I started out feeding Blazer his full daily allowance all at one time in the morning. Once he started eating it all before noon I started to break up his daily allowance into 3 separate feedings, still maintaining only his daily allowance. I do not remove his bowl at any time so that he can eat any amount at any given time.
My neighbor free feeds in the way that the dogs' bowl is always full. The Shorkie maintains a healthy weight/skinny. The Yorkie, however, is super fat! For her body size she should maybe be 4 or 5 pounds but I think that she is closer to 8 and it is ALL belly! (Extra not good because of her Luxating Patela.)
So really, I think that it just depends on the dog and what works for both of you.
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