I've been feeding Snickers 4 times per day for the 1.5 years because of his diagnosed (by biopsy) MVD. In what seems to be a separate problem...or so his specialist thinks, he's also had chronic digestive problems with colitis-type symptoms....there is a lot of guessing and testing about what could be the cause of all this, although he seems to do better on a high fiber diet.
I came across a post on another dog forum where someone talked about how feeding too often can lead to loose stools because their body does not get a chance to absorb everything. I don't know if this is a factual statement or not.
As I mentioned, I have been doing 4 feedings per day (about every 4 hours) because of the diagnosed liver disease. He is not showing any HE symptoms right now, but since I know he has MVD, I thought it was better to keep up the frequent, smaller feedings to prevent extra stress on the liver and avoid more future problems. But could this be making things worse for his colitis? I never made the connection between frequent feedings and loose stools, but after I read that comment and started thinking about it, it does look better when he first gets up and has had the night to fast as opposed to during the day when he has been eating more often.
Would it be better to do 3 feedings per day? I want to keep him asymptomatic with the liver disease....but if less frequent feedings are better for a dog with digestive problems and that's what he is symptomatic with now...maybe it's better?