Post by: BIGINNER on March 09, 2012, 06:45:52 AM
she does not snap at you or at other dogs when she eats, i can ceep my hand inside her food bowl while she wats and she doesn't snap. the thing is she really isn't "aggressive", she just eats like its the last meal in her life and she has to inhale everything at once.
usually she starts to gag and throw up when she eats too fast,
what i've been doing for the past week is: i bring her her food, make her sit and wait, once she's calm i put down her food, i'll have her stay and wait a little and wait till she is relaxed, then i'll let her eat, but she still eats like a maniac, so i take her food away after a couple seconds to let the food she inhaled go down, then i'll go through the whole process again several times till her bowl is empty.
the thing thats got me worried is i think my techneque makes her want the food more and makes her even crazier, did anyoone els have experience with this? what did you do to solve it? did you solve it? :dunno:
thanks for any help
Post by: BIGINNER on March 09, 2012, 07:46:53 AM
I think you're correct in your assumption that it's making it worse. Think like a dog: you bring her food but won't let her have it, that asserts dominance which is good, but in a dog pack the junior dogs eat last right? Then you take it away, further proving your dominance but setting in her mind that while the food is in front of her she'd better gulp it before you take it away again.
Most likely she learned this while eating with and around other dogs. If she's the wallflower of the litter, she likely had to try to sneak in bites around the other pups. Try giving her food in a laundry room or somplace where she can be closed in and eat alone for a while. Put the full dog bowl down so she knows where it is and walk away. Shut her in and let her eat. If you do this in the garage you can start out at the far end and once she knows where her bowl is just let her in the garage with her full bowl at the far end. Just let her in and let her eat alone. She'll eventually get the idea that she doesn't have to rush. Then you can let her rejoin the household.
Also, make sure you feed her at the same time every day religously. Dogs are creatures of habit and if you change their feeding times, it will confuse and annoy them.
couple thing i forgot to clear up. the problem is with the adult weim, she's 4 years old. she always eats alone, and at the same time every single day. the problem is that if i let her eat everything at once she starts gagging and throwing up,..
i guess instead of taking the food away and making her calm down i can put i little bit in her bowl at a time and put more when she finished what she had in there. :dunno:
Post by: Happy Gilmore on March 09, 2012, 10:24:19 AM
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Post by: flinger on March 09, 2012, 06:36:16 PM
my dogs get hungry they eat I keep food in their dish 24/7 no gulping no aggresion no reason
Post by: Happy Gilmore on March 10, 2012, 10:05:53 AM
when i am hungry i eat I have access to my food 24/7
my dogs get hungry they eat I keep food in their dish 24/7 no gulping no aggresion no reason
Puppies cannot and should not be free fed. They'll gorge, grow too heavy, grow too fast by eating too much which causes joint damage and can result in bad hips and elbows.....Not to mention be at risk of bloat/torsion. If your dog can eat whenever it wants, you don't know when it's eaten most of it's meal. Therefore, you can't know when it is safe to work the dog. A dog worked on a full belly can get torsion and die right in front of you.
Post by: jackelope on March 10, 2012, 10:08:38 AM
when i am hungry i eat I have access to my food 24/7
my dogs get hungry they eat I keep food in their dish 24/7 no gulping no aggresion no reason
Puppies cannot and should not be free fed. They'll gorge, grow too heavy, grow too fast by eating too much which causes joint damage and can result in bad hips and elbows.....Not to mention be at risk of bloat/torsion. If your dog can eat whenever it wants, you don't know when it's eaten most of it's meal. Therefore, you can't know when it is safe to work the dog. A dog worked on a full belly can get torsion and die right in front of you.
:yeah:
No control...no good. Torsion and bloat are bad bad stuff.
Post by: wildweeds on March 10, 2012, 02:52:23 PM
when i am hungry i eat I have access to my food 24/7
my dogs get hungry they eat I keep food in their dish 24/7 no gulping no aggresion no reason
Puppies cannot and should not be free fed. They'll gorge, grow too heavy, grow too fast by eating too much which causes joint damage and can result in bad hips and elbows.....Not to mention be at risk of bloat/torsion. If your dog can eat whenever it wants, you don't know when it's eaten most of it's meal. Therefore, you can't know when it is safe to work the dog. A dog worked on a full belly can get torsion and die right in front of you.
:yeah:
No control...no good. Torsion and bloat are bad bad stuff.
Post by: BIGINNER on March 10, 2012, 06:28:10 PM
Yeah and weimeraners are notorious for it ...................I've met half a dozen who have been surgically repaired.when i am hungry i eat I have access to my food 24/7
my dogs get hungry they eat I keep food in their dish 24/7 no gulping no aggresion no reason
Puppies cannot and should not be free fed. They'll gorge, grow too heavy, grow too fast by eating too much which causes joint damage and can result in bad hips and elbows.....Not to mention be at risk of bloat/torsion. If your dog can eat whenever it wants, you don't know when it's eaten most of it's meal. Therefore, you can't know when it is safe to work the dog. A dog worked on a full belly can get torsion and die right in front of you.
:yeah:
No control...no good. Torsion and bloat are bad bad stuff.
Yeah. Im extra careful with them, I feed them small meals twice a day. And always make sure not to run them right after eating.
I started useing a big bowl with the dog that eats fast,.. and pit a little at a time in it. Works good so far.
Post by: huntnfmly on March 13, 2012, 01:57:45 PM
I feed my two yr old Springer in the morning then we run around outside can he get torsion from that? Should I let him do his business first then feed him? Thanks jim
Post by: Mike450r on March 13, 2012, 02:07:00 PM
Happy
I feed my two yr old Springer in the morning then we run around outside can he get torsion from that? Should I let him do his business first then feed him? Thanks jim
The bigger the dog the bigger the risk of torsion (deep chested dogs are the highest risk), running right after eating isn't recommended because the food is sitting in the bottom of the stomach and it can flip over and twist off the entry and exit. They bloat up, try to vomit and crap but nothing happens, ever see that get to the vet immediately. Had it happen to a german shepherd once, very scary and expensive.
Post by: wildweeds on March 13, 2012, 04:18:14 PM
The other thing is that bloat is directly related to genetics,it's a conformation thing.
In the weimeraners its a shallow genepool, results will typically be the same kind of thing,thus it's passed on from generation to generation as a flaw IMO.
As a general rule................ going hunting/strenous exercise ................ no feed
Happy
I feed my two yr old Springer in the morning then we run around outside can he get torsion from that? Should I let him do his business first then feed him? Thanks jim
Post by: huntnfmly on March 13, 2012, 06:28:33 PM
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Post by: huntnfmly on March 14, 2012, 10:29:17 AM
For anybody curios just. called our vet dog should relax for half hour after eating to prevent. Torsion sorry for thread jack
Post by: Happy Gilmore on March 14, 2012, 01:10:51 PM