[Patch]

Patch gets his kibble served with a little wet food mixed in... otherwise he will snub his nose at it too.
He is SUCH a kibble snob!

Sometimes i give himother things, for a bit of variety....
for example:
i mix in plain yoghurt (with acidopholis)..
or i will mix some gravy up with it.....
I always add some hot water to the kibble to bring out the flavours.

I also mix in some lightly steamed carrots and other vegies...

he will gulp up the food ONLY if there's something mixed in.

Dry kibble - forget it...

Also, i NEVER give the recommended dose on the pack... i always give him a little less because i find i'm just throwing it out otherwise, and also, he gets meaty bones and other treats throughout the day so that makes up for it.

i reckon feeding less is better than feeding more.

 

[Patch]

I feed Patch in the morning before i leave for work, and when i get home his bowl is empty... so he eats it throughout the day.
my husband was home yesterday, and was watching patch for a little while and said that the birds have been coming to Patch's bowl and pinching his kibble!!!!

So we've been buying expensive bird food............. :twisted: :twisted:

As long as Patch has eaten half of his food (which he usually does straight away) i don't get worried because he (or the birds) eat the rest throughout the day.....

At night he eats inside, so i don't get worried the birds are eating his food....

but how annoying!

 

[Patch]

I feed Patch in the morning before i leave for work, and when i get home his bowl is empty... so he eats it throughout the day.
my husband was home yesterday, and was watching patch for a little while and said that the birds have been coming to Patch's bowl and pinching his kibble!!!!

So we've been buying expensive bird food............. :twisted: :twisted:

As long as Patch has eaten half of his food (which he usually does straight away) i don't get worried because he (or the birds) eat the rest throughout the day.....

At night he eats inside, so i don't get worried the birds are eating his food....

but how annoying!

becarefull with letting the birds eat out of the bowl they cary desise if this is happining i would was his bowl every time u feed him

Oh my gosh you are freaking me out!
i want to go home to my Patch right now!

he hasn't been the same all weekend... we took him out on a play date with another dog on saturday and they played all day and when we got home he was SO tired..... but he's limping and has been lethargic all day yesterday and today.

what if he's gotten a disease from a bird?

OMG i am freaking out here!

we're taking him to the vet's this afternoon.

 

[Patch]

we have a problem with black birds her in nj we used to leave our dogs out side when we would go out and when we came home ther was bird poop alll over ther food and bowl and water bowl thats why we only feed inside

these birds are major scavengers... and they're eating all the expensive DVP we give Patch! talk about expensive bird food!

and their poop is purple because they eat berries from a berry tree nearby.
and it stains our paving.

but yes, they poop near his bowl and i'm constantly cleaning it.

patch eats inside with us at dinner time... so it's just the morning feed that gets attacks by birds, because i give him breakfast as i'm leaving for work in the morning... there's no time for him to eat inside with me.
What i'm going to do now is get his port-a-kennel and put it up on the verandah and place his food and water in there... so that the birds can't get to it.

is that a dumb idea?

it will also shelter the food from ants as well, which is another problem i have.
i've been spraying non-allergenic low-scent insect repellant near the food mats to stop all the ants.

would an elevated bowl prevent the ants thing?

 

[Patch]

dont know about the ants i treat my yard with 7 so that kills all the bugs plus a extermator comes once a month so bugs is never a plroblem for us kennel idea dont sound that bad a cuple of my friends keep ther dogs oustside year round must of them have big sheds 15x15 20x20 some bigger some smaller 10x10 well they build a dog door so they can go inside if it gets cold or raines in the back of the shed the dog isnt abel to room the wole shed just like a dog house facing the wall and u cut an opening in the wall u get me is it looks like the dog house is in the shed

Will insect repellant and bug treatments harm Patch?

I am so reluctant to use them since we got him..... what if he eats something treated with it?