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Originally Posted by marty22877 i have been free feeding luci...she kind of picks at it during the day and has stayed pretty lean and muscular. i'm guessing the free feeding has got to go? |
Yes, you've got to end the free feeding--and while you're at it, please read thru the postings in Nutrition and Grooming. Purina is inferior food. There are so many, much better brands of kibble readily available that there's no reason to feed a miserable food.
If you free feed you can experience what you're seeing with Luci--elimination at various times of the day with no rhyme or reason that you can see. Feed her breakfast and dinner at more or less the same times each day. Put down her bowl for 10 or 15 minutes. As soon as that time is up, whether she's eaten nothing or had a few mouthfuls, remove the bowl. Luci gets nothing til her next meal.
Free feeding encourage some dogs to pick at their food--you may find that once Luci understands she won't have access to food all the time, she'll be happy to join the clean plate club.
While you're teaching Luci free feeding has ended, she may try mooching treats between meals. Don't give in to her. She eats her breakfast and her dinner and that's it.
Take her out for regular walks to help her system. The idea is to help Luci get on regular system that works for you.
I feed and walk my dogs the same time on the weekends, too.