In article ,
chardonnay9 wrote:
Kinder? The dog never feels satiated when it's fed more than once a day.
This is what causes a dog to gulp it's food.

This is incorrect and potentially dangerous advice.
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Melinda Shore wrote:
In article ,
chardonnay9 wrote:
Kinder? The dog never feels satiated when it's fed more than once a day.
This is what causes a dog to gulp it's food.

This is incorrect and potentially dangerous advice.

What is incorrect and dangerous is feeding kibble. It's the main cause
of bloat for instance.

elegy said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

i don't believe that i'd ever feed only once a day unless
the dog absolutely insisted on being fed that way.

Rocky needs drugs every 12 hours. Since I put them in the food,
7 and 7 seem like good feeding times. Still, even before Rocky,
dogs in my family were always fed twice a day - it was years
before I found that others did it differently.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:54:55 -0500, elegy
wrote:



I've heard a rule of thumb for deep-chested dogs and/or breeds prone
to bloat that says no more than 2 cups per feeding. Since I feed half
the dogs twice a day, it's no biggie to feed them all twice a day,
even the little guys. Dogs look forward to meals; feeding more than
once a day seems somehow kinder.

i don't believe that i'd ever feed only once a day unless the dog
absolutely insisted on being fed that way. especially with a large
breed dog. bloat phobia is what is in the back of my mind dictating
that.

luce has to be fed twice a day or she gets empty belly pukes
(kibblefed or raw). plus she gets meds twice a day, which go right in
her foodbowl. mushroom probably could be fed once a day but it would
make him sad. we wouldn't want sad mushroom.

Absolutely not; sad mushroom would be a needless tragedy. Empty belly
pukes and meds are another consideration. But avoiding sad dogs is
very, very important.

On 23 Jan 2009 22:17:15 -0500, (Melinda Shore) wrote:

In article ,
chardonnay9 wrote:
Kinder? The dog never feels satiated when it's fed more than once a day.
This is what causes a dog to gulp it's food.

This is incorrect and potentially dangerous advice.

Good God.

sarcasm on It's a good thing chardonnay the expert is around to
tell me things like that, because I'm not capable of observing the
multiple dogs I've had over years to determine whether or not they
gulp their food. sarcasm off Some do, some don't, and it has
****-all to do with how often they're fed.

Good God.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:03:08 -0500, chardonnay9
wrote:

sighthounds & siberians wrote:
On 23 Jan 2009 18:08:59 -0500, (Melinda Shore) wrote:

In article ,
Shelly wrote:
I'd not heard that rule of thumb before.
Well, damn. A friend recently published a second edition of
his "Rules of Thumb" book and I should have contributed
that.

But seriously, a common source of diarrhea is TOO MUCH
FOOD. Splitting it up into smaller, more frequent meals is
the ticket.

I've heard a rule of thumb for deep-chested dogs and/or breeds prone
to bloat that says no more than 2 cups per feeding. Since I feed half
the dogs twice a day, it's no biggie to feed them all twice a day,
even the little guys. Dogs look forward to meals; feeding more than
once a day seems somehow kinder.


Kinder? The dog never feels satiated when it's fed more than once a day.
This is what causes a dog to gulp it's food. They naturally gorge on a
kill now and then, they don't snack on it.

Chardonnay, you are seriously so full of **** your eyes must be a
deep, deep shade of brown. Even though my greyhounds look very
similar to the dogs seen on the walls of the pyramids in Egypt, they
actually have evolved quite a bit from 'dogs in the wild'.

I know of one person who feeds her dog once every three days and it
works for them. The dog stopped with the food aggression.

Heh. Well that sure as **** wouldn't work here, but you feel free to
try that with your blind, malnourished dogs.

Dogs need to feel full now and then to be happy.

I'm sure that's true. I'm equally sure that that has nothing to do
with how often they're fed. Dogs don't need to gorge themselves to
feel full, any more than people do.

