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Feeding your dog: Spoon or Fork Crazy topic, I know :D I am having issues with my dog eating lately (read all of my related topics and posts), so I have literally stooped as low as to feed him with a spoon or fork just to get him to eat a bit more. Have any of you all done this~? |
No. But I have feed by hand when they have actually been sick. |
I have hand fed kibble..... but I wouldn't hesitate to feed via spoon or fork!! |
Chase does great with a fork, but Calvin does better with a spoon! Yeah, I've fed them bites of their wet food like this before :) I do hand feed them dinner, because Chase eats SO fast, I like him to have at least 1 meal a day he has to eat slow! |
Oh I'm so glad I don't have to spoon feed Uni anymore or beg her to eat. With that being said, I vote spoon. |
I've spoon fed Kaji only when it's something mushy. Like canned pumpkin or ice cream. |
I have used a spoon for mushy things. That is a habit that I really didn't want to start so I rarely did it. There is a lady that lives near me that still spoon feeds her 6 year old german shepherd! |
We have used spoons before. But not for every day feedings. Just special treats. :) |
I don't even like to use dog bowls that I have to wash so utensils would not go over well here. I just put their paper plates on the floor and they stick their faces in just gobble up their food like little piglets. |
When I have a sickly dog, I just handfeed them. Mine have always seemed to prefer to take food directly from my fingers when ill. |
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I have used a spoon before but Callie prefers my finger even if its the nastiest stuff. When I could not get her to eat pumpkin and she needed it I had to use my finger and it took forever to get it out from under my nail and I swear even after washing my hands a million times it still smelled like pumpkin but it got her to eat it. |
I have hand fed Elvis before he would only eat off the floor when I first got him and I train my dogs nit to eat off the floor so I hand fed him. I'd use a large silicon spoon to train to bowl feeding if I had to...caredul with teeth. I swear by the raised feeders by thebellacottage.com they're stainless steel easy to replace bowl absolutely adirable feeders at two great heights for cats and small dogs and they're the cheapest in price I have ever found...seriously they should be giving me serious discounts for endorcements at this point. |
I may give a treat of cottage cheese by spoon and I do use a fork sometimes when they get their after dinner treat. I put it on the end tyne of the fork and they very gently take the treat off. I have also fed by hand when they have felt well. So I guess it depends on the situation. |
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I daren't feed Harry with a fork - I'm so clumsy I'd probably fall over and stab him in the tonsils....:eek: :D Sally x |
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OMG!!! I can not believe I shared THAT with the public....! I need to get off here....I must be brain dead!!!! |
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Can't believe this turned into a "hot topic"~! |
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I hand feed Jaeger-he'd eat off a spoon, fork, my fingers, the floor, a bowl if I let him, but he's a fast eater so I train him at meal times and hand feed him his dry food. If I give him something wet like pumpkin, its with a spoon. |
spoon or fork I give Graysee small portions of my oranges, or apples, or watermelon by fork. She is very careful, and daintily takes each offering, and scampers away, then comes back for a second helping. If I treat her with some remnant breakfast yogurt, she'll lick the spoon until the finish starts to come off!! :) |
I would not do it, simply because they would get use to it and want to be spoon fed all the time, lol. But Suzi is the worst, she stays right at our side when we eat, and waits until something drops. Nothing bad for her, I recently found out they both love melon! Any type. I be careful with grapes, they should not eat them. For meds i place the plll in a small treat and they gobble it right up, for liquid meds, I use a little bit of bread, place the liquid onto the bread, and yes, I've hand fed them . |
Great! So I left this YT thread on the pc and Derij reminded me I tried to feed Elvis a bite of ice cream at the Jacoby Store house last weekend when shopping on the plaza. Stay calm it was nonfat organic vanilla on a try it spoon too small for toddler feeding. Elvis ignored it anyways he was too busy guarding us from the herd of teengirls ohhh ahhing at him on my lap. I think he smiled at them Derik calls it snarling... |
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