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Free Feed? Please let me know the pros and cons of free feeding. Who free feeds and why? Who feeds on a schedule and why? |
I feed on schedule, its easier to house train them this way as you know when they will need to poop. Also you know exactly how much they have eaten, if you have more than one dog and free feed then its very difficult to actually determine how much each dog has eaten. Plus I feed raw and it would be impossible to free feed raw. |
I free feed.... Gypsy hardly eats anything so it takes her a whole day to eat a bowl of food. If I take the food away and give it her at certain times then she won't touch it. I'd rather she had food down all day and picked at it as and when she wanted. Even though she has access to food all day she opens her bowels at the same times everyday, once first thing when I get up, no matter what time that is and then around 7 in the evening. |
I know that if I get hungry or just want a snack, I just go get me one. My dogs don't have that choice unless I leave food down for them. I'm a free feeder...that way my babies can eat when they want. |
I free feed Cody and Gracey. I tried to feed on a schedual and they would wolf it down like they were starving and then get sick half the time. With free feeding they know it's there when they want it and they take a few bites and walk away and grab a few bites when they want to. each dog and situation is different, if either of mine had shown a tendancy to overeat then I would have to feed on a schedule. |
With four I feed mine on a schedule so I can see who's getting what, and help with the potting training. |
I use to with Aubrey, but now I feed him 3 times a day. I do that because Dakota is also on a feeding schedule. To me it helps me know when they need to go outside, when I just left food out I couldn't tell so they had accidents inside a lot. |
As i see it depends on the dog. My dogs eat once in the morning about 8 or 9 and once again in the evening around 5-6. I also give them dog food as treats when training then so they both end up getting 1/3 cup of food each day. I wish i could free feed but mind would end up eating everything in front of them and begging for more. I know my second one Kaze would be the best candidate for free feeding because he eats slower than Ryoko, and sometimes leaves food but I just hand feed it to him for being obedient later. |
When I used to feed kibble, I free fed because I wanted my furbaby to be able to eat whenever he wanted. I would measure out how much he should eat through out the day, and then the next morning, if it wasn't all gone, I would measure to find out how much he didn't eat. That way I could make sure he was eating enough. But since then, I got another furbaby and switched them both to homecooked meals. With homecooking, you can't just leave food down, so I feed my maltese 3 times per day, and I feed my yorkie (he's liver compromised so he needs several small meals per day to ease the load on hi liver) 4-5 times per day. I make sure that they always have enough to eat. If they are hungry by chance, they know how to let me know :) |
I free feed max because he takes along time to eat his food. I tried putting it down and picking it up when he was being picky and it worked. once he started eating his food then i went back to free feeding. confused u guys? LOL |
With 7 dogs I free feed and they are all healthy and none of them over eat. Some eat first thing in the morning and at night and some graze all day. None are food agressive with each other which is important with 7 dogs. They all pretty much go poop in the morning within 20 minutes of my getting up and again after I get off work at night. I might just be lucky because if one was to get over weight I might be in trouble then :eek: |
I free feed, since he is an only dog I don't have to be concerned on how much food he gets. I put his food down in the morning and some days he doens't touch it until the evening, but other times he will nibble some before he ignores it for 8 hours. |
Having 4 I also free feed, mine eat first thing in the morning, and then around 7pm, they get 2 treats a day, I monitor how much kibble is eaten, I use the tall self feeder, measuring out 4 cups per day and there is always some left, |
:animal36 I also free feed,and both of my pups have regular bowel movements,and neither are over weight. I have always noticed that they tend to eat when I do, so that is twice a day,and they sort of nibble in between. Of course I only feed kibble so leaving it down is no problem. |
:animal36 I free feed Koda, she is very picky and no matter what I do she can care less, I leave the food for her until is time to go night, night...Then It's it for her until the next morning:animal36 |
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