Trixies Mama asked:
Sit Stay Fetch, Good Dog!
Sit Stay Fetch, Good Dog!
Tags: Rottweiler, Vomiting
May 1st, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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It’s a special bowl that has raised cones in the middle to make them slow down and eat around the cones.
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
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Well….I think you can try to pet her gently while she is eating, tickle her, or just carry her around. I think that she needs to see a vet if this isn’t going to stop. I hope this advice helps you!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Sit Stay Fetch, Good Dog!
Put a tennis ball in her food. It forces her to slow down and eat around the ball. I have used this trick before with foster greyhounds and it has worked with them.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Sit Stay Fetch, Good Dog!
Give her smaller meals at different times of the day and make sure there are some biscuits around if she needs to have a small snack. Make sure she is de-wormed.
May 8th, 2009 at 1:07 am
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simple, take some tennis balls, a couple depending on food bowl size. And put them in the bowl when she eats, she’ll have to eat around them, and it will force her to slow down.
Also, you could put her food in a kong ball, then she’ll have to work to get a couple kibbles out at a time.
May 10th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Dove Cresswells Dog Training
Put a large, sturdy ball in her dish.
May 12th, 2009 at 2:55 am
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you cant, some dogs do eat fast because they’re trying to eat their food before something else can. instinct.
Does she compete with any other dog? Try feeding her alone if she does, that may help, but doubtful.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:37 am
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Either hand feed her or put a big rock or another dish turned upside down in the middle of her bowl so that your dog has to eat around the outer edges of the bowl only. She will be forced to eat less at a time and hopefully help her not to gulp her food down!
May 17th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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1. Feed smaller rations more often.
2. At feeding time divide her meal into 4 parts and feed her one at a time waiting a few mins before each part.
3. Feed her in a large dish. Place an upside down bowl into this and place her food around the donut. this will make her work a little more for it. Thus slowing her down.
4. Buy a feeding cube. You put her kibble in it and she has to “play” with the cube to get the kibble out.
Good luck.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:59 am
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I would start with switching her food to a dry high quality pellet. I noticed that my dogs appetite dropped when I switched from wet to dry, then from cheap dry to the pricier stuff. MY dogs when from ravenous to where they couldn’t care less. If you’re already there, then I’d cut the dog’s meal portions and increase the frequency.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Dove Cresswells Dog Training
Maybe you can feed her a little bit at a time, put some into her dish, let her eat it, then wait a couple minutes then give her some more. Maybe she just really likes the food you give her!
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Sit Stay Fetch, Good Dog!
Hand feed her.
May 25th, 2009 at 11:45 am
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There are bowls made to address this issue. I saw some the other day at the pet store that have three spikes (not sharp) poking up out of the bowl that hinder “gobbling.” The tennis ball idea is good as long as your dog isn’t smart enough to just take it out of the bowl. Also feeding her smaller portions will help – you could give her half her food, wait 10-15 minutes and then give her the rest.
There are some medical issues that can cause the vomiting so if none of these solutions works she needs to see a vet.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:52 am
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You cant.
Take her daily amount of food and divide it by 3 or 4 meals instead of one or two.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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i first had this problem with a horse that had been starved. i put a large rock in her bucket that she had to eat around. i’ve since had 2 dogs with the same problem. make sure the rock is clean and large enough that she can’t either accidentally swallow it or easily remove it from her bowl. it’s taken 2 years, but my mastiff x hasn’t needed a rock for 6 months.
May 30th, 2009 at 9:38 am
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I have the same problem with my female Rott… I have tryed putting 3 tennis balls in her food bowl but it really doesn’t help that much,she just eats around the balls even faster because she can’t get to the food fast enough.. But you might try that,it might help you..
June 1st, 2009 at 6:42 am
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If shes eating kibble……its common due to all the kibble associated neurosis from a lifetime of fast junk food. If she is eating species appropriate food, such as whole prey raw, then you just feed in very large pieces, so she has to slow down and think about her food.
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Hope this helps,
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Dove Cresswells Dog Training
I saw this one bowl on “I want that!” on fine living that has cones in the middle that makes them eat slower, but someone has already beat me to it :} Good Luck with your rottie!
June 6th, 2009 at 6:34 am
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I agree with everyone that mentioned the bowl with the 3 cones in the middle of it. I have one for my dog, and it helps A LOT!!
June 7th, 2009 at 1:49 am
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Maybe feed her less, more
as in divide he rfood up into 3 parrts, and give it to her serperately
June 8th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Sit Stay Fetch, Good Dog!
Try putting her food in a muffin pan. That way it is divided into 12 compartments and she has to work with her tongue to get the food out of the smaller areas.