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    Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roxyluvsme13
    Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.

    Then you need to train her not to - and YES it is possible. I also recall a thread about her not getting fed enough. When she gets used to getting the proper amount and being "full" she may not inhale it as much.

    You could also invest in a food ball - it will disperse a small amount at a time so she can't inhale it and give her some entertainment. I had to feed Nala in a food ball for quite a while when we first got her and fed kibble. She finally realized she wasn't going to be starved like previously and eats just fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roxyluvsme13
    Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.
    Bri, believe me when I say this, Jada is a PIG she also inhales her food but she did fine on the little kibble. I bet you Roxy would too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roxyluvsme13
    Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.
    Tommy inhales his food too, and the Innova EVO I get is very small kibble so I started putting just enough water in his bowl with the food to make it a bit soup-like and that seemed to solve that problem.
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    Soak the food in water then, she can't inhale soaked food. Also it's easier to digest and prevents bloating.
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    One more thing, then I will shut up..... You could even put a raw egg in with Roxy's small kibble if you are afraid she will choke. Just a thought.

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    Wait.. your Mom is going to be buying you a $500 camera (when she's unemployed and has no money to get the dogs heartworm preventative and other shots except for rabies) and you can't buy better food?


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    Oh and another thing Maggie eats the same kind of kibble as the little ones and she does fine on small bites.

    Also you might want to take a cookie sheet and put the kibble on there spread out so it takes longer to eat.
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    Molly used to inhale too.

    We either

    1) Fed her meals to her kibble by kibble or
    2) Every 3 seconds, we would cover her food with our hands and told her "sit", waited 3 seconds, and let her go back to her bowl, and then repeat.

    Now she eats slower than Mickey, and I thought he was the slowest.


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    Since Lily is getting close to a year old maybe you can get a huge bag of kibble they can both eat. Innova has very small bites, I just bought a HUGE bag for both dogs...It was 30 something, no doubt it will last my dogs 2 or 3 months. I am mad now about why I bought such a big bag because it will probably go stale before they eat it.
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    If you people had actually read , I'm doing what I can at the moment.. and as soon as I can I'm going to switch their food.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roxyluvsme13
    If you people had actually read , I'm doing what I can at the moment.. and as soon as I can I'm going to switch their food.

    There is absolutely no reason for you to roll your eyes at anyone. No one has said anything for you to do so since your previous "apology" post.

    I do hope you do what's best for your dogs in the near feature. I was very proud of you when I saw you were changing their food, taking better care of Roxy, etc.. but now you're back at square one it seems.

    I think pretty much a majority of the members here feel the same.

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