Can a dog become sick from eating too fast?

Answer 1

If your dog doesn't know that your are dominate. Then it will eat slower because it is't afraid of you taking the food. If your dog eats fast. It means that (s)he knows that you're dominate. Therefore (s)he thinks (s)he needs to eat fast. With my dog for example. I can put my face next to the food bowl and move his face out of the way with mine. So when my dog eats. He doesn't know if I'm going to deside and come and eat his food. He knows that if i want. I can and will eat it so he eats it as fast as he can because he isn't sure when he is going to eat again.

Also, you might want to try feeding your dog a little in the morning and a little at night, that way (s)he is getting feed through out the day. and (s)he will most likely eat slower.

I hope I've been able to help.

Also, your dog may eat fast, because of some wolfy instincts it probably still has in his or her brain. It may think that other wolves might come to steal his kibble, so it eats it fast to make sure that no other dog has his share.

Answer 2

You should do some research and find out how much your puppy should be eating depending on its age and weight (many puppy foods have that information right on the side of the bag). Then, feed them in the morning, afternoon, and evening, giving them a set amount each time. Puppies can eat too much very easily, they won't stop until they make themselves sick, so only give them as much food as necessary at each feeding. Take their food dish away or make sure it's empty when they don't need to eat, but be sure to always keep water available. As your puppy grows you'll need to feed them slightly bigger meals. Again, the puppy food bag should tell you this information (or it can be found easily on the internet). At about 10 or 11 months they should transition to adult food (refer to those packages for feeding amounts). *side note* if you switch the type of food you give them (mainly when switching brands, or from moist/wet food to solid food), make sure to slowly transition. Start by mixing a small amount of new food in with the old food, adding more new food and less old food over a period of about a week until they are fully transitioned to the new food. This is necessary because puppies have sensitive stomachs and digestive systems, immediately switching to a new food can upset their stomach and cause diarreah/vomiting.

Answer 3

Dogs are scavengers they tend to eat as much as possible as quickly as possible. If your dog is eating too fast put a kong in their bowl so they have to eat around it, which will slow them down.

Answer 4

they typically have bigger mouth's. larger throats and there stomachs can process larger chunks of food then human stomach's, pulse like most carnivorous animals they instinctively eat fast to fill there stomachs before other animals try to take its pray.

Answer 5

Well dogs eat fast when they feal it will be takin away from them. So you should feed it to them slowly that way your dog will eat slowly and your dog will build trust to you.

Answer 6

Yes my dog once ate her food too fast and threw up the little dog food pieces all intact. It was pretty disgusting considering the fact that i had to clean it up!!