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

[ramanth]

When I only had Kia, I fed her once a day. If only because when I tried to give her a bowl of food in the morning, she wouldn't eat it. She'd just lay there and guard it and snap at the cats if they came too close.

So I stopped offering her a morning meal.

With the arrival of Chipper and because of him needing morning medication and to put on weight, he obviously needed a morning meal. So that Kia wouldn't feel left out, I offered her a morning meal too. The first couple of times, she didn't eat and again just guarded her food. So I'd take it away from her and give it to Chipper.

This seemed to shock Kia and now when they get their morning meals, she eats it all up and doesn't protest if Chipper licks her bowl looking for any leftovers.

So I guess my answer would be yes, they get a morning and evening meal.

[gemini9961]

Once here. Grant needs to drop some weight and Sadie needs to loose a little. Maggie is fine weight wise but she doesn't eat that much. They are ready to eat when they get fed which is in the evening. They will get treats/snacks too. Mine are fed raw.

[anna_66]

I feed big raw meals so mine eat once/day, in the morning.

[DrKym]

Twice a day for the Goof and Sequoia, 3 for Rusty as it seems to help with his thyroid issues and meds (plus i can change up his pill hiding so he isn't always sure when it is in there ) the cats free feed and we have one of the huge water bottle holder things that allows fresh water, we use a 5 gallon jug a week (not counting toilet dunks )

[KYS]

I feed twice a day, and a dog buiscuit for a snack.

[crow_noir]

Twice a day seems to make the most sense (for adult dogs) so that's what I've stuck with.

With GSDs you really have to watch out for bloat so you don't want to feed less than twice per day.

With any dog though you can majorly reduce begging by feeding twice a day. It's quite nice with less begging.

I skip meals one day per week (aprox. 25 hours) to let their bodies heal. (There is scientific evidence proving that they benefit from fasting. Has something to do with enzymes that are only produced when their digestive system is relaxing.)

It takes raw food six hours to go through their digestive systems and 12 hours for kibble to. (Varies by individual, breed, and current health.)

[pitc9]

I used to free feed because mine were both so skinny!
But now they are both at a good weight so I feed once a day around 7:00pm.
In the morning (7:30am) when I leave for work I hide snacks around the house for them to find and eat while no one's home.

[cocker_luva]

jesse is on the BARF diet so she gets feed twice a day, between 4-6 pieces of meat a day with some veggies as midday snacks to keep her tummy from not growling. its great, she was probably twice her normal weight, and has already lost about 2-3 ins around her girth!!!