Do You Feed Your DOG/DOGS Once A Day Or Twice

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Now my question is, with bassets having such large chests and potentially being prone to bloat... I've heard that drinking right after eating can help cause bloat. With the water in his food, is this dangerous??

This is a controversial topic, as some people believe adding water may cause bloat and others believe it will prevent bloat. The majority seem to believe the latter though, including myself. I add water to all of my dogs' food (I have a coule deep chested dogs/breeds too), they don't like it otherwise and I believe it's healthier for them both to help prevent bloat and to help the food digest easier. So, adding water to Noba's food should not harm him at all.

[wolf_Q]

Nebo is like Kia.....I used to try to feed him in the morning, but he would never eat it, so I gave up. I fed him once a day fairly late at night for the past few years. After I got Keva and was feeding her in the morning, Nebo wanted food too, so now he gets half his food (1 cup) in the morning and the other half in the evening. He used to be a really picky eater and would often go a day or more without eating, and now he gobbles it right up. Nothing like competetion to make a dog eat! Keva gets fed at the same times as Nebo and I usually give her a bit more at night as well, Nebo eats 2 cups and she eats at least 3 cups per day, she's a little pig!

[Seravieve]

Mine eat twice a day, 730 am and 7 pm. 1 cup in the morning for Zeke, with a good amount of hot water -- which slows his eating down a lot, since he still has rescue dog syndrome where he has to eat it ALL at the speed of light. And 1 1/2 cups for Bunny. She gets a little water but not much. Zeke gets the acid stomach deal even with two meals... Three might be a good idea for him. Never really thought about that. I usually just an one Tums tablet with his breakfast. They eat Purina dry dog food..

They also get snacks from me in the evenings -- they usually get to taste whatever I'm snacking on.