Do all Corgis Overeat?? - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T13:37:19Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:147599?feed=yes&xn_auth=noi put out what chloe will get…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-21:1150197:Comment:1505252008-07-21T02:06:24.529ZManda and Chloehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Amanda65
i put out what chloe will get for the day and just let her eat when she wants, but because i measure what she is given she doesnt have the option of over eating. i have noticed though that she will not eat if i'm not home, and most of the time she just nibbles a little bit throughout the day. and she really likes playing with her food, she always tries to bury it, and i think i end up with more dog food under my couch than in her bowl.
i put out what chloe will get for the day and just let her eat when she wants, but because i measure what she is given she doesnt have the option of over eating. i have noticed though that she will not eat if i'm not home, and most of the time she just nibbles a little bit throughout the day. and she really likes playing with her food, she always tries to bury it, and i think i end up with more dog food under my couch than in her bowl. Molly has trained my stepmoth…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-19:1150197:Comment:1495182008-07-19T00:58:57.784ZPreciousMollyhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/PreciousMolly
Molly has trained my stepmother into giving her extra goodies in her food. My stepmother is convinced that Molly won't eat without it. But when I feed her, all she gets is her dog food--she looks at it in disgust and walks away. She's trying to wait it out to get something better! When she gets hungry enough, she'll eat it.
Molly has trained my stepmother into giving her extra goodies in her food. My stepmother is convinced that Molly won't eat without it. But when I feed her, all she gets is her dog food--she looks at it in disgust and walks away. She's trying to wait it out to get something better! When she gets hungry enough, she'll eat it. My dog has always been a dema…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-18:1150197:Comment:1493342008-07-18T21:57:57.187ZKathrynhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/KathrynWithers
My dog has always been a demand feeder. I put it out and he gets to it when he wants it. We've never had a weight problem, except when he spent 3 months with grandma and grandpa and got lots of treats and little exercise. He generally likes to eat when we are eating, which makes sense to me. When he was younger he would get up and eat in the night - a midnight snack!<br />
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I think whatever works for your dog is what you should do.
My dog has always been a demand feeder. I put it out and he gets to it when he wants it. We've never had a weight problem, except when he spent 3 months with grandma and grandpa and got lots of treats and little exercise. He generally likes to eat when we are eating, which makes sense to me. When he was younger he would get up and eat in the night - a midnight snack!<br />
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I think whatever works for your dog is what you should do. Lucy is 12 pounds at 16 weeks…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-18:1150197:Comment:1492212008-07-18T19:57:00.536ZBridgethttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Bridget
Lucy is 12 pounds at 16 weeks and looks kind of thin with a waist. Heard that is a good thing.<br />
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She tends to eat lots some meals and nothing at others. I figure she will eat when she's hungry. Since she first came home, I have measured her food and used it for trick training and she seems to really like that. She doesn't get too many treats. We do pick up the bowl after 15 minutes or so.<br />
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She likes it so much it seems like she won't eat if we don't actively work with her on learning tricks! For…
Lucy is 12 pounds at 16 weeks and looks kind of thin with a waist. Heard that is a good thing.<br />
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She tends to eat lots some meals and nothing at others. I figure she will eat when she's hungry. Since she first came home, I have measured her food and used it for trick training and she seems to really like that. She doesn't get too many treats. We do pick up the bowl after 15 minutes or so.<br />
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She likes it so much it seems like she won't eat if we don't actively work with her on learning tricks! For example, some mornings I am in a rush and want to just put the food down, but she ignores it unless I get her to do a few tricks and reward her from the kibble in the bowl. Then she gets started and sometimes eats the whole bowl slowly. She likes to get a kibble, flip it around and chase it! Both of our dogs free feed. W…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-18:1150197:Comment:1492002008-07-18T19:19:39.833ZMandihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Mandi
Both of our dogs free feed. We put out 2 servings of dog food every day, and they both eat when they're hungry. Both of our dogs are in good shape, neither is overweight (Roxy is 18 weeks old and weighs just under 13lbs, Oliver is normal size for his breed). Neither of them is picky about food at all, in fact, they inhale a treat like it's going out of style without even tasting it! Oliver has always been a light eater, so I guess he showed Roxy how it's done when she came home.
