judy
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Lisa and Joe left Belle here for the weekend. I have never had to feed two dogs and i realize i dont exactly know how to do it. they have different food. She has a kibble from the health food store, brand unknown, and zack has evo. i was hoping to keep them each eating their own food, but Lisa said Belle won't eat it when i put it in the bowl, i guess they leave the food down and belle eats it when she wants to.
When i put each of their foods in separate bowls, of course, each of them ate the other's food. It wouldn't do any good to put them in different rooms because they were both interested in each other more than in the food. Since they were eating each others' food, i mixed the two bowls of food together into one and let them have that. We went out to dinner. When we came back, all the food was gone, and i think it's reasonable to think that Zack is probably the one who ate it.
So, i put more food in the bowl, the mixture, wanting Belle to have some. Zack started wolfing it down. At first Belle kind of followed Zack around, sometimes he would take mouthfulls of food into the other room and eat it and then come back for more. But after a while, Belle would go and take a few bites each time zack would leave the bowl to go chew the food. Gradually Belle started eating, they would trade places at the bowl. Sometimes while he was eating at the bowl, she would sit in front of me, looking at me intently and wagging her tail. At first i didn't know what it meant but now i think she was kind of asking me how she was supposed to get to her food with him in the way. But eventually she got more and more assertive. When the bowl was empty, he had eaten most of it so i put a bit more in now that she had momentum and was eating, and together they finished that helping too.
How do people feed multiple dogs, and do some people need to feed their dogs different kinds of food?
When i put each of their foods in separate bowls, of course, each of them ate the other's food. It wouldn't do any good to put them in different rooms because they were both interested in each other more than in the food. Since they were eating each others' food, i mixed the two bowls of food together into one and let them have that. We went out to dinner. When we came back, all the food was gone, and i think it's reasonable to think that Zack is probably the one who ate it.
So, i put more food in the bowl, the mixture, wanting Belle to have some. Zack started wolfing it down. At first Belle kind of followed Zack around, sometimes he would take mouthfulls of food into the other room and eat it and then come back for more. But after a while, Belle would go and take a few bites each time zack would leave the bowl to go chew the food. Gradually Belle started eating, they would trade places at the bowl. Sometimes while he was eating at the bowl, she would sit in front of me, looking at me intently and wagging her tail. At first i didn't know what it meant but now i think she was kind of asking me how she was supposed to get to her food with him in the way. But eventually she got more and more assertive. When the bowl was empty, he had eaten most of it so i put a bit more in now that she had momentum and was eating, and together they finished that helping too.
How do people feed multiple dogs, and do some people need to feed their dogs different kinds of food?