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Hawkson  4 stars
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One of my dogs does the "snarfing the food down as fast as possible," tricks too. We have found no real way to stop him. He would just take any ball, and remove it. But so far, fingers crossed, he has not required human intervention due to choking.

 

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try the feed a little bit at a time route, then the items in the bowl one.

 

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purplehugmonkey  2 stars
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Hans is a cute schnauzer name.

I haven't heard of anyone having luck with a special bowl or anything, but I've known people that used the food cube to slow them down. I think the lady I talked to about it had a lab that was retarded like that and she worried that he would get food caught in his windpipe or something the way he gulped it down.

 

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CulenTrey  1 star
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The vet gf suggested spreading food out over cookie sheets or wax paper on the floor so the dog has to walk around to eat the food.

She also said you can do small portions at a time and slowly feed him throughout the day. Or you could try wetting the dry kibble before he eats with water.

Good luck!

 

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Caoilin  4 stars
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BritonGuy posted:

Caoilin posted:

it grew slime faster than a bowl of water would. no joke. i can leave a bowl of water on the counter for my cats, unattended for over a week and it's not slimey. fountain water basin? slime infested cesspit in 4 days.



so your cats step in lizard guts, take a dump in their litter box, then walk all over where you make food to get a drink of water?


bathroom counter.

 

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Caoilin  4 stars
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Kordirn posted:

I hope that dog was named after hans gruber.


ein volk. ein reich. EIN HANS! i dunno who he was named after. i assume it's because he's a german breed that the lady gave him a german name.


anyway i got him a bowl with separators in it. he has to eat around them and it has slowed him down so much he no longer chokes on his food.

 

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that is a good thing.

 

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_Elwood_  1 star
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when dogs don't chew sometimes its because they have dental problems and chewing puts them in pain.

 

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Caoilin  4 stars
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that's not the reason. he gladly chews on hard toys and lizards and bones and other stuff.

 

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Jezza_Belle  4 stars
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in my experience, snarfing food is an issue with multiple dogs in the household, or sometimes just multiple pets. They seem to be afraid if they don't eat it as fast as possible that the other animals will eat it.

We just have food dispensers at our house, the cats do just fine with it, the dog overeats a bit but not seriously so.

 

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