Timed Feeding

Lady Chevalier · Post by **Lady Chevalier** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:07 pm

I saw Victoria's show on the little Dachshund that pottied in the house. She put it on a timed feeding so that the dog could only have food for approximately 10 minutes. I wasn't sure how long she gave the dog to eat then it went straight out to go potty. Was the time to eat 10 minutes or 15 minutes? Thanks

Christine · Post by **Christine** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:27 pm

Hi,

I don't remember the time she gave, but what I do for my two dogs is give them 20 minutes, then I take their food bowls up.

I have a small dog who takes longer to eat than the big dog, so 20 minutes is good for them both. Then it is potty time.

HTH.

emmabeth · Post by **emmabeth** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:44 pm

I dont think it realllllly matters, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes, whatever. What matters is that the dog learns to eat what it is given when its given.

I guess if you had a dog that really did struggle to grasp this concept youd start out at say 30 minutes of 'food bar open' and gradually bring it down slowly until the food was only available for 5 minutes.