Harriet is a food inhaler. She can suck down a half cup of kibble in
about negative 5 seconds. Lately, I've been replacing one of her three
meals with canned food, and because I am MEAN, I smear it in a thin
layer on a lunch plate (kind of like frosting a cake). It takes her 5-
10 *minutes* to eat, instead of just a couple of seconds.

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On Jan 11, 3:39 pm, Shelly wrote:
Harriet is a food inhaler. She can suck down a half cup of kibble in
about negative 5 seconds. Lately, I've been replacing one of her three
meals with canned food, and because I am MEAN, I smear it in a thin
layer on a lunch plate (kind of like frosting a cake). It takes her 5-
10 *minutes* to eat, instead of just a couple of seconds.

--
Shellyhttp://www.cat-sidh.net(the Mother Ship)http://esther.cat-sidh.net(Letters to Esther)

Yoda eats his food about as slow as I have ever seen a dog eat. He
will pick up a small mouthful of food, maybe 8 pieces of kibble, and
thoroughly chew it before swallowing. Now, one of my cats, Ernie, is
a food inhaler. He will eat his... 1/4 cup, I think as it is an
unabled scoop and I don't remember how big it is, of food in about 10
seconds. He will then go and sit behind the other cat and wait for
him to finish, hoping that the other cat will have left him some more
food to eat.

Nick

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:39:51 +0000 (UTC), Shelly
wrote:

Harriet is a food inhaler...

One of my Shelties eats too fast, but I found a way to slow him down. He
eats dried food, from a stainless steel bowl. I put a two inch diameter
ball bearing in the bowl. Now he has an obstacle to deal with--and that
takes a little time.


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In article ,
Michael A. Ball wrote:

I put a two inch diameter
ball bearing in the bowl. Now he has an obstacle to deal with--and that
takes a little time.

2" would be nuthin' to a lab!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Janet Boss wrote in news:janet-
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2" would be nuthin' to a lab!

Or to a Harriet.

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In article ,
Shelly wrote:

Janet Boss wrote in news:janet-
:

2" would be nuthin' to a lab!

Or to a Harriet.

Even with a Sheltie, I think it's a little small to be worth the risk.
A LARGE rubber ball, a special bowl like the one I posted about the
other day (Matt mentioned it - looks like lego pieces in the bowl), or
an inverted bowl in the bowl (or a bundt pan or many of the other good
ideas), all seem much safer.

Lucy is my only gulper. The other dogs eat when it's presented, but
they don't inhale.

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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Janet Boss wrote in
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Even with a Sheltie, I think it's a little small to be worth the
risk.

I would think so, but I'm not a Sheltie person, so I wouldn't want to
say.

A LARGE rubber ball, a special bowl like the one I posted
about the other day (Matt mentioned it - looks like lego pieces in
the bowl), or an inverted bowl in the bowl (or a bundt pan or many
of the other good ideas), all seem much safer.

Yes. Or divide the food between the cups in a muffin tin.

Personally, I do a *lot* of hand feeding. Not because she's an
inhaler, but it would also address that issue.

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Shelly
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http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:45:28 -0500, Janet Boss
wrote:

In article ,
Michael A. Ball wrote:

I put a two inch diameter
ball bearing in the bowl. Now he has an obstacle to deal with--and that
takes a little time.

2" would be nuthin' to a lab!

In fact, I'd bet that a certain percentage of Labs would just eat a 2"
ball bearing.

Mustang Sally

"Shelly" wrote in message:

Lately, I've been replacing one of her three
meals with canned food, and because I am MEAN, I smear it in a thin
layer on a lunch plate (kind of like frosting a cake).

Way ahead of you there. I've been doing that for ages, although I use like
a teaspoon of the canned stuff, smear it all over the bottom of the bowl,
and then cover it all up with kibble.

Also, you ought to try giving a piece of day-old French bread to the dogs.
They know it smells like food, but don't quite understand why it acts more
like a rock when they do try to eat it. Good clean fun.

Suja