How many times per day do you feed?

[krosen]

Dodger is raw fed for many many years now. I feed PMR about 3-4 days of the week, the rest of the week is a blend of meat, bones and organs. I feed twice a day but I do try and vary the times as much as I can. Dodger is always hungry, raw fed or not so he would not last the entire day without being fed twice. I still give him a grain free cookie before bed to stop hunger pukes.

[Georgie]

Their metabolism is not like humans (it was simply a metaphor to put the aptitude for cognitive function into perspective).

Using this is still not helpful to someone like Labradorks who is starting out with a raw diet. Two marketing strategies that made the pet food industry a billion dollar industry was getting us humans thinking our dogs were like us and


1. Needed a fully balanced diet every day of their life, morning and night. (Which we now know this overload can cause strain on their bodily organs and subsequent organ failure etc...).

2.Needed carbohydrates.


Not only is a dog's metabolism not like humans their cognitive functioning is also not like human's! And even if there was a similarity with human's then the "cognitive" lull you describe in your first post occurring in afternoons for us humans is related to CARBOHYDRATES. Feeding raw especially PMR doesn't involve any carbs and BARF only should be a small percentage.


I had to remind myself this week that although I knew all this I was still thinking about making the morning and evening feeds not too different in amounts....and so when I realized I was still thinking about 'dogs feeding like humans" I was greatly surprised that altering this worked well. But it is a constant struggle to remind ourselves that dogs are not humans when it comes to feeding. Compare with wolves but don't compare with humans otherwise your on the slippery slope back to kibble.

[Georgie]

I refuse to be "one of those" raw feeders who turns a blind eye to certain functions that remain a possibility despite feeding a very species appropriate diet.

So then don't turn a blind eye to the statistics that

1)large breeds, like Great Danes, with deep chests have a higher incidence of GVD.

2)From a scientific viewpoint, correlation doesn't equal causation. Triggers and predispositions don't give causation.

3) The incidence of bloat, is significantly reduced in raw feed dogs.

[Aerodogs]

Dogs are not nearly the same as wild wolves either (and I've had the pleasure to research them in the field) so your speak of 'walking miles for meals' and comparing to wolves is no better. To each their own, but the fact remains there is no factual right or wrong in meal frequency, it's what works best for the individual dog. And my last comment you re-posted was in regard to my previous sentence in my initial post. Again, to each their own...

[Georgie]

Dogs are not nearly the same as wild wolves either ...

No but it was you that wanted to compare with humans...my response was if you are going to compare then compare with wolves not humans. Do you really think that this is "no better than comparing dogs to humans"....really, do you honestly think this.


!!!!!!!?????Comparing dogs with humans is no better than comparing dogs with wolves....!!!!!??????

I'm out of this discussion, ignorance always wins over reason.

[Aerodogs]

Ignorance?...a bit ironic for someone telling me to "compare to wolves don't compare with humans otherwise your on a slippery slope back to kibble." This forum is for open discussion and everyone is entitled to their input. What is ignorant is dissecting someone's comments and assuming, because the way something was conveyed, the individual has limited knowledge on the subject. I have no problem with people feeding once a day...it doesn't work as well for my dogs, end of story.

OP, I apologize for this thread getting off topic relative to your original question.

[DuryLane]

I feed my dog twice daily. She is more content and satisfied when fed twice daily -- less begging, mooching or bugging...

I feed her real food --- raw, cooked, leftovers, whatever..... if we'll eat it, I'll give some to her. She does not however, get any commercial pet foods, treats, snacks whatsoever.

She's got a cast-iron stomach so never has a problem digesting foods, and I think, giving her an such a variety of foods in various different ways has avoided her developing any sensitivities to any particular food.

[krosen]

Dodger is raw fed for many many years now. I feed PMR about 3-4 days of the week, the rest of the week is a blend of meat, bones and organs. I feed twice a day but I do try and vary the times as much as I can. Dodger is always hungry, raw fed or not so he would not last the entire day without being fed twice. I still give him a grain free cookie before bed to stop hunger pukes.

Oops, I've made this mistake before, I don't feed PMR 3-4 days a week I feed Prey Model 3-4 times a week. I always mix up PMR and Prey Model

[Berna]

Krosen - PMR - Prey Model Raw? So, what's the difference? Unless you meant something else with the abbreviation.