Just curious if any of you other dog owners have run into this one before..

Tess has been known to skip breakfast every now and then, but today is the third day in a row that she has skipped her breakfast, which hasn’t happened before. She’s happy to eat all her dinner up so I’m not worried that there’s anything really wrong, just curious.

I know some dogs only get dinner each day – maybe she has decided that this is best for her??? She’s actually doing more exercise then usual at the moment, so we thought she would be at least as hungry as usual.

She gets some wet food in the morning (not tinned stuff – it’s made a couple of suburbs over from us so low preservative and very fresh), and bikkies in the evening.

bon008 said:

Just curious if any of you other dog owners have run into this one before..

Tess has been known to skip breakfast every now and then, but today is the third day in a row that she has skipped her breakfast, which hasn’t happened before. She’s happy to eat all her dinner up so I’m not worried that there’s anything really wrong, just curious.

I know some dogs only get dinner each day – maybe she has decided that this is best for her??? She’s actually doing more exercise then usual at the moment, so we thought she would be at least as hungry as usual.

She gets some wet food in the morning (not tinned stuff – it’s made a couple of suburbs over from us so low preservative and very fresh), and bikkies in the evening.

all out dog gets is a tin of meat each night or a tin of bikkies.

how old is Tess? Is she moving from puppyhood into adulthood?

We feed our boy twice a day….more often than not he’ll only eat one of those meals. Each dog is different, just like us humans, I guess.
Our girl would eat till she burst.

I think you’re best bet would be to keep an eye on her weight.

But I really don’t think it’s anything to worry about Bon. If she’s getting a meal a day, she should be fine.

Muschee our dog which is a working dog will do that other wise would would just leave bikkies out for him but we cant.

bluegreen said:

how old is Tess? Is she moving from puppyhood into adulthood?

We think she’s about three. I wondered if it might be related to getting a bit older.

Certainly not a bad thing if she eats less as she does need to drop a few kilos..

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

how old is Tess? Is she moving from puppyhood into adulthood?

We think she’s about three. I wondered if it might be related to getting a bit older.

Certainly not a bad thing if she eats less as she does need to drop a few kilos..

sounds about the right age. Once mature they do not need to eat as often.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

how old is Tess? Is she moving from puppyhood into adulthood?

We think she’s about three. I wondered if it might be related to getting a bit older.

Certainly not a bad thing if she eats less as she does need to drop a few kilos..

sounds about the right age. Once mature they do not need to eat as often.

Cool, we’ll just keep an eye on it then. May need to reduce our order of the wet food. Thanks all :)

bon008 said:

Just curious if any of you other dog owners have run into this one before..

Tess has been known to skip breakfast every now and then, but today is the third day in a row that she has skipped her breakfast, which hasn’t happened before. She’s happy to eat all her dinner up so I’m not worried that there’s anything really wrong, just curious.

I know some dogs only get dinner each day – maybe she has decided that this is best for her??? She’s actually doing more exercise then usual at the moment, so we thought she would be at least as hungry as usual.

She gets some wet food in the morning (not tinned stuff – it’s made a couple of suburbs over from us so low preservative and very fresh), and bikkies in the evening.

G’day Bon,
Hope you are enjoying the honeymoon.

My understanding is that adult dogs should only have one feed a day…whether just tin, food, dry foor or a little of both is immaterial.

I suppose if you think of wild dogs, they don’t get to eat every day because their diet is dependant on catching food. Domestic dogs don’t have to catch their own food, but they probably haven’t evolved to a point yet where they would need extra meals. Just my own thoughts..not based on any science

There could be a number of reasons for this Bon.
She may have just gone off that particular food and decided she prefers biccies. Not a bad thing provided the biccies supply all the necessary nutrients.
What time does she have her dinner? What’s her level of activity after dinner? Has she gone to the toilet between dinner and brekkie? (she might just still feel full if she hasn’t emptied her bowels, especially if dinner is fairly late and she more or less goes straight to bed)

Regarding adult dogs being fed once a day, it really doesn’t matter and depends on the individual dog, and when most of their activity is. I personally believe that to split one large meal into two smaller meals means the dog is never overfull and always a little hungry, which to me would better replicate conditions in the wild so my two get fed twice per day. One is 14 and the other 8, so they didn’t automatically change to once per day feeding at maturity. Anyone giving their dogs medication usually finds they HAVE to feed more than once (Kuges has been on heart pills for over three years now and they have to be given twice per day an hour before food) and I’m fairly certain Ella would gnaw my arm off if I tried to cut out one of her meals, LOL!

Bon if you want to feed twice per day, try reducing her night time biccies by one cup and adding half a cup of biccies to her brekkie. (the difference will help with her weight loss program too!)