Carrie - the feeding schedule you suggest would be quite impossible since I am gone 8 to 9 hours a day during the week so I certainly can't feed her 4 meals a day. She must eat in the morning before I go to work and when I get home. She does piece a little before I go to work and will eat in the evening, picking as I described previously. I do leave food in a dish for her in her crate while I'm at work which probably isn't good either, but I notice she doesn't eat any of it while she's cooped up in the crate. I know this feeding thing is difficult - but I don't know what else to do - I certainly want to make sure she doesn't get hungry.