I thought he could be going a LIL bit slower -
so I raeched in (NO aggression from him ) and picked up a handful then
picked up his bowl. Hand-fed him a few 3-4 nugget bites from my palm
(he took them *nicely*) - then put the rest back in the bowl and
put it down on the floor agaim.
He finished up in a couple bytes, licked the bowl, then lay down with
the rest of The Gang to sleep it off.
I don't thik anyone much moved from their *spots* till i heard "IT" ...

*Urrrrrrrrk*! ... *Urrrrk* ...
I was turning to check on WHO was having the prob...
*Gurrrrrk* answered the question ...

It came up in 3 quick stages ...
First a few nuggets + a lil gooey foam;
then a larger glob of dry, chewed stuff;
then the Big Glob of most everythin else - semi-chewed but kinda dry.
(We got #3 into the bowl!)

Wunder what's up (besides Dinner) ???

He had the Wormer Tablets 9 hours before -
they should have been Long Gone.
And they went down with "lunch" at about 3:00 PM.
No Problemo with lunch, or his first meal last night.

He's had a few 1" long dawggie bisquits all afternoon;
and a BIG Drink around 5-7 PM after he and Cinder played Living Room Chase ...
Not much "activity" since then.

He's outside on the porch tie-out ...
I CONTINUOUS "I wanna come IN <BARK> mode" ...


PLEASE SHUT the Heck UP - at least long enough
for me to bring him in AFTER a Quiet Spell -
I'd go for even 5 minutes of <silence> right now!



He's <winding down> ...
we're down to a <BARK> or two every 2 minutes...
He otta be back inside before dawn at this rate.

So back to the Tossin Dinner problem ...

Are LABS considered a deep-chested BIG Breed and subject to the
"Bloating Problem" ???

He's getting about One Cup of krunchies twice a day.
Krunch is decent quality ("Premium Edge" Adult Lamb & Rice) that
Cinder & Smoke have thrived on for years.
Krunchies are small - 1/4" by 1/4" hard nuggets.
( The Bag suggests 2 3/4 cups for 65 # mutt ...
and I "under-feed" Cinder, Smokey and Bowser, too.)

And he sure didn't "over-exert" after dinner ... took about two steps away
from the bowl and lay down for a Nappie! ...

STRESS ??
He rode around in da Bus - happie azza Klam!
(Rides like Pet Rock Bowser - looks out every once-in-a-while; but spends
most of the ride SOUND ASLEEP!)

His day after we got home ?? UPstairs with The Gang all day!

Suggestions, Please!

He's "down" to softer *YIPP* - *Yaps* avery minute or so ...
Guess I'll give in and let him back in before the Sheriff shows up!



/s/ Phred
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