Well, that's what I always had thought, too, and I've tried to be strict. But after reading people's experiences on both sides, I began to wonder! At least she is still eating the NVI dry at night... but I worry about her getting enough nutrition. Is it possible she's still growing at one year? If she was, wouldn't she want more to eat instead of less? (She weighed 7 lbs at her only vet visit, end of March. I don't have a way to weigh her at home since she still won't let me pick her up. <sigh> )Here it's eat what you're given or starve. Usually by next feeding they eat.