Crazy Dog.

rustypjr · Postby **rustypjr** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:45 am

Got a question about feeding. Not how much but how the dog acts. Here is the situation lets take this morning for instance. I get up and let hte dog out to "Go Pee" . Come back and take the food bowl put it on the counter fill with water and food. (one of them combo bowl) I make her sit. When she has sat for about 5 - 10 seconds I set the bowl down. She grabs a mouth fool and slings on the kitchen floor and then eats it one piece at a time on the floor. She does that about 3 more times. then she eats at the bowl for about 20 seconds and then she goes to her spot and lays down or runs around the house for about 5 minuttes and then goes and repeats the whole process over. What can I do? I want her to eat it when I sit it down and not play around. this morning I stood over he and everytime she moved I said no and pt her back in front of the bowl. But is there something else i cold do? She does this everytime she eats. No matter if it has been 6 hours or 12 hours.

rustypjr · Postby **rustypjr** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:47 am

She is not even 3 months old yet!

Nash · Postby **Nash** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:51 am

When she leaves the bowl for the first time take the food up and give her what she did not eat tonight. Repeat the pick up rule. In a week she will get hungry and empty the bowl when it is put in front of her.

Troy Williams · Postby **Troy Williams** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:10 pm

Make sure she gets plenty of excerise. Be it walks, play-time with the big dogs(not too long tho), etc. Routine is a LARGE factor in a dogs happiness.

I had one that wasn't too interested in food as a youngster but it should change. I would sit with him at his bowl and when he got preoccupied and started to wander I would encourage him back and refocus him on his food. That worked.

Keep your routine and pick up what dog doesn't eat and put it away.

Tip: Might try putting warm water on the food. It makes a 'gravy' so to speak and the dogs tend to like it ALOT.

Troy

Johnboy114 · Postby **Johnboy114** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:25 am

leave the food down for 10-15 minutes and thats it. She will learn quick.

pntailhntr · Postby **pntailhntr** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:01 am

Exactly, pick up the food she doesn't eat. By the time a few days go around she'll be eating it all with no problem! Good Luck!

Bayou Beagle · Postby **Bayou Beagle** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:41 am

Is there a logistics reason why you want her to eat it all at once?

Does it hurt a dog to eat a little here and there?

My pup will eat, goof off, eat goof off, eat and so forth.

She doesn't gobble it up.

Just curious?

jeff

MSU Dawg · Postby **MSU Dawg** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:24 pm

Travling with a dog that knows to eat when the food is put down or lose it it much easier that traviling with one that wants to pick at it all day.

What if you go to the duck camp and other dogs are there? Will your dog get to eat when he want to through out the day? No, another dog will come along and eat his food.

It just makes for an easier time if they learn to eat it when it is put down.

Johnboy114 · Postby **Johnboy114** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:21 pm

MSU Dawg wrote:Travling with a dog that knows to eat when the food is put down or lose it it much easier that traviling with one that wants to pick at it all day.

It just makes for an easier time if they learn to eat it when it is put down.

exactly. And if another dog leaves its food out when mine is around, my pup will make it dissappear in about a second!

Locked Up · Postby **Locked Up** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:16 am

pntailhntr wrote:Exactly, pick up the food she doesn't eat. By the time a few days go around she'll be eating it all with no problem! Good Luck!

I agree....

rustypjr · Postby **rustypjr** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:06 am

Well we started picking it up when she runs away from it. Now she throws it all over the floor one time then she stays at her bowl and eats till it is gone. So I guess it worked.

rustypjr · Postby **rustypjr** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:06 am

Sorry it takes her all of about 7 minutes to eat her meals.

Grommet · Postby **Grommet** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:47 pm

rustypjr wrote:Sorry it takes her all of about 7 minutes to eat her meals.

That is a long time. It takes my dog about a minute maybe two to eat four cups of food. :lol:

Johnboy114 · Postby **Johnboy114** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:57 am

Grommet wrote:
rustypjr wrote:Sorry it takes her all of about 7 minutes to eat her meals.

That is a long time. It takes my dog about a minute maybe two to eat four cups of food.

mine is less than a minute for one cup...i sometimes get scared she isnt breathing while she is eating, just inhaling the food!!!

rustypjr · Postby **rustypjr** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:13 am

Johnboy114 wrote:
Grommet wrote:
rustypjr wrote:Sorry it takes her all of about 7 minutes to eat her meals.

That is a long time. It takes my dog about a minute maybe two to eat four cups of food.

mine is less than a minute for one cup...i sometimes get scared she isnt breathing while she is eating, just inhaling the food!!!

This morning it was like that just never seemed to reathe she ate it all quick. I did mix alittle warm water with it and she inhaled.

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