My Black Lab Lucky 2, is 12 years old.
she is diabetic and blind so she gets
all the food she wants, usually about 6 cups.
she is a amazing dog, walks all around our 5 acres
of land several times a day, and knows just where she is.

My Dogs are always hungry. Pawle and Sammie weigh about 15 pounds. Homey weights 20 pounds.

Pawle the Pug gets 3/4 cup of dry food in a.m. & p.m.

The other 2 get about 1 1/4 cup twice daily.

Pawle finishes eating first and then begs from the other two that keep her at bay with growls. But, she doesn't give up.

Everytime I go into the kitchen the dogs beg for a little nibble treat. I usually split one slice of American Cheese between the 3 of them. I want them to learn to crave cheese so I can sneak meds into it when necessary.

My Dogs act like they are starving all the time. The "Boys" are paticular about Human Foods sniffing first. Pawle will eat anything, including raw onions or whatever hits the floor.

Gayle

Dog fights are scarey! Glad to hear no one was injured.

I have a 5 year old Golden Retriever. She weighs about 75 pounds. She eats dry food only and get about 3 cups (measured) split up between an am and pm feeding. For snacks she gets raw carrots, green beans, cantalope or watermelon only. At least we try real hard to keep her on that strict diet. She has food allergies and we have to be careful. Occasionally she will get an M&M and she love that but she loves the melons & veggies too.

~Betsy

Jake is around 4 years old and weighs 60-65 pounds. He gets 1 1/2 cups or a little less twice a day. He always acts like he is hungry, it's a dog thing. A couple of times a day I give him a treat of a large Milk Bone broken in two. I never can break them right in half. He gets half the bone. Of course, he begs all day for Milk Bones and I just have to say "No". He won't eat carrots.
Betsy, chocolate is poisonous to dogs.

Bo 90 lb Rottweiler mix gets 1 cup twice a day with a tablespoon of can food. Many begged dog bones.

They probably get enough food. It's just a dog thing.

It was my 40 lb female mix that attacked the 90 lb male over food. I feed them in different rooms now.

I know your heart was pounding.

Linda...my little Yorkie...ate all the choc. on the second layer and half the top of a pretty good size heart box last year after Valentine's day...She got a little diarrhea. My cousin works at our vet's...I called her and she said to buy the Pepto Bismo in pill form and give her one...I did and she was fine.

patti

Linda, i do know that chocolate can be poisonous to dogs. But I am only talking about one M&M maybe a couple of times a week fed to a 75# dog. My vet told me that in order for chocolate to be very harmful to her she would have to eat about 10 pounds or so all at once.

Speaking of which - when my son was still living at home and going to high school, he belonged to 4-H and for a fund raiser they sold one pound bars of chocolate. Well, he came home with two boxes of those that he had to sell - 24 bars per box x 2 = $48. He left them sitting on the kitchen table and we had gone somewhere. When we got home his dog (Levi - a 40# border collie) had eaten an entire box - including most of the paper and was starting on the second box. I thought for sure she would die, but when we called the vet he said to give her Pepto. She made it through that one fine. Amazed me! And that was one costly "treat".

~Betsy

Patti, what does the package of dog food say? Jillian is back to self feeding..I changed her food..and she eats less of it than the other stuff..She will take about 3 feedings( one and a half days) to empty her bowl which holds about 2 1/2-3 cups. She's 55lbs.

Oh and we had two dogs that would occasional fight over food. But usually would eat out of the same dish with no problems.

But I would say two dogs that size, should be feed atleast 5 feet from each other or around the corner from each other.

My Rottie and Black Lab weigh in at about 85 to 89 lbs most of the time. When they hit the higher mark I decrease their food.

They get about 1/3 cup of dry kibble in the morning and a milkbone.

They get one or two milkbones or some baby carrots, aplles or whatever during the day.

Their evening meal is 2 cups of dry and 1/2 of a small can of wet food each followed by a milkbone.

I sometimes give them canned carrots or green beans or broth instead of the wet canned food.

Dogs are supposed to be hungry at mealtimes. If they aren't "acting" like they're "starving" they're probably being overfed.

The recommended amounts on dog food labels are ridiculously excessive.

If you have food aggression issues with your animals don't leave food out. Feed them in separate areas. They should only be eating at set times anyway.

If my dogs walk away from their bowl they are done. The bowls gets dumped and they wait 'til their next meal or snack time.

Thanks for your info...

FYI....food is never left out (we keep the sack inside a rubbermaid container)....they each have their own bowl.....each bowl is sort of in a different room. (open rooms)They are each sent to their own bowl. And there is never ever any of it left in their bowls..the bowls are licked clean.
But if one little piece escapes they'll each try to get it.

patti