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Location: Texas | We have 3 dogs. 2 big and a medium size dog that stay in a dog pen outside at night. One of the big dogs eats very slow. The other big dog eats sooo fast then he jumps on the smaller dog to get his food. I end up having to stay in the dog pen at night until everyone is thru eating which is a real pain. Is there any training method to get a dog to eat slower. He really loves his food. Not sure what is going to happen when we go out of town and the night feeder doesn't want to stand in the dog pen until everyone gets thru. |
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| There are puzzle toys and puzzle feeding dishes that they make that force the dog to "work" at getting the pieces of kibble! Something like this:
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Location: Arkansas | Our latest rescue swallows the whole bowl of food without chewing I believe. Then she jumped on the next dog in line. I just kennel her now til the other two are finished eating and turn her back out. She's also the chicken chaser I posted about one time, so she's learning things from a training collar. Never particularly liked them, but her learning to not roam and also not chase the fowl across the road will ensure she stays alive. (Our neighbors aren't very forgiving. . . ) |
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Location: North Dakota | Our lab inhales his food as well. I bought him a slow feeder off eBay for around $15. Works wonders. He has to take his time and work to get his food. It's enough to slow him down, but not enough to frustrate him into quitting and walking away. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | Spread his food out in a cup cake tin..... |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | Chandler's Mom - 2017-01-23 12:41 AM Our latest rescue swallows the whole bowl of food without chewing I believe. Then she jumped on the next dog in line. I just kennel her now til the other two are finished eating and turn her back out. She's also the chicken chaser I posted about one time, so she's learning things from a training collar. Never particularly liked them, but her learning to not roam and also not chase the fowl across the road will ensure she stays alive. (Our neighbors aren't very forgiving. . . )
That is what he does. I don't think he even chews his food then jumps on the smaller dog. I do keep him locked up in the pen to eat in the mornings and feed the others on the outside. Then by the time I get thru feeding the horses, the others are finished and I can let him out. They are all too hard to get in the pen at night without the food as an enticement. Wish I had separate kennels for them.
I am going to have to look for one of the slow feeder bowls. |
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Location: The South | Our lab was swallowing her food whole, then she'd throw it up. I got a slow feed bowl from Amazon and it has made a huge difference. I'm pretty sure she's cussing at us in her head though when she's eating LOL |
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Location: Nor Cal | We had this issue with our Golden Retriever - we got one of the puzzle dishes posted above and it helped a lot! He would inhale it so fast that he would end up throwing up his entire bowl a few minutes after he ate and all the pieces would be completely in tact.. he hasn't done this since we got the slow feeder bowl. |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | Checked them out on the internet. Am going to town tomorrow and will check at Petsmart or Petco. I think this might work. |
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Location: Arkansas | RocketPilot - 2017-01-23 10:07 AM
Chandler's Mom - 2017-01-23 12:41 AM Our latest rescue swallows the whole bowl of food without chewing I believe. Then she jumped on the next dog in line. I just kennel her now til the other two are finished eating and turn her back out. She's also the chicken chaser I posted about one time, so she's learning things from a training collar. Never particularly liked them, but her learning to not roam and also not chase the fowl across the road will ensure she stays alive. (Our neighbors aren't very forgiving. . . )
That is what he does. I don't think he even chews his food then jumps on the smaller dog. I do keep him locked up in the pen to eat in the mornings and feed the others on the outside. Then by the time I get thru feeding the horses, the others are finished and I can let him out. They are all too hard to get in the pen at night without the food as an enticement. Wish I had separate kennels for them.
I am going to have to look for one of the slow feeder bowls.
I've always had more than one dog at a time (I am the stray/throw away queen), and this is the first time I've ever had to separate any. So I feel your pain! One of mine is very old and I just decided it was safer to put Allie up in the crate while everyone ate. Not happy about it tho!! Good luck with the slow feeder bowl
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| Kennel him or put big rocks in his bowl so he has to eat around them. There are dishes and stuff that have these built in, but if you don't want to spend lots of $ or you need it NOW, the rocks will work.  |
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