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Originally Posted by lovespandp

Hm Peanut conflyuses me, if I leave his bowl there and tell him to eat he will look at the food look at me, and walk away lol. Then if I sit down with him and put some on my finger, he will lick it off. So I dont know what is the best thing to do...

So Jackson gets 1/2 of cup of food for the whole day?

Teddi does the exact same thing. My hubby gets really upset with me because he wants him to eat on his own. We actually hand fed Gizmo from the time he was 6 yrs. after almost losing hm to pancreatitis. It was wonderfully bonding but when he had a sitter he would not eat for them and one would not feed him that way so I can see Dave's point.

Personally I think they take it from us because they want to make us happy. When I stop giving he stops eating it. He's just not hungry at that moment. I pick it up, he looks for it and then 2 seconds later he forgets all about it! By lunch time he eats really well - dinner so-so and then supper - he pigs out!!

Our vet advised 1/4 cp 3times per day. So...we break that up into the four feeding times we do per day instead of three. As another YT'er said on another thread - they will not overeat - and that has been my experience as well! They will walk away. ♥