For donkeys years, I fed my adult dogs once a day, as did my parents and grandparents before them. All mine used to get in the morning was a Bonio and a cup of milky tea. It wasn't until I had my first guide dog pup, that I felt Mojo and Tara would perhaps like a little "Brekkie" in the morning too (as they were staring enviously at the pup eating hers). So I started spliting their daily rations, about 1/3 in the morning and 2/3 in evening and have stuck with this pretty much ever since.
I don't generally feed 1/2 and 1/2, purely because they tend to have most of their exercise in the morning too and although I always leave it a couple of hours after eating, I still don't like to think of them running about on a full-ish belly. Plus they really like a nice BIG dinner and I think that sets them up for a nice long sleep overnight.
Aflie was always fed 2 meals a day up until 2 weeks ago. Since the weather changed his brekkie was lying til it got lifted untouched some hours later. So started giving him a bonio in the morning and feeding him his meal at 4pm and he's not complaining. Alfie lets you know when he's hungry or you've past dinner time as he chucks the bowl out of the kitchen. So for now i'm leaving him this way, if he changes back then thats fine.
Again I used to feed once a day with previous dogs but because we have to watch the weight with labs so much more than the other breeds we have had they get less treats. 24 hours is such a long time to go so hence the two meals a day.
Due to health issues (and on veterinary advice) Monty is on 5 meals per day.
This is because he has absorption problems in the gut, and also chronic pancreatitis. He has chicken breast, potatoes, and vegetables with a tiny bit of heart added in. Occasionally I substitute white fish or cottage cheese instead of the chicken.
I might add this costs a small fortune Because the diet is so limited he also has to have supplements.
Before I had to change him onto a home-cooked diet due to the digestive problems, he was on James Wellbeloved and had two feeds a day.
I put both of mine on two feeds per day by the time they reached 6 months of age.
I know some who only feed there dogs just the once per day, but just couldnt imagine that with my two
They get 1/2 and 1/2 of there daily rations morning and evening of Orijen which they do very well on
The only time I seem to change things is if they have an upset tum where they will be fed little and often for a few days.
When we were young, our dogs had cornflakes or weetabix and milk for brekkie and then a huge meal at tea time followed by a night time bonio
Now mine are fed 2 equal meals a day - brekkie and tea. They have 1/2 a large dentistix each at bedtime
My last dog Bertie was fed once a day in the evening, just as my parents dog was.
Meg was also fed once a day for years until Mole came along and I found lf and discovered that people fed twice a day. It made sense and so I do much the same as Jules now, they get about 1/3 in the morning and 2/3 in the evening.
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So for now i'm leaving him this way, if he changes back then thats fine.
Because the diet is so limited he also has to have supplements.
