I wasn't sure where to post this so if it's in the wrong place, I'm sorry.
Our 15 week old lab/belgium shepherd mix is a grazer. When we first got him, we tried to put his food down and have him eat it in 15 minutes and pull the bowl up even if he wasn't done. We were finding that he just didn't care to finish it, sometimes he only ate 1/4 cup until his next meal. When the next meal came around, he didn't eat much more vigorously as everyone said he would have having not finished his previous meal. We tried adding water, warming the food and even a different food. None of it made much of a difference. We decided to leave his food down to see what would happen. Turns out he will now eat a cup at each meal but it takes him a few hours of going back and forth to finish it.
This isn't much of an issue for us right now since I'm unemployed and home most of the time. I can take him out whenever he needs to go, and he's not crated while I'm home. Not sure this will work when I EVER get a job again.
Anyone else have a grazer? How does it work for you? Were you ever able to get your dog to eat in one sitting?
Our 15 week old lab/belgium shepherd mix is a grazer. When we first got him, we tried to put his food down and have him eat it in 15 minutes and pull the bowl up even if he wasn't done. We were finding that he just didn't care to finish it, sometimes he only ate 1/4 cup until his next meal. When the next meal came around, he didn't eat much more vigorously as everyone said he would have having not finished his previous meal. We tried adding water, warming the food and even a different food. None of it made much of a difference. We decided to leave his food down to see what would happen. Turns out he will now eat a cup at each meal but it takes him a few hours of going back and forth to finish it.
This isn't much of an issue for us right now since I'm unemployed and home most of the time. I can take him out whenever he needs to go, and he's not crated while I'm home. Not sure this will work when I EVER get a job again.
Anyone else have a grazer? How does it work for you? Were you ever able to get your dog to eat in one sitting?