He's a basset hound/cocker spaniel mix, approximately 6-8 months old. I think. His former owner didn't know exactly.

He's always been an outdoor dog, with about 9 other pups in the kennel with him. I'm not sure, but I'm fairly sure that he was fed table scraps most of the time.

I feed him twice a day, and he rarely finishes the whole bowl each time.

Originally posted by Karen
How old is the pup? What breed is he? Gosh, the title of your post had me worried for a minute .. I have heard that putting something, a rubber ball for one example, in the food so that he has to eat around it, which will make him eat more slowly.

How many times a day does he get fed? Is he a former stray, so finding food was a problem at one time for him? Not that this is always the case - I know one dog who, to this day, bolts his food within seconds of it hitting his dish, and he came straight to a loving home right from his breeder, so he's got no excuse!