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View Poll Results: How many times a day do you feed? | |||
Once | 8 | 3.23% | |
Twice | 119 | 47.98% | |
Three times | 34 | 13.71% | |
I free feed | 87 | 35.08% | |
Voters: 248. You may not vote on this poll |
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03-12-2011, 05:35 PM | #16 |
Wee Winston Wiggles Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kewanee, Illinois
Posts: 9,666
| 3 times a day for Winston plus his kibble is out for him 24/7. At first I was going to say one feeding a day...it starts @7:00am and last til 10:30pm!!! It seems like he is eating constantly...
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03-12-2011, 05:55 PM | #17 | |
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Hmmm, I'm hesitant to cut back any more on what I'm feeding because that's the good stuff. I'm feeding 1/4 cup of kibble/homecooked twice a day for 10-pound Eddie and 1/8 cup of same for 4-pound Jillie. They had never been interested in apples or carrots, but last night I tried some frozen green peas and they gobbled them up like they were liver snacks. Think that's healthy to give them a bunch of those a day?
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03-12-2011, 06:00 PM | #18 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
Posts: 21,173
| Three times and a little snack at night.
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03-12-2011, 06:59 PM | #19 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Posts: 1,043
| Bella is a picky eater and Harley is a growing boy ...so I have kibble out 24/7...so I voted free feed. but I also home cook once a day....Both are at a healthy weight for there size.
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03-12-2011, 09:11 PM | #20 |
♥Max & Lily♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando, FL, US
Posts: 2,186
| I do that sometimes too. Especially if its a long day
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03-12-2011, 09:45 PM | #21 |
Love My Little Cuties Donating Member Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charleston, IL
Posts: 9,899
| I have dry food out 24/7 so I selected free feed, but we mix in wet food every morning as well.
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03-12-2011, 11:17 PM | #22 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posts: 12,693
| I feed twice a day at 7 am and 7 pm. Kaji's total daily intake is less than a 1/2 cup or Orijen a day. The only thing he is allowed to snack on as much as he wants are lettuce whites. He loves to sit and crunch crunch crunch, and I love that it's low fat and has lots of water in it already. Kaji is a bad water drinker, and has had a problem with cristals in his urine.
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03-13-2011, 04:59 AM | #23 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kenner
Posts: 25
| I feed twice a day - once in the morning and once in the evening. They are on Nature's Variety raw medallions which they eat in about two seconds. But, if I forget to defrost and feed kibble, I have to monitor closely because Annie is a slow eater when eating the kibble and likes to take a little bite and walk off to eat it and then Ruby hurries over to Annie's bowl to take a bite when Annie walks off then rushes back to her own bowl. I used to feed Annie in another room, but now she won't eat at all unless her bowl is near the other two. Ruby and Sophie are always hungry. Annie is the only one who eats and is satisfied until the next meal. They also get their treat of romaine lettuce which they LOVE. |
03-13-2011, 04:46 PM | #24 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play
Posts: 7,069
| I feed 4 times a day, very small amounts each time. I started this schedule when Mylee was a baby and needed more frequent feedings, and have just never been able to get off of it. Of course, if my schedule was any different, I would have to adjust their feeding schedule, but it works.
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03-13-2011, 07:38 PM | #25 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bay Area, California
Posts: 2,249
| We feed one time a day in the morning, mine get Primal pre-made raw. Then, in the evening everyone gets a treat or two. If I am home during the day, they usually get a treat or two then too!!
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03-14-2011, 07:12 AM | #26 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Columbia, Missouri US
Posts: 274
| I feed Minnie her daily amount and leave it in her food dish so she can eat when she wants to. So i basically free feed but she is not overfed at all. |
03-15-2011, 04:11 PM | #27 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Allentown, Pa.
Posts: 5
| feeeding I feed two times a day, morning and again in the evening around 7pm. freeze dried chicken treats during the day.. my little girl Lola (3.5lbs) comes to work with me! |
03-15-2011, 06:23 PM | #28 |
Banning Queen Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home of the Kalamazoo Wings, MI.
Posts: 3,122
| I also free feed Princess, though I only give her the recommended amount, and she rarely even eats that. She also gets quite a few treats, for potty & training...it was very hard to find a treat that was small enough to give several times a day and she likes...but I finally figured it out...for now. |
03-15-2011, 06:44 PM | #29 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Four small meals a day. That doesn't work for most people who work, but this is how they feed at Yorkie Camp and recommended by T's vet because of her battle with colitis. |
03-17-2011, 10:40 AM | #30 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: upper marlboro, MD
Posts: 104
| I free Feed Lucy,she never emptys her bowl, it only holds a 1/2 c of food. The treats I have gives her diarrhea So we stopped them. |
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