Anyone got any solutions for fast eating? Rolo almost choked himself this weekend by eating too fast and it all got lodged in his throat. I bought one of the Kong Wobblers but I feel mean making him work that hard for tea every day!
You can get special bowls that stop them eating so quickly. Or just spread it out on a mat so he has to hunt for it more
Yes, we fed Twiglet on a large tray with a little warm water in it. But you can get excellent 'slow bowls'. Zaba, who inhales his food, has one of these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kyjen-Inte...TF8&qid=1476711305&sr=8-12&keywords=Slow+bowl
Or you could look at it that he gets dinner and an amazing game at the same time! It's far more stimulating than just getting your food out of a boring bowl, which lasts no time at all. Stick with the enrichment games, and using his dinner for training. It's not mean, it's precisely the opposite.
We use a round dog bowl with a maze like pattern inside designed for slowing them down. Duggan went from scoffing down his food from a regular bowl in about 7 seconds to about 7 minutes. We also feed him away from traffic and leave him to it.
I got the "busy buddy" food dispensing toy and Larks LOVES it. She figured it out really fast but since you can adjust the difficulty she still takes 10-15 minutes to finish all her food!
Here's the one we got. http://www.dog.com/item/busy-buddy-...sAAqMk7W27YOEOziqFA-NFgZq54u26GWMexoCUoLw_wcB
I use an upside down muffin tray to slow feed. I would like to buy a Wobbler but they're so expensive.
We used a slow feeder as Buster always wolfed his food down, we also used a ball that you can put food in so he could work for his food as well, thankfully by the time he was 1 we didn't need the slow feeder, but he still loves the ball.
I use a slow bowl, but someone told me to put a large stone or brick in his bowl. Or Tennisballs indeed. The cheapest way....
I use a snuffle mat. Harley loves having to search for her kibble and was very disappointed when my hubby put it on her bowl last week and none in her snuffle mat. We used to have a Kong wobbler too. I think it's good for them to work for their food
I tried the Mat trick, it doesnt seem to make a difference, this morning he ate his breakfast and within 15 minutes was throwing it back up in its full form. Not one biscuit was bitten. I am fgoing to use the wobbler from now on!
We're Wobbler converts here. Scully was terrified of it at first, it made a weird noise and stole her food! But I brought out the secret weapon: roast chicken. She loves it now, her tail wags so much and it *has* to be better than her gobbling so quickly she doesn't realise she's eaten. The other thing we do is loosely fill regular kongs with dry kibble and hide them round the living room. Then when she finds one, the kibble goes everywhere and she has to hunt it down. Definitely feeding from a bowl will be a last resort from now on.
A big clean heavy rock in the center of a large bowl with his food spread around it will work too. Try to use a rock that has a flat spot and isn't too top heavy. It's a cheap but easy solution. Stryker eats super fast too. We went over to a friends house for some easy PB and J sandwiches for lunch and while just sitting on the sofa talking, little sneaky Stryker grabbed her whole sandwich and swallowed it. He was quick too.. The look on her face was priceless and mine I'm sure. First time he has ever done that but I guess that's what we get for not eating at the table.
Hey @Lucy Thanks for this, Thanks everyone else for your suggestions too. Can anyone advice, even when I slow him down - he doesnt chew the biscuits, they are only small but is there any harm in him not chewing? i feel like they will just sit in his stomach whole and it doesnt seem good! I could be wrong though.
Stanley doesn't chew his. He doesn't throw it up very often but if he does it seems to come up whole biscuits. They're not very big thougso I doubt it would do him any harm. Then he tries to re-eat them. Awful dog.
Neither of my dogs chew kibble when eaten from a bowl. They just inhale it. They don't get much food from bowls because I use most of it for training and the rest in kongs. They just get a few grams breakfast and dinner. I don't use a slow feeder, because I heard of a dog cracking a tooth on one, I can certainly imagine Betsy doing that she is so desperate for her food - I thought Charlie gobbled his food very quickly, but only until I met Betsy. To be honest though, I don't really worry about it. I don't feed huge volumes of food from bowls, and I just let my dogs eat it. It's what they want to do, and how they want to eat.
