Lynne O'Kelly wrote 02/04/2006 05:31 AM dog wolfs down food #97026 - 02/04/2006 05:31 AM
Lynne O'Kelly Webboard User Reg: 06-08-2004 Posts: 10 Loc: Offline	Does anyone have advice for a young dog that wolfs down its food to the extent that it chokes on it sometimes? He was fed with more dominant dogs before his new home, has dogs that eat with him but don't even attempt to eat his food now, but continues to eat very fast. Is there a way to teach him to slow down a bit? Thanks.
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Nancy Jocoy wrote 02/04/2006 05:57 AM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Lynne O'Kelly ] #97027 - 02/04/2006 05:57 AM
Nancy Jocoy Webboard User Reg: 05-03-2003 Posts: 924 Loc: Offline	Only two things I have found (1) Throw the food all over the floor (2) Soak it in water first until it is a bit soggy
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Anne Steciw wrote 02/04/2006 06:05 AM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Lynne O'Kelly ] #97028 - 02/04/2006 06:05 AM
Anne Steciw Webboard User Reg: 02-16-2005 Posts: 85 Loc: Massachusetts Offline	My dog eats very fast too, so often I will stuff his food into a kong and top it off with peanut butter. Takes him a lot longer to scarf it down. Spiffy RE & Rockit FM
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steven sullivan wrote 02/04/2006 01:44 PM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Anne Steciw ] #97029 - 02/04/2006 01:44 PM
steven sullivan Webboard User Reg: 01-08-2005 Posts: 62 Loc: North Shore,Massachusetts Offline	What are you feeding him ? Raw or Kibble?
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Anne Jones wrote 02/04/2006 04:16 PM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: steven sullivan ] #97030 - 02/04/2006 04:16 PM
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004 Posts: 3825 Loc: Northeast Offline	my female has always eaten very fast & she is on a raw diet & eats chicken qtrs & turkey necks etc. SHe has been an only dog until recently. (4 months ago)Now that I have a male, also, she has not sped up her eating, nor has she slowed it down any. She rarely ever chokes nor does he but occasionally they both do. It just happens on occasion no mater how fast or slow they eat or what they eat. They just spit it back out & chew it better & then swallow again. I don't really worry about it. Dogs are designed to gulp their food in fairly large pieces. They just don't have the table manners that people do. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> MY DOGS...MY RULES
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Tim Bartlett wrote 02/04/2006 04:20 PM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Lynne O'Kelly ] #97031 - 02/04/2006 04:20 PM
Tim Bartlett Webboard User Reg: 10-27-2005 Posts: 17 Loc: Offline	I recently saw a friend put a choke chain in the food bowl with the dry food for her dog. That makes the dog slow down and eat around the choke chain. It is quite a simple solution for that particular dog.
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Tyson Pearcy wrote 02/04/2006 07:10 PM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Tim Bartlett ] #97032 - 02/04/2006 07:10 PM
Tyson Pearcy Webboard User Reg: 11-26-2001 Posts: 38 Loc: southern illinios Offline	my dog eats so fast he would just inhale the chain, so i wouldnt do it. I always went with ed's advice about them having 10-15min to eat or they dont get it. so my dogs eat very fast and sometimes hak and choke a little but they always work it out
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Keith Earle wrote 02/04/2006 07:43 PM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Tyson Pearcy ] #97033 - 02/04/2006 07:43 PM
Keith Earle Webboard User Reg: 08-25-2004 Posts: 8 Loc: West Palm Beach FL Offline	Some of my Mals eat the same way every time for years now without problems
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Scott Williams wrote 02/04/2006 07:49 PM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Keith Earle ] #97034 - 02/04/2006 07:49 PM
Scott Williams Webboard User Reg: 04-08-2002 Posts: 383 Loc: Offline	You can spread kibble on a cookie sheet to slow down the process and avoid having food all over the floor.
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ann freier wrote 02/04/2006 08:17 PM Re: dog wolfs down food [Re: Scott Williams ] #97035 - 02/04/2006 08:17 PM
ann freier Webboard User Reg: 11-20-2005 Posts: 673 Loc: NE Nebraska Offline	the choke chain's a good idea. it's not good for much else <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> i have in the past put a couple good-sized rocks in food bowls, that might slow him down some. don't use little rocks!! and i wouldn't reccomend it if he's a rock-chewer. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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