SecretSquirrell379
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Now I know that I have been doing this wrong and I am trying to rectify it so bear with me!
Pickle has always been a grazer with her food. She has never wolfed down a bowl of food, she just has a few mouthfuls and nibbles on it as the day goes on. I just keep a mental note of how much she has had as I use a measuring cup (not very much at all) so I know I am not over feeding her. The Vet and our trainer have told us we have to stop this. She should have her 3 meals a day and thats that. We have started giving her her feeds, letting her have it for 15 mins then taking the bowl up, if she has finished or not (invariably not) She is fed in her crate and her bowl is a metal one.
By accident last night when I was taking her unfinished dinner away I dropped the bowl. The food went all over her mat infront of her cage and she then proceeded to woof the whole lot down So this morning I did the same fed her in her crate, she only had a few mouthfuls so I then tipped it on the mat infront and she ate it, again she just did the same with her lunch and she's eaten that too. Is this normal behaviour?!!
I don't want her getting into the habit of eating off the floor as if we go out somewhere I need her to eat out of her bowl. What shall I do and why would she not like eating in her crate?
Hope someone can shed some light on my mental puppys behaviour!!
Thank you xxx
Pickle has always been a grazer with her food. She has never wolfed down a bowl of food, she just has a few mouthfuls and nibbles on it as the day goes on. I just keep a mental note of how much she has had as I use a measuring cup (not very much at all) so I know I am not over feeding her. The Vet and our trainer have told us we have to stop this. She should have her 3 meals a day and thats that. We have started giving her her feeds, letting her have it for 15 mins then taking the bowl up, if she has finished or not (invariably not) She is fed in her crate and her bowl is a metal one.
By accident last night when I was taking her unfinished dinner away I dropped the bowl. The food went all over her mat infront of her cage and she then proceeded to woof the whole lot down So this morning I did the same fed her in her crate, she only had a few mouthfuls so I then tipped it on the mat infront and she ate it, again she just did the same with her lunch and she's eaten that too. Is this normal behaviour?!!
I don't want her getting into the habit of eating off the floor as if we go out somewhere I need her to eat out of her bowl. What shall I do and why would she not like eating in her crate?
Hope someone can shed some light on my mental puppys behaviour!!
Thank you xxx