[Belle Noir]

When I had larger dogs, and multiple dogs, I schedule fed, but because Pixie is so tiny, and an only dog, I free feed her kibble, and I give her canned food twice a day.
While it does make potty training a bit more difficult, I feel better knowing that she has food available, since she is so small, I'm concerned about her getting all the nutrients she needs, and preventing any hypoglycemic episodes.
Besides, her poos and wees are teeny, and not too much of an effort to clean up, unlike the monster piles and puddles my beauceron would leave, lol.

As an aside, we're in the process of switching her to Royal Canin. She had been on Science Diet puppy, but I knew I would switch when the food was almost gone, if I didn't like the results, and I don't.
Pixie is starting to grow in her adult coat, and in some places, the fur is just so thin, from it not coming in substantially, and her skin is too dry.
There is a HUGE difference in the SD and RC kibble. The RC smells more inviting, and obviously has more oils in it, and Pixie eats it better. In fact, if we didn't have a firm rule that no new food is put down until her bowl is empty, I think she would pick out the RC and leave the SD. So I put the RC in the SD bag to mingle the scents, lol.
The canned food she gets is Beneful.. which while not the best, by far, is the one she eats the best of all the foods I have tried with her. She gets a tablespoon of that morning and evening.

Aside from that, she gets treats in the form of Buddy Biscuits, which we call puppy crack. She'll stand on her head to get a Buddy Biscuit treat, and I also give her Red Barn beef roll, which she wouldn't eat as a food, but she will eat as a treat.

I don't think there is anyone that is completely adamant about how they feed their dogs. We all have to be flexible for the benefit of our individual dogs, and some can't free feed, and some have to.
I expect that if I still had my larger dogs, I would construct something like a creep feeder that she could access and the other dogs couldn't, because in the end, I feel better about her having access to food on an as needed basis.