Do you ever have problems with your dog eating too fast? Do you ever worry your dog may get bloated from eating their meal too quickly? I used to feed my dog her dinner, and thought the exact same thing. It seemed it took her less than five seconds to finish her meal and I would wonder, did she even taste her dinner at all? It got to the point that I was getting concerned about her because I didn't want her to start choking on her food.
I asked a friend of mine who happens to be a dog trainer what I could do. She told me about this dog bowl that has these little things poking out that prevent them from eating too fast. This is what it looks like.
But when I looked at it, I didn't think it would work for my dog. Maybe if my dog was a twenty pound Rottweiler or something like that. But my dog is only five pounds soaking wet and her snout is small so she would easily find a way to still inhale her food. So, then she suggested tennis balls. She said to stick a tennis ball in her bowl. I thought that sounded more appealing. But when I tried that, my dog just nudged the tennis ball out of the way and it rolled onto the ground, and she was back to eating as fast as always.
One day my husband and I went to PetSmart to go buy our dog some more food. I happened to walk by the toy section and came across these mini tennis balls made from Kong. This is what they look like.
That night I put her dog food in her bowl and placed the three balls in and fed her her dinner. I can say, this was a huge success! Before it took her about five seconds to finish her meal. Now it takes her about forty five seconds to finish. I am one happy girl! What did you do to stop your dog from eating too fast? I would love to hear!
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