They get fed once a day and when they're not in work, or in pup or young, then six days a week. Puppies over the age of sixteen weeks get fed once a day too — and without any ill-effect that I can see.
I didn't forget, they don't get breakfast.
There's a clear correlation between over feeding growing puppies - generally with the larger breeds I accept - and the growth related problems from which many of the larger breeds suffer. It's the same with young and growing horses and when OCD rears its ugly head, then veterinary advice is always to consider the diet, though by then of course, the damage is generally done.
Alec.
Perhaps I should have said "Who — me"? Sorry!
I'll admit that I did wonder about the relevance!
I believe that dogs benefit from a day of fasting once a week. No real evidence to support that, it's just what they would do in the wild. I suppose that foxes would be the closest equivalent to dogs and they tend to lead a life of famine and feast and there will be probably over 52 days a year when they don't eat at all if that makes sense.
I'm also not entirely sure that conventionally fed and cared for dogs scavenge or thieve because of hunger, I suspect that it's mostly because of their temperament lurchers mostly being inveterate tea-leaves! Those lurchers which I've had living indoors, which has been most of them, have all sort of grown out of it eventually!
Alec.
