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Old 09-17-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Currently, our three dogs are eating twice a day, morning and night. I recently read about some people only feeding their dogs once a day. This intrigues me because it would fit much better into our school-year schedules to move them to an a.m. only feed, and it would work better for them, too. Are there any health reasons to not do this?

My other concern would be the switch, as they are obviously accustomed to their current schedule. Would it be best to slowly up their a.m. feed while decreasing their p.m. feed?

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if possible, i would just slowly start moving the two meals closer together on hour at a time till their at the same time

We feed out dogs once a day at noon and they do just fine with it
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We feed our adult once a day, and the puppy gets fed twice a day. The puppy was getting 3 meals a day, but he quit eating lunch, and started eating dinner earlier. So we just switched him to a breakfast and early dinner schedule. Which works good for the adult, because he's used to eating in the middle of the afternoon. He gets fed after school lets out.

Most vets recommend feeding your adult dogs only once a day, unless they are small breeds. Then they need fed twice a day because their bodies loose so much heat, compared to a larger breed. My friend has a cocker spaniel and a chihuahua, so I know how the body heat thing works.
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Our dogs generally only eat once a day too.
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My dogs eat twice daily....afternoon and PM.
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Ours eat twice a day, in the morning before work about 6:00, and in the evening when we get home, anywhere from 5-7.

I recall our dog when I was growing up was fed once a day with dog food, then my parents would give her the scraps from dinner in the evening.
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I usually feed my 3 dogs 3-4 times a day. I even gave them a snacks time. I remembered one time I failed to feed them. The other one got sick. From that on I always feed them everyday. They are more energetic now rather than before.
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I don't have to worry about our dogs being energetic... Our husky is constantly running back and forth chasing and playing tag with the puppy or our 10 year old. I'm glad the summer's just about over, during the summer, the only time was his usual self was early in the morning. And even then, about half the time he wasn't completely normal because it was 80+ degrees here at 5am.
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I'm terribly lazy here. I leave out a bowl of food and Phoebe eats, on her own, throughout the day.
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I feed my dog once a day. She generally eats the food whenever she's hungry. It's often hours later before she finishes her food. I've noticed that she sometimes eats twice a day though. I have noticed that some of the food is missing in the morning, and by the next morning, it is all gone.
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