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My dogs just seem to ‘wolf down’ their food. I worry that they are eating to fast and will get sick. Last night, I gave the girls their supper in these fun food toys. Lulu has a purple bottle. This is her second bottle. She broke the first one by throwing it down the stairs to get the food out (she is so smart). Now I have gotten smarter: I put the gate up so they can’t throw things down the stairs anymore. To get the food out, Louise has to pull the string just a certain way. I love to watch her pick the whole thing up and drop it down.
Sofie has a blue food cube. She has to roll the cube around just right for the food to come out. This cube ends up in some pretty strange places. It was lost for a month under the den couch. I looked everywhere, but somehow it got there.
This game slows their eating down a lot and also gives them about 30 minutes of play time. The only trouble is that when they were done with the bottle and the cube… they went to their bowls and wanted to know where dinner was!
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Bassas Blog
April 26, 2012 at 01:38
That is such a good idea. I need something to slow my cat, Barnaby down because he eats fast and he eats my food! 🙂
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 06:53
Funny – my cats eat my food too!
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Sonel
April 26, 2012 at 02:46
LOL! They are so adorable! Yes, that was just the treats. hehehehe
Beautiful doggie kids you have there. 🙂
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 06:58
Thank you Sonel
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Lindy MacDuff
April 26, 2012 at 03:25
All that extra work made Lulu and Sofie work up a bigger appetite! BOL!
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 06:59
Absolutely
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Basil
April 26, 2012 at 04:10
I like the idea of the pully string bottle can I ask where you got it from?
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 07:01
Basil – I bought it at the pet store. I am sure you can find it on line. – DogDaz
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Basil
April 26, 2012 at 07:39
I will have to get the humu searching – thanks very much!
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 08:30
Humans aren’t very good at search and retrieve skills, are they? LOL
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Basil
May 1, 2012 at 03:54
Well you have to find some way of keeping them out of trouble! It tires me out though coming up with new ways of keeping them entertained!
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dogdaz
May 1, 2012 at 07:22
I am always searching for that self play toy or chew stick that will keep them busy for more then 5 minutes.
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Jodi Stone
April 26, 2012 at 10:09
We feed raw so we can’t use the food toys, but sometimes I fill a toy with kibble just to keep Delilah busy!
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 10:51
raw kibble – LOL
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Genevieve Petrillo
April 26, 2012 at 18:49
Those feeding toys sound like fun. Mom bought me a slow-feeder-bowl. It has bumps in it, and I have to eat around them. It also has no rubber around the bottom, so it slides around and I have to chase it all over the kitchen. It slows me down, so I don’t vomit every day like I did when I first came here. I love food, no matter how it’s served!! Yum!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 19:11
Sounds like eating in little bits is just the right thing for you Cupcake
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Paws To Talk
April 26, 2012 at 21:26
We take our time to eat. Other canines say we are strange because of this.
Bella and DiDi
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dogdaz
April 26, 2012 at 22:34
Not strange, just refined.
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onecoolgriff
April 29, 2012 at 17:39
We once had a Rott that always ate fast,
We just couldn’t get her to make her food last.
Into her dish we added a rock,
It added time to her dinner clock!!
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dogdaz
April 29, 2012 at 17:50
Really – Did she chew the rock and keep spitting it out? or was she just trying to avoid it?
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onecoolgriff
April 29, 2012 at 17:53
It was a pretty big rock, so she had to move it around to get to the kibble. Took her a while and she couldn’t gobble the food up in two bites. We had to take the rock out and wash it a couple of times a week, but that was not big deal. I do the same thing for my horses that eat their grain too fast. Works like a charm.
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