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#1
07-09-2009, 09:02 PM
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 Questions for Multi-dog owners Since I'm officially (hopefully) going to own 2 dogs tomorrow, I have some questions. First of all, how do I make sure Maggie gets enough to eat? I have a hunch new dog is going to wolf down his food and start in on Maggie's. Maggie leaves her food sit until she's good and ready to eat it. I'm thinking I might have to train her to eat in her crate? I'll probably have to feed her canned food for a while or something, because she always eats that right away. Any other suggestions? Other than that, I think she'll be ok. Is there anything else I should watch out for though? She's done ok with other dogs in the house before, even spending the night. I probably won't have new dog sleep in our room at first just to be a little easier on her, not until they're friends and stuff.
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07-09-2009, 09:06 PM
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| Well I doubt I'm much help but when I feed mine, I leave all 3 bowls out all day. Nobody seems to wolf theirs down and go to the next. I just make sure I leave out enough so everyone's full and nobody bickers. It's probably best to feed them separately at first, or even in a crate so guarding issues don't come up. You can also do it like NILIF, where you have them sit before you put the bowl down and then give the "ok" to eat it...if it doesn't all get eaten, take the bowl up after 30 minutes and they wait until their next meal. They learn to eat while they can instead of picking at it all day.
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#3
07-09-2009, 09:13 PM
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| Oh thanks AC, that's a good idea. I'll try the NILIF thing. The only thing about leaving it out all day is that Titus could stand to lose about 10 pounds so I don't want him overeating too much. I have a hunch that his pounds will drop off real quick though because it sounds like his previous owners didn't really exercise him.
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07-09-2009, 09:34 PM
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| I have two dogs right now and I have always fed them separately (most of the time in their crates). I have one dog that eats at lightening speed and another that eats at a more moderate place, so that way I can monitor exactly how much they eat. Also, it helps avoid fighting over food and food guarding issues. |
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07-09-2009, 09:39 PM
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| No, Titus is a dog I met at the shelter today that fits our specs, lol. He wasn't even on petfinder yet because he just got to the shelter the other day. We're picking him up tomorrow if Maggie likes him.
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07-09-2009, 10:01 PM
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| i feed Mini in her crate at night when she goes in for the night. Then Uncle Fred can eat at his leisure.
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07-09-2009, 10:02 PM
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| Bimmer used to like to graze with his food. Living with Buffy taught him the merits of eating his food when it was served, lol. He still eats slowly, but he doesn't walk away. Probably feed them in separate rooms for now and get Maggie used to the idea that she needs to go ahead and eat. She's also going to start getting hungrier because hopefully she'll be expending more energy playing as time goes by and she and Titus become closer.
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07-09-2009, 10:15 PM
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| I feed the dogs in the basement. Ill feed Duke first as he eats right away then Ill put Hamish's food done and send him to the basement while Duke is upstairs and keep him there for 30 minutes or so and let him eat at his pace. |
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