misha

Hi wonder if anyone can help, i have 2 staffys, my oldest is 4 and male my other is 1 n female. At feeding times they scoff their food as if theres no tomorrow! But my 1 yr old is the worst, she doesnt chew her food n ends up chocking n having to bring it bk up from bk of her throat about 5 times to try n chew it! Its horrible to watch as it looks as if she cant braeth!! Can anyone recomend how a can get her to eat her food better?

Have you tried raising the bowl off of the floor and adding a tennis ball or other object they have to eat around so they can't eat as fast?

Thanks not tried that will give it a go

A rock is more effective than a tennis ball, which is very light and easy to push out of the way. Rocks and bricks are common in horse feed buckets! lol

Alternatively you can buy a special bowl (i posted the link but it was huge. google "Slow Down Bowl" and you can get them eady on eBay or amazon for very cheap.

(Have moved this to SBT Chat)

These bowls are called scoff stoppers Hopefully something like this would help.

http://www.scoffstopper.com.au/

Thanks kylie x

Maybe you could come and say hi

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f7-new-member-introductions

Thats me just bought 2 new slow down bowls for my for my pooches

Dionne wrote:Thats me just bought 2 new slow down bowls for my for my pooches

let us know how they get on!

I hope the bowls work for you.

I wish there was a "hurry up and eat" bowl I could get Logan sometimes...

MatLogan wrote:I hope the bowls work for you.

I wish there was a "hurry up and eat" bowl I could get Logan sometimes...

Even if they have seperate bowls they still may be competing with each other to eat the fastest. Before buying more bowls try feeding them in different rooms or at different times.

We split Rockys meals into three portions so there isn't much in the bowl to eat at a time, thus has slowed the eating time down and he doesn't scoff it down in one go. You could also try stuffing his food into a kong and freezing it, this will also slow down the time it takes to eat it.

spike has a 3 edged distribution food thing, he knocks it around and food pops out as he too used to scoff his food and do exactly the same as your dogs !!!

one is rushing because it fears the other getting its food you need to feed seperately.

Thanks everyone for advice will try them all out x