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Deiota
Adult Weim
Joined: 07 May 2008
Posts: 269
Location: Maia, Porto ~ @ Portugal
Fur Kids: Jesse Sambora~ English Cocker Spaniel
Mick Jagger ~ Cat
Hello Kitty ~ Cat
Gandalf, The Grey ~ Weimaraner |
 Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject: eating - elevated bowl VS brake-fast bowl |
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hello!
i have some doubts about how I should feed my puppy (9 weeks) now, and when he gets older (I'm dead scared of bloat).
I've bought some elevated bowls... did I made it wong move?
should I trade it for a brake-fast bowl (medium size already)?
I'm feeding him 3 times per day...
can you help me out here?
deiota
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peppernaei
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 26 Aug 2007
Posts: 1263
Location: southern ontario
Fur Kids: marvin - weimaraner - 1 year
zaphod - shih tzu cross - 15 years |
| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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I think there are mixed opinions on this forum some elevate and some don't.
As I understand it, current research says to prevent bloat DO NOT elevate so I don't. I don't use the brake-fast bowl either instead I just throw a couple toys (good and bad cuz) on top of his metal dish.
I think the brake-fast bowl now comes in metal...see the bottom...
https://brake-fast.c3.ixwebhosting.com/store/home.php |
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Welches
Adult Weim
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 492
Location: Houston, Texas
Fur Kids: Yukon - Weimaraner, male
Spike - Yorkie, male
Lexi - Weimaraner, female |
| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| My older weim eats from an elevated dish because he always has. We're very careful about bloat so he gets no exercise before or after he eats and we mix water with his food. My young weim eats from a brake fast because she used to INHALE her food. It was more than just fast eating. By the time I would sit her bowl down and turn around to the counter, she would be finished. The brake fast is AMAZING is you have a fast eater. I also tried toys and other distractions in her bowl but she'd just throw them out. |
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ZaneTheBrain
Adult Weim
Joined: 21 Dec 2007
Posts: 309
Location: Arizona
Fur Kids: Zane; blue weimaraner |
| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Try thoroughly mixing the puppy's kibble with yogurt and pumpkin so that it's completely coated. This is the only think that has slowed Zane down and he prefers it like this. He eats piece by piece vs gulping, and he eats very slowly and then thoroughly licks the bowl, surrounding floor, and the front of the cabinet just to make sure he didn't miss any. If I don't mix anything in because I'm in a hurry or am out of something he just sits in front of the bowl and looks at me and the bowl until he realizes that that's the way dinner comes today! I have also melted a tablespoon of peanut butter and mixed it in when he was sick and wouldn't eat much, and got the same results. |
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