I tried free-feeding Toki and it wasn't too successful for us (I think I only tried it for a little over a week though so probably not long enough). The first couple days, she'd graze and finish all of her food but after that, she wasn't eating very much which really concerned me since she is still a puppy and I like to know exactly how much food she is eating. I would like to eventually switch over to free-feeding, especially when I'll be unable to set out her evening meal due to my work schedule, but for now Toki gets 2 scheduled meals a day which works for us.
I would still try the free-feeding though...I'm sure that you will be successful free-feeding with 2 since your older dog is already used to it and doesn't hoover up everything...I also like Tracy's suggestion of getting a good all-life stages food! I think if you were free-feeding 2 different types of food, your difficulty would be getting the pup to just eat the puppy food. Good luck! You'll find something that works for you! |