"Janet Boss" wrote in message
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"Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote:


I don't think there's very many dogs out there who will ........gorge
themselves on water when they happen to
come across it.

You'd be surprised, but generally that tends to be a created situation
(from withholding water)

In other words, to a dog, water is kid of boring, they
drink it when they need it. It's not like food where a dog's instinct is
to gorge itself on food when it's available.

You do realize that not all dogs will do that? There are dogs who will
graze or ignore a bowl of kibble, all day, every day. None of my
current dogs, but I did have a pup in the past who really didn't care
about eating.

Murphy is a nibbler. One of the articles on NILIF I read said to remove
the bowl of food after 10 minutes, and not to replace it till next mealtime.
I didn't understand why a dog should have to wolf his food. He is also not
proprietary about his food at all, which is amazing considering the
circumstances he came from. He'll let the littler kitten come right up
under his head and share the food. I guess he figures she won't eat much.
8^)