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i try to get them to each have their own bowl...corona's in pink and smaller then the others and coco and cainan have the same ones but they "use" to know which one was theirs and they did really well, but corona eats a little then wanders around the house, comes back eats a little more and does it all over again probably about 4 or 5 times. By that time cainan has already eaten all of his and coco's eats his fill(she normally leaves a little in the bowl) and whatever she doesnt eat corona eats for her...unless cainan gets to it first. How do i get corona to eat out of just her bowl so i can try and make this work? I think the different rooms may work...but we only have 3 rooms and a bathroom in our house two of which have carpet...i dont know how well that would work! It probably would but corona thinks we're playing with her everytime we tell her no! it was easy with two...but since theirs three it gets a little more difficult! thanks!

Just don't allow them to eat out of each other's bowl, at all.
I don't allow Chloe to eat out of Bailey's dish. Chloe is now 6 months old and she's a growing puppy and she would eat till she burst if I allowed her, she's always been a ravenous eater.

Bailey on the otherhand is a "diner", he eats slowly, small mouthfuls and he has to investigate the food before eating. I don't know why, but he does, it's the same food he has eaten for a long time. Chloe eats the same food. Chloe finishes first and then eyes Bailey's dish with food still in it as he's not done yet. Except now she doesn't DIVE right in there like she did when I first got her because I shoo'd her away from him while he was eating and now she just sits and waits till he is finished then she licks his bowl.

I don't allow them to free feed in any form or fashion. I feed them twice a day, morning and early evening and if they (well, Bailey that is) do not eat then he has to wait for a full meal the next time it is served since he is such a picky eater. I don't let Bailey walk from his dish then come back and eat a little, then walk around then come back and eat a little....etc. He either finishes or he doesn't. If he doesn't, then he has to wait till next time. This is how I gauge exactly how much they eat.

Give it a try, feeding them in 3 different rooms. If you are worried about the carpeting put something under the bowls in the rooms with the carpeting. Then in time, with them eating in different rooms, out of their own bowls then a sometime maybe they all will be able to eat in the same room out of their own bowls. I just happen to feed mine in the same room and taught Chloe to stay away from Bailey's until he is finished.