puppy eating so fast
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Put a can or some other object in his dish so he has to work around it. Just make it big enough he doesn't gulp it down 
Dogs aren't big chewers. They tend to crunch and swallow allowing their very acidic stomach acids to break down the food. Also puppers tend to have sore gums, chewing can hurt every so often. |
| thanks i will try that |
| Tiggy was a mega scoffer as well.
I fed her away from Rastus so she didnt need to compete. But the thing that worked ( didnt know about the can in the bowl method) was training her to go and sit on her bed and stay there till I said a release word (I use tucker). I started off with hardly any waiting time (just a second or two) and then increased it. At first she couldnt even wait while I opened the pantry door and I thought it would never happen now I can feed the cat and she will wait with just a little prancing of the front feet while sitting on her bed staring at the bowl about 6 feet away. It seemed to teach her that the food wont go away if she goes slow. |
| We had the same problem.
First, we trained our dogs to sit and stay as the food bowl goes down. Makes them focus and have some calmness. The command is "eat" with a finger pointing to the bowl. It slows them down a bit. For a chronic wolfer we added a little bit of warm water to the food (not lots) and used a large, shallow dish. (That spreads out the food.) Also, we toss in two or three large, hard toys, like Kongs or we have this super hard rubber dental chew no dog has ever actually liked. This forces them to eat around the objects in the bowl and they must slow down. The real benefit to it being toys in the bowl is that you know that there's nothing harmful in them, and, if you choose wisely the toys can go into the dishwasher right along with the bowls and be ready for the next day, clean and sterilized. It solved a lot of tummy issues in our older dog, and kept our evil puppy from wolfing it down and throwing it right back up. Also, we still do the sit/stay at dinner time, but after eating around the toys became a habit (and the eating slower part) we were able to phase out the toys completely. I still do it from time to time just for the mental workout. |
| i just hand fed Obe he finally got the picture. He still only chews part of his food, but he doesn't inhale in a few seconds either. |
| You could also get a giant Kong, separate each feeding and make him work it get it out. That might be harder as he gets older and eats more, though. |
| Summer eats so fast, even with a tin or something in her dish! |
| So does Yuki. The only solution if I really wanted one was to feed her a few kibbles at a time. She DID learn how to chew after doing this for so long, and she did constantly bite my fingers, but I Was willing to do this every day if it meant her chewing and eating slower. Then I had 2 kids, so now we just dump a little bit at a time in her bowl. She can't eat too fast if you don't give it to her fast. It may take a few extra minutes each meal time, but I feel better knowing she's not going to throw it back up or get bloat or something. |
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