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09-24-2011, 07:15 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Atascocita, TX
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| How to cure one of the seven deadly sins? Fergie has turned into a glutton. I swear I've never seen such an eating machine. - In the morning when we let them out of their crates, my other two dogs go straight to the door and do the potty dance. Ferg's hangs a left turn to hit the food bowl. (Yes, she ate right before bed.) - When I feed the dogs (usually free feed), my Golden will do one or two main sit downs a day and chow down then ignore the food the rest of the time. My terrier is a spotty eater, eating a few bites all during the day. Fergie will bully the golden and eat the entire bowl that is set for three dogs (including one feeding for the 95lb golden). She'll also hit the catfood if any is left by the cats (who also will spot eat during the day). - Today she ate so much so fast she didn't even chew it, like she thought she wouldn't get a meal (after a month you'd think she'd know better, right?). Then on the way back from the vet she puked three times all over my car and the food bites weren't even chewed. Gluttony is a sin and overeating can kill her. NOT eating will kill my other animals from starvation due to her gluttony. I can't NOT free feed, cause that's how most of my other animals eat, they won't go eat at one time. How do I adjust Fergs so she's not killing herself and every animal in my house? PS: We feed twice a day to refill the bowl to measured amounts, once for the morning and then afternoon snacking and then a late afternoon feeding for the evening/nighttime. Last edited by ragincajun; 09-24-2011 at 07:16 AM. |
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09-24-2011, 07:42 AM | #2 |
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| oh gosh, wish i could help. hope someone on here has some advice, this must be frustrating. Good luck though
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09-24-2011, 07:50 AM | #3 |
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| No clue! My ZoE is a lil piggie too and would eat til she was sick if I'd let her. There is no way I can free-feed her as I did my last yorkie. I've wondered how I'd deal with it if I were to get another yorkie, so I'm interested in reading other's ideas/responses.
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09-24-2011, 08:00 AM | #4 |
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| Many dogs are not good self regulators and I have never heard of a way to regulate them without scheduled, controlled feedings.
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09-24-2011, 08:02 AM | #5 |
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| We have the same situation here. Our non-yorkie is a grazer and Levi is a glutton. There is no way we could leave food down all day, so they are now both on scheduled feedings. When we started giving Dallas (non-yorkie) regular mealtimes, he would sometimes just pick at his food and wouldn't finish his whole serving, but he has learned to adjust. They both do well with scheduled feedings.
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09-24-2011, 10:14 AM | #6 |
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| yea you you should definantely try scheduled feedings... before i got my yorkie i free fede my bichon.. but when i got him i learned very quickly he LOVED to eat so i had to stop that problem before it started by feeding them once in the morning and once in the evening, and i make sure they both have lots of playtime to keep them distracted and active between meals... But if scheduled feeding doesnt work you should just try and keep that one specific dog away from the bowls. hope i helped!!!
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