You're a misguided crackpot and you give advice that is almost always
misguided, sometimes crackpot and often dangerous.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:25:04 -0500, chardonnay9
wrote:

Melinda Shore wrote:
In article ,
chardonnay9 wrote:
Kinder? The dog never feels satiated when it's fed more than once a day.
This is what causes a dog to gulp it's food.

This is incorrect and potentially dangerous advice.

What is incorrect and dangerous is feeding kibble. It's the main cause
of bloat for instance.

Wrong again, crackpot.

"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Suja" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote in message:

What's the consensus on this?

Not sure you'll find consensus on this, but we feed twice a day as well.
My brother feeds once a day because his dogs just don't eat in the
morning.

Suja

My wife will just put out dry kibble in the mornings, and they hardly eat
any. When I feed them, I put canned food and some broth, and since it's
a small portion, they almost polish the bowls. So, I do think it's
preference rather than hunger that they will eat in the mornings.

I don't have a very regular routine, but I generally feed Muttley twice a
day, and it coincides with when I eat. Sometimes he waits for me to start
eating and then he eats his kibble, but I also usually let him lick the
plate or bowl of whatever I have, if it's OK for him.

This evening I had some Buffalo wings, which he would love to gobble up
bones and all, but I had him wait while I ate my portion, and then I
trimmed off pieces of cartilage and stuff I didn't want. I put the bones in
the garbage, but put the scraps in his bowl, and then told him it was OK to
eat. So it was a training opportunity as well.

Meals are a social time for dogs as well as people. I think it contributes
to bonding.

I think it is healthier to have a larger meal earlier in the day, followed
by some exercise to promote digestion and elimination. The evening meal
should probably be lighter, not too late, and also followed by at least a
short walk.

But I have not had any problems with varying the schedule and content of
his meals, and he is good about letting me know if and when he needs to go
out. Unless there seems to be a problem, I would not worry about it.

Paul and Muttley

sighthounds & siberians wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:25:04 -0500, chardonnay9
wrote:

Melinda Shore wrote:
In article ,
chardonnay9 wrote:
Kinder? The dog never feels satiated when it's fed more than once a day.
This is what causes a dog to gulp it's food.
This is incorrect and potentially dangerous advice.
What is incorrect and dangerous is feeding kibble. It's the main cause
of bloat for instance.

Wrong again, crackpot.


Show me that it's wrong! I dare you.

sighthounds & siberians wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:03:08 -0500, chardonnay9
wrote:

sighthounds & siberians wrote:
On 23 Jan 2009 18:08:59 -0500, (Melinda Shore) wrote:

In article ,
Shelly wrote:
I'd not heard that rule of thumb before.
Well, damn. A friend recently published a second edition of
his "Rules of Thumb" book and I should have contributed
that.

But seriously, a common source of diarrhea is TOO MUCH
FOOD. Splitting it up into smaller, more frequent meals is
the ticket.
I've heard a rule of thumb for deep-chested dogs and/or breeds prone
to bloat that says no more than 2 cups per feeding. Since I feed half
the dogs twice a day, it's no biggie to feed them all twice a day,
even the little guys. Dogs look forward to meals; feeding more than
once a day seems somehow kinder.

Kinder? The dog never feels satiated when it's fed more than once a day.
This is what causes a dog to gulp it's food. They naturally gorge on a
kill now and then, they don't snack on it.

Chardonnay, you are seriously so full of **** your eyes must be a
deep, deep shade of brown. Even though my greyhounds look very
similar to the dogs seen on the walls of the pyramids in Egypt, they
actually have evolved quite a bit from 'dogs in the wild'.

I know of one person who feeds her dog once every three days and it
works for them. The dog stopped with the food aggression.

Heh. Well that sure as **** wouldn't work here, but you feel free to
try that with your blind, malnourished dogs.

Dogs need to feel full now and then to be happy.

I'm sure that's true. I'm equally sure that that has nothing to do
with how often they're fed. Dogs don't need to gorge themselves to
feel full, any more than people do.

You're a misguided crackpot and you give advice that is almost always
misguided, sometimes crackpot and often dangerous.



So what are your credentials that you can make such a statement?