Quote Originally Posted by anna_66
For those of you with more than one dog how do you feed them? Separately or together? In a crate? Outside?
It really depends on what they are eating & what the weather is like.

If they are eating something on a bone or a large piece of meat, etc... (otherwise not ground up, canned, mixed, etc...) and the weather is decent they eat outside.
This gets a little tricky/confusing now.
If I can watch their every move the entire time they eat I feed them all at once (no one needs to be on a tie out when I am there to watch them at all times). As soon as one finishes I put them inside. I've never had any problems what so ever with them fighting but sometimes one will try to steel the others food (usually Kaige) if they finish first. My dogs are very well mannered, often times they will give their meat up to anyone or anything that tries to take it away (especially Nanook).

If I can not watch their every move (but I do still keep a good eye on them) I will feed only a couple/few at a time. Nanook is never leashed so he picks a spot outside of the tie outs where he can not be reached by any of the other dogs. All of the other dogs are on tie outs when I am not out there with them the entire time. I feed in the same order everytime (Nanook, Raustyk, Kaige then Indy) so Raustyk will always eat with Nanook. I will sometimes let Kaige eat at the same time as Raustyk & Nanook, that is only IF he has something that will last him a while because the 2 tie outs can reach each other and he may try to steel Raustyk's if he finishes first. If it's a chicken quarter or something else that he is known to eat faster than the other dogs then I usually wait until Raustyk is done eating (or just finishing up) before I feed Kaige. Which will obviously mean that Indy will sometimes eat alone, other times she will eat with Kaige.

If it is raining, snowing or extremely hot outside (or any other type of bad weather) they eat inside. I feed pretty much the same as above only it is inside and they are forced to eat on towels, linoleum and or in their crates (all for sanitary reasons ONLY). Depending on what they eat & where they prefer to eat decides who gets to eat when & who gets to eat with who.

If they get any grond meat, canned meats (salmon, mackeral, etc..) or anything else that is not a lartge chunk it gets put right into their bowl & eat all at the same time, just like they would if it was kibble.



Nanook NEVER tries to take food away from any of the other dogs.
Kaige is the ONLY one who will try to take Nanooks food. Then again Kaige will kind of try to take anyones food, but usually doesn't ever get it away from Raustyk. He just begs at her when she eats. lol
Raustyk NEVER tries to take food from Nanook. She will only try to take away Kaige or Indy's food if they are eating it really slowly, like they are not interested or getting full.
Indy will only try to take Kaiges food, and she will only try to take it if he doesn't seem that interested and it something that she REALLY likes (she's not TOO keen on some pieces of chicken). BUT if you feed anything in a bowl Indy will sometimes try to nudge right in with Raustyk or Kaige. In that case I need to direct her out of the kitchen as soon as she finishes any food that is fed in a bowl.

Geesh I hope I got all that right, more so I hope it was easy to understand. lol