Both of our dogs free feed. We put out 2 servings of dog food every day, and they both eat when they're hungry. Both of our dogs are in good shape, neither is overweight (Roxy is 18 weeks old and weighs just under 13lbs, Oliver is normal size for his breed). Neither of them is picky about food at all, in fact, they inhale a treat like it's going out of style without even tasting it! Oliver has always been a light eater, so I guess he showed Roxy how it's done when she came home. when we free fed neeka (we di…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-18:1150197:Comment:1488642008-07-18T04:33:47.842Zalynnehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/alynne
when we free fed neeka (we did measure it just left it out all the time) she would never eat if we are in the room, and usually would only eat after we were asleep. then when i realised she had aggressive tendancys around food i started only giving her the meals then taking them away if she didn't eat. i always make her eat around me while im sitting on the floor next to her, sometimes even out of my hand. now that she knows she only has a couple minutes to eat she eats right away.
when we free fed neeka (we did measure it just left it out all the time) she would never eat if we are in the room, and usually would only eat after we were asleep. then when i realised she had aggressive tendancys around food i started only giving her the meals then taking them away if she didn't eat. i always make her eat around me while im sitting on the floor next to her, sometimes even out of my hand. now that she knows she only has a couple minutes to eat she eats right away. Mine does the same thing. We…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-18:1150197:Comment:1487392008-07-18T02:34:51.957ZSarah C.http://mycorgi.com/profile/SarahC
Mine does the same thing. We had a fight for three days when i wouldnt cave and put peanut butter in her food. (She was sick before so i put peanutbutter to spoil her. Big mistake).
Mine does the same thing. We had a fight for three days when i wouldnt cave and put peanut butter in her food. (She was sick before so i put peanutbutter to spoil her. Big mistake). For treats Tiki will eat them…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-17:1150197:Comment:1481942008-07-17T18:41:45.102ZStephenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Stephen
For treats Tiki will eat them but could take'em or leave'em...except for one thing... Freeze Dried Liver...that is one thing she does go crazy for.
For treats Tiki will eat them but could take'em or leave'em...except for one thing... Freeze Dried Liver...that is one thing she does go crazy for. Le-Le is a very picky eater.…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-17:1150197:Comment:1481462008-07-17T17:14:30.670ZAnnehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/AnneGraves
Le-Le is a very picky eater. It has taken her being on Wellness (lamb, barley, salmon meal recipe in the green bag) with sprinkling of Nupro on her food plus a little water to make a gravy and now she eats it right up. I have also put a spoon full of cottage cheese on her food for flavor if I am out of the Nupro. She will lick the cottage cheese off the kibble 1st and eventually eat the kibble. For training she is very picky with her treats. She will only eat the soft and chewy Buddy Biscuits.…
Le-Le is a very picky eater. It has taken her being on Wellness (lamb, barley, salmon meal recipe in the green bag) with sprinkling of Nupro on her food plus a little water to make a gravy and now she eats it right up. I have also put a spoon full of cottage cheese on her food for flavor if I am out of the Nupro. She will lick the cottage cheese off the kibble 1st and eventually eat the kibble. For training she is very picky with her treats. She will only eat the soft and chewy Buddy Biscuits. She used to only get the peanut butter but our vet carries beef and bacon flavor now which she loves, very smelly. They are small treats but I break them up into smaller pieces for training, make 3-5 pieces out of one, they are shaped like a teddy bear. Sometimes she will eat other treats but only if she is not nervous. Cruise will eat everything in…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-07-17:1150197:Comment:1480382008-07-17T14:44:25.094ZStephenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Stephen
Cruise will eat everything in as fast a time as possible. Tiki on the other hand takes forever. There are times when she is just not even interested in food. When she does it she takes one kibble out of the bowl at a time sniffs it, then chews it...she will do that for the entire bowl, often taking her forever to eat a half cup of food...she actually seems to enjoy it. Even when she was a puppy in training class we had a tough time motivating her with treats since she never was a vaccuum…
Cruise will eat everything in as fast a time as possible. Tiki on the other hand takes forever. There are times when she is just not even interested in food. When she does it she takes one kibble out of the bowl at a time sniffs it, then chews it...she will do that for the entire bowl, often taking her forever to eat a half cup of food...she actually seems to enjoy it. Even when she was a puppy in training class we had a tough time motivating her with treats since she never was a vaccuum cleaner like Cruise is. She is a healthy 21 month old, about 25-26 pounds. She is just really a slow eater and has been since she was a small puppy. We do take away her food after about half hour (otherwise cruise would eat it ;)) but she stayed the same. She's just a slow eater.