I own what is apparently the world’s only non gluttonous beagle. He was insane for food until he turned one or two, then he became content to eat what he wanted and leave the rest for later. The other dog will eat anything with a passing resemblance to food.
Our dog Shamrock free feeds dog food but will eat anything else right away. Out previous dog Scotch was like that too. Oh that poor dog got into some blueberry muffins once and kept eating them until she got sick.
Lily manged to eat seven pounds of dried apples that she swiped from my grandkids (and by “swiped”, I mean she ripped through their zipped closed luggage and got it out). She actually ate the seven pounds o’ fruit a few times over before I finally located all the places where she was barfing it up and got it all cleaned up.
We have child-proof locks on our pantry and trash can; these easily foil my current three beagles. But Beagle the First could force her snooter in the little space and force the cupboard doors open, then climb the shelves to get the the brownie mix.
I had a cat who was neutered very young (6 weeks) who would eat until he threw up. He would lie down to eat. I could only control his weight by feeding my other cat in a closed room. Otherwise, he would eat everything in sight. He would eat spider webs on the balcony and I never has a fly or an ant in the apartment.
Cat…eats until he’s full. Begs when I’m eating but rarely eats any tidbits I may give him. Active and fairly thin.
Dog…Always ready to eat as much as I give her but doesn’t beg beyond staring intently from a distance while I’m eating. Weighs 48lbs. might be a little healthier at about 40.
I have 3 cats. They all have access to dry food all the time, and once a day they each get a small can of wet cat food. One of them is enormously obese. He eats his share and tries to steal from the others until I shoo him away. The second loves his food, but just eats his fill and is done. He is a normal cat size. The third picks at her food like a bird and is petite and thin.
All have the same amount given to them, one is 18 lbs, one is 9 lbs, and one is 5 lbs,
I have never seen a cat eat like Maggie does. We have to give her little amounts of food because she’ll just wolf it down so fast, and then yak it back up. And what’s even more amusing is that she’s this little itty-bitty thing. She’s extremely tiny and you have to watch that she doesn’t lose weight. (And yes, the vet has said she’s fine, she just has a fast metabolism) I swear, if she were a car she’d get extremely shitty mileage.
So, we just give her little meals every couple hours or so (canned food). She won’t touch dry food at all. Human food, on the other hand, is a different story. She once chewed through a plastic bag to get to donuts. THEN