For Sadie is there anyway you can feed her three times a day?

If you can I would suggest you give her a very small amount of food at each meal and, again, pick it up after ten minutes. Leave her alone to eat undisturbed in the ten minutes and pick up the dish without saying anything or looking at her. Walk away again and wait for her to settle before you pay her attention.

In her mind she is doing the right thing - she backs off food if you show any interest at all - as a subordinate in a wild pack would. She is rather over- reacting so try not to let it become more of an issue.

If you can't feed her three times a day then for a couple of days give her very small feeds and then increase it back up to the normal amount over a couple of days.


It will help her ernormously if she feels that the correct pack order is kept so as you prepare her food put a plate next to her bowl. Put a biscuit, a couple of pieces of breakfast cereal, a couple of grapes - anything small that you can eat - on the plate. When you have finished preparing Sadie's food eat the human food off the plate (it is important that you pay no attention to Sadie - don't be tempted to see if she is watching, she will know what is going on!). When you have finished put her food down and leave her. She will feel more relaxed in the knowledge that the leader has, in her eyes, already taken the best bits of the meal and that it really is her turn to feed now.

Hope that helps. If she is still leaving a large amount of food after that get back to me.