How Often Should You Feed Your Dog? Giant Study Reveals a Surprising Answer

[Anonymous]

I read once that for humans, an almost starvation diet prolongs life and health.

No thanks.

My dogs can have all the food they want, unless they get fat. Then we have to cut back to protect their mobility.

[Anonymous]

My 9 month old dog often skips breakfast and will eat it for dinner. He weighs 70 lbs and is still growing. I suspect he’d be perfectly fine with once a day.

[Anonymous]

Twice a day, but the suggested amounts of 1 cup each time b

[Anonymous]

If I fed my dog all of his food at once, I’d worry more about bloat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was this study written by cats?

Dang it! that’s what I was going to say.

Those authors are big old meanies!!

[Anonymous]

Intermittent Fasting is the natural state for all mammals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have two big dogs who now eat one and a half times a day. They were both skinny when we got them, so they had breakfast, 4:00 tea, and dinner at 9.

They started not wanting breakfast, so now they just have tea and dinner.

And now I don't feel so bad!

WTF is tea for dogs? Are they british and dining with the queen?

When I lived in Scotland, tea or "high tea" was the word for the children's dinner, or even regular adult dinner, taken on the early side. "High" as in taken at the dining room table, with rather more solid offerings than "afternoon tea", which was a special meal taken earlier in the afternoon, in the living room, with smaller portions of finger foods. Tea happened every day. Afternoon tea was for special occasions.

[Anonymous]

I'm the one whose dogs have tea. I learned about it on a horse site from Britain that features riding fails. They often refer to their horses' afternoon meal as "tea" and I thought it sounded hilarious. 🤪

[Anonymous]

Our dog only eats once a day. I could feed her twice, but she would just keep the first portion, wait for the second one and then eat them both together later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our dog only eats once a day. I could feed her twice, but she would just keep the first portion, wait for the second one and then eat them both together later.

Bi***es be crazy!!!

(I don't mean it! I'm just punning!)

[Anonymous]

I've always fed my dogs once, going back to the dogs we had as kids. When we first get them (always adopted from the pound) they would scarf it down, but once they realize food shows up every day they usually leave it alone until their preferred eating time - usually but not always early evening.

I didn't realize people fed adult dogs multiple times a day. I thought that was a puppy thing.

[Anonymous]

Yay! I feed my dogs once a day. Sometimes they ignore it and go two days without eating, but they're fine (large breed dogs ages 5 and 12).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yay! I feed my dogs once a day. Sometimes they ignore it and go two days without eating, but they're fine (large breed dogs ages 5 and 12).

Wow, that’s not our experience at all. My dog inhales any food he can get as fast as he possibly can. He would never leave anything for later. He returns a couple times after every meal to check his bowl, just in case he missed a crumb. We always joke that if he ever got away from us for even an hour, whoever found him would assume he was starving because he’s so skinny (greyhound) and he eats so voraciously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can set my watch by my dog’s internal food clock.

Same. Our 2 get fed earlier at the vet where they board, and we have to have a discussion about the appropriate time for dinner the first couple of days after they get home (my DC is in charge of dog supper, and he’s very strict about dinner time).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can set my watch by my dog’s internal food clock.

Same. But at almost 15 he no longer adapts to daylight saving time. He starts pacing at 3:45, and is desperate by 4. He gives up by half past, only to begin again when he see the leash come out for the his pre-dinner walk.