I have two dogs and they both eat from the same bowl and it gets my older dog mad and she wont eat. how do i get the little dog to eat from his own bowl? HELP.
2007-06-05 13:12:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
I have 4 dogs the food bowls are all placed several feet away and I supervise all feedings and correct and move a dog to its own bowl if it goes into another, eventually they learn to eat only out of their own.
If you have to put up a barrier or use a crate, I know of more than one food related dog fight that resulted in death for one of the dogs.
2007-06-05 13:28:08 · answer #1 · answered by OntarioGreys 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
May people have many different strategies to getting there dog to eat out of their own bowl
first if u have more then one dog don't put the bowls together they will get messed up so separate the bowls
next...
put a treat or something they enjoy into the food bowl and bring them to the bowl and show them the treat or whatever you put in the bowl
hope this help
2007-06-05 13:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good question. You have to take control. This is an excellent area to show that you are alpha. At first feed them out of sight of each other. Place the bowl down but do not allow the dog to eat. I to first give the "sit and stay" command then reinforce with the "leave it". When the dog has waited reliably for up to a minute, give the release command, I use "OK". This reinforces that you are alpha. Now you are in control and can control your dogs at feeding time with commands and from there it is easy to control who eats out of what bowl.
2007-06-05 13:41:06 · answer #3 · answered by DaveSFV 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They need to eat out of their own bowl. Separate them when you feed. It's not fair to your older dog. If you don't stop this now,fights could be next and you don't want that. Good luck....
2007-06-05 13:19:21 · answer #4 · answered by SureKat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have to feed them in separate rooms or feed the small one in a crate. When it gets to the point of being too annoying the bigger dog will let the smaller one know. I have a Chihuahua that will eat from my Keeshond,Pit mix and Great Dane's bowls and they all let him know that's not okay. He now eats in his kennel at meal times. Reward the dogs for eating apart.
2007-06-05 13:18:36 · answer #5 · answered by sun_and_moon_1973 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Separate them. Put the old (larger?) dog's food somewhere that the smaller dog can't reach. Or simply feed them in separate rooms, and only once or twice a day, instead of leaving food out all day.
2007-06-05 13:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed them in separate rooms or (better yet) separate crates. Or at least crate the little one with its food until the older one is finished. Otherwise somepuppy's going to get hurt.
2007-06-05 13:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by Karen W 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
u need to separate the bowls
2007-06-05 13:17:36 · answer #8 · answered by Amie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed them in seperate rooms.
2007-06-05 13:26:52 · answer #9 · answered by MudFrog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