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Chinny Chin Chin is terrified in the house, especially with the new dog here. She stays outside, the garage is heated in winter. Her friend Joey, who gets bladder infections from stress if he has to stay in the house, is out with Chinny during the day. Joe is now on SO food but he is miserable inside and he is Chinny's friend so he goes out.
So, Chinny was being fed twice a day but research on dogs shows once a day is probably better, plus all my childhood outside dog and cat pets were fed once a day and were fine so I thought, why am I trudging outside in the cold, dark winter mornings? Why not just feed Chinny more food at supper? And supper is when Joe comes in. So I started doing that several months ago BUT -
When Joe went on the SO food I thought, what if Chinny is not eating all hers and Joe is going into the garage in the morning when he gets out, and finishing hers? So I started checking the garage each morning and sure as heck, Chinny is not eating all her food. The dish would be empty when I refilled it each supper time but usually had food in it each morning. How long Joe had been eating food Chinny did not finish I have no idea, he wasn't getting fatter and fatter.
Yup, you got it, I am back to trudging out to the garage in the morning after all just to make sure Chinny ate all her supper food and Joe doesn't get it.
So, Chinny was being fed twice a day but research on dogs shows once a day is probably better, plus all my childhood outside dog and cat pets were fed once a day and were fine so I thought, why am I trudging outside in the cold, dark winter mornings? Why not just feed Chinny more food at supper? And supper is when Joe comes in. So I started doing that several months ago BUT -
When Joe went on the SO food I thought, what if Chinny is not eating all hers and Joe is going into the garage in the morning when he gets out, and finishing hers? So I started checking the garage each morning and sure as heck, Chinny is not eating all her food. The dish would be empty when I refilled it each supper time but usually had food in it each morning. How long Joe had been eating food Chinny did not finish I have no idea, he wasn't getting fatter and fatter.
Yup, you got it, I am back to trudging out to the garage in the morning after all just to make sure Chinny ate all her supper food and Joe doesn't get it.