Food Rush

[ericrdj]

Ok so... Obi's having this food rush all the time.

He gulps the food so fast.

I always wait for him to calm down but it doesn't look like it does much.

What I do now is I give her a piece of kibble until his meal is done. that way he'll know that he'll need to chew his food.

I'm thinking I'll need around three weeks to a month before I can fix it with that method.

any of you guys got any other ideas?

[Sid_Wolf]

You can get special bowls for quick eaters, cant remember what they're called, like these:

http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?dept_id=159&pf_id=53908

Sure you can get them over there too.

Or if the kibble is small you could give it in a kong or treat ball??

[lyra]

I've also heard of spreading the kibble out on the floor or in a cookie sheet so they have to go slower.

[ericrdj]

what's a cookie sheet?

thanks sid.

I really can't give Obi's food one piece at a time. it's really time consuming for me as i still have some work.

we have a kong wobbler hear. but Obi kinda got smart enough to get the treats out as fast. :/

[lyra]

A cookie sheet is the type of baking pan you bake cookies on... Ideally it would be one with sides to contain the kibble, like this:

http://ecx.images-am...4113YY1R9JL.jpg

I'm constantly fascinated by all the words people use on this forum, being that I'm from the US.

[ericrdj]

lol. you have noo idea how much you thought you know. hahaha

i did

[BingBlaze n Skyla]

i was gonna suggest the bowls sid suggested but she beat me too it lol

[ericrdj]

man. there's no bowl like that available at the top pet stores. there's no bowl over the net as well :/

[Damrod]

They also make balls that you can put in the dog bowl to slow them down.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5093138_stop-dog-eating-fast.html

[ericrdj]

hmmm... does spreading a trail of food help? because he might just pick up, gulp. pick up, gulp. XD

[Sqwidge]

my trainer used to tell us to sprinkle the kibble over the grass in the garden, kills 2 birds with one stone - makes them work for their dinner and they don't gulp it down!

my sister also used to put a tennis ball in the bowl - but her dog used to just take it out - other thing is find some large pebbles that are a bit harder to take out!

[ericrdj]

I tried the ball in the bowl and obi just rolled it out. lol. I did a rock in bowl as well but Im sort of concerned with it.

Food in the grass. sounds like a plan. Thanks sqwidge!