At the moment Alfred and Tillibert are on 2 meals a day as they have been since, well, forever. They get their breakfast at around 8am during the week and 9-10am at weekends and dinner at around 6pm all the time BUT neither of them is eating the breakfast (Alfie mince&veg and Tilly Autarky and NatureDiet). They pick at it at best and then lose interest and sometimes just ignore it completely whereas they eat their dinner enthusiastically. They also don't scrounge for food during the day even though they haven't eaten their brekky.
All this is leading me to think maybe I should put them on just the one feed per day but I'm reluctant to do this. I just don't like the idea of them going so long between feeds, but is this just me doing this for MY sake and looking at it from my human point of view when I should really listen to what they seem to be telling me?? I'm really dithering over it. Also, for BARF feeders, how would you feed just one meal per day... mince AND bones at the same time? I'm thinking that would be rather a lot of different things all at once...
So what I need is advice, and plenty of it
For those of you who feed once a day - why do you do it? Do you think it makes a difference to the dog? What time do you give the feed at - morning, afternoon or evening? Do you give them anything else during the day (other than some biccies or treats)?Does it affect their 'poo routine'? Do they go fewer times? I've read about some dogs getting pukey on an empty stomach and although both of mine have iron constitutions it's still in the back of my mind and I'd rather not wake up to the dulcet tones of them heaving on the bedroom carpet at night
For those of you who feed twice a day - why do you do it? Do you think it makes a difference to the dog? What times do you offer the meals at? And does your dog eat both of them with the same enthusiasm or do they pick at or leave one and eat the other?
Thank y'all!