[eley]

How many times per day do you guys feed? if more than one, do you feed equal rations?

We started feeding our guy 3 tiems per day, then around 4-5 months we went to two times per day, always equal rations. We've been noticing that these days he'll leave some of his "breakfast" but clean the bowl at dinner and actually want more. What i've been doing is reducing the breakfast by the amount he's regularly leaving and adding that to the second meal. He's 10 months, so I'm not sure he's old enough to go with one meal only yet. What do you guys think?. This is the first dog I have that I'm not free feeding, so I'm not very sure about the schedules and stuff.

[yorkieagility]

I would think it depends on the type of dog you have. Small dogs tends to mature faster, therefore, they can be on adult dog and less meals sooner than a larger breed dog.

Personally, I like 2 meals a day, equal ration, just because my dog tends to be so hungry being on just 1 meal that they literally swallow their food down whole.

However, all my dogs are performance dogs so I do have to watch what they eat. On days we train and a lot of treats are used, I will skip one of their meals.

[Alpha]

My guys got 4-5 meals a day until they were about 3 or 4 months old. Than 3 meals a day until they were about 9 months old.

Now they both get a small, but filling breakfast, a mix of kibble and canned. And dependent on the amount of exercise, a small/medium/big dinner. Plus they get tonnes of treats throughout the day for training, so I deduct that from their meals.

[Danegirl2208]

my dogs get fed twice a day
at around 9am and then again at around 6-8pm

[tirluc]

mine get fed 2x a day w/ the most being given in the evening....they get fed at (roughly) 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. so since there is the longest span from eve to morn they get the most then..........

[Danielle5247]

My Zoe eats twice daily. In the morning she gets 3/4 cup of wellness kibble and at night she gets 1/2 a cup of kibble and 1/4 of a can of wet. And of course a couple treats during the day and always some sort of dessert!!

[bigdawgs]

Small dogs tends to mature faster, therefore, they can be on adult dog and less meals sooner than a larger breed dog.

Part of this is correct. Large breeds do mature slower, but you really want to keep down the growth because of damage to young bones. I would never keep a giant breed on puppy food longer than 4 months.

[opokki]

My dogs are fed 2x, equal portions. I don't feed them in the morning though because they wouldn't usually finish or even touch their food. They get one meal in the afternoon and one in the evening.

[tiffsdoggiedelights]

I feed my beautiful doxies twice a day. I pick up the food at 7:00 so that they can go out to potty between 9 and 10 and they do great during the night.

[daisy]

i have a 5 or 6 mounth old b lab and a 4 year old terrier mix thay git fed at the same time 1 time daly (the pup wont eat if i feed her 2 times) the terrier gits 1 cup (she is about the size as a big begle) and the lab her dish only holds 3 cups so thats what i feed her (sometimes she eats it all some times she doesnt) and when 4-H starts again i am taking both of them and the terrier will git nothing? (she gits alot lf treats) and the lab will git 1 & a 1/2 cups? (also gits allot of treats) if anay of this is rong plees let me know

[TinyStar]

Our basset gets 2 a day, I believe, and some scraps as well.