I feel so guilty but it works great....

[Rivsky]

Originally Posted by Lunachick

Does anyone know if it makes a difference what time of day you feed them? I feed Zoe one meal in the morning, but she gets treats throughout the day.

Sorry not sure what you mean here, makes a difference to what?

[Doglover1988]

I have now taught Gabby leave it so she has to sit and leave it before she gets her food. She is pretty good now. Lucy can hold it up to a few minutes if I make her although she might have drool hanging all the way to the floor. lol

[MazieDog]

I make Mazie do a bunch of things if she wants a cookie or other goodies. My mom thinks its mean and cruel and she threatens to make me do tricks for treats, too... LOL.. Some people don't understand

[Lunachick]

Originally Posted by Rivsky

Sorry not sure what you mean here, makes a difference to what?

I mean, if you only feed your dog one meal a day, does it matter what time you feed them? Morning, noon, or night? I thought I read somewhere that it's better to feed at night cause it keeps them quiet at night? I was really just curious.

[Doglover1988]

Mine get fed in the late afternoon after their walk they go on their walk at 5:00 and get fed at 6:00 they get treats throughout the day before that.

[Rivsky]

Originally Posted by Lunachick

I mean, if you only feed your dog one meal a day, does it matter what time you feed them? Morning, noon, or night? I thought I read somewhere that it's better to feed at night cause it keeps them quiet at night? I was really just curious.

I think it's just personal preference and whatever suits your timetable and dog best.

I still feed twice a day because I find it easier to monitor and adjust how much to feed depending on how much training we're doing and how much exercise he's had. His main meal is usually breakfast and then two nights a week he has a bone for dinner, another two nights are training nights so his treats make up his dinner and the remaining three nights he has a modified version of whatever we're having.

[dogs4life]

Originally Posted by Lunachick

I mean, if you only feed your dog one meal a day, does it matter what time you feed them? Morning, noon, or night? I thought I read somewhere that it's better to feed at night cause it keeps them quiet at night? I was really just curious.

Feeding at night to keep the dogs quiet I believe is a myth, I've never seen that with my dogs no matter how big the meal. BUT if the dog is allergic to it's food, it seems logical the dog would get lethargic after being fed, just speculation though.

I fed before bed to aid in digestion and help reduce risks of bloat when fed large meals. I didn't want my dogs to run and play after meals.

Right now I measure out Hank's daily food allowance and feed from that all day long for training, no more big meals. It's working for us so far.

[Lunachick]

Originally Posted by dogs4life

Feeding at night to keep the dogs quiet I believe is a myth, I've never seen that with my dogs no matter how big the meal. BUT if the dog is allergic to it's food, it seems logical the dog would get lethargic after being fed, just speculation though.

I fed before bed to aid in digestion and help reduce risks of bloat when fed large meals. I didn't want my dogs to run and play after meals.

Right now I measure out Hank's daily food allowance and feed from that all day long for training, no more big meals. It's working for us so far.

Thanks for clearing that up. The bloat thing - I was concerned about that at first. But I feed Zoe pretty early. Well...early for my house No one is really active here until noon and Zoe tends to laze around with us so there's no chance of bloat with her. But this is a good thread. I've been making Zoe work harder for treats. I've started up with the over and under tricks tonight

[dogs4life]

More tricks

I wasn't worried about bloat either until I met lots of people who lost dogs to torsion. A housemate lost a Jack Russel and a co-worker lost a lab, so I'm just mindful but try not to be paranoid. Good thing it's treatable

[TinyAlbinoDancer]

The dogs that are obnoxious during feeding have to sit before getting any food, the well-behaved ones don't. lol Missie is the only one I'm strict with 'cause she inevitably spills kibbles jumping up into the cup as I'm lowering it to the bowl, and Trixie for similar reason. But like Aysa, who doesn't even come over until the bowl is down, nah. And they all sit for treats, too (except Aysa. He really has the life around here, apparently. lol He's just flat out the one that behaves all the time!). I should be more imaginative, but I've always been lazy with training.