Feeding Schedule

With Cooper going on an actual feeding schedule, I’m noticing he has more “puppy breath”, which I absolutely adore…

On a bad note, he’s not used to not having access to food, and it’s killing me that he’s now actually begging for human food (which he didn’t do before). I was cooking dinner (Dirty Rice with hamburger), and he was under my feet, instead of playing toys with the kids (whimpering and begging like he was starving). And I know that I am not doing him any favors if I give in, so I refused to make eye contact, and my best to ignore while keeping those “mom thoughts” to myself. I clenched my teeth to keep from doing the, “Awe”, and possibly giving into the “furr-person”! Much like getting shots, or other aspects, what is best for him out weighs the emotional aspects.

Why does he have to be so cute?

He keeps returning to where the bowl was, like an Alzheimer’s patient, where only a water bowl sits. I figure that since I’ll be adding hot water on the food when he is fed, I can hand wash it each time, and just leave it up on the counter. He happens to be down on the floor, where he has no clue where I’ve moved it; only that it has vanished… and raises a fuss in hopes that it will magically return.

W~E~L~C~O~M~E… to 7:30am, noon, and 6:30pm. And the daily diet allowed split into three ziplock baggies (labeled). This is so much different than what I grew up doing or seeing, we always left food down 24/7 to keep them from scarfing and barfing (they’d eat when they were hungry). I feel like I am being mean by keeping food from him, than again my human kids are skinny as a rail, so I’ve not even encountered this type of situation with even them. And the treats he has gotten (Milk-Bone Puppy with Omega and DHA), he eats it down as if he hadn’t eaten in a few days!