Hannah and Tucker each have their own bowl with a joint water dish in between. Tucker inhales his food and Hannah eats hers more slowly. The only time it is a problem is if Hannah has a little upset tummy in the morning and she doesn't want to eat right away. I have to watch when I set her bowl down to make sure she goes to it, because if she doesn't, Tucker will have inhaled both his bowl of krunchies and hers in less than 30 seconds. If she not going to eat right away, I put her bowl up on the counter. Then when she is ready, I generally stand there as Tucker not having anything in his dish is more ready to move in on her. He is a little more ascertive then than when they both are eating at the same time, which generally goes very well. Actually I pretty much stand there when they eat anyway as it doesn't take very long.
What would definitely NOT work in my household would be a dog that wanted to eat a little bit throughout the day. I had a friend visit with her dog who ate that way and she kept its bowl of food in the guest room. Everytime she opened the door to go to the bathroom, one of my dogs would make a mad dash inside and clean up all little Cody's food.
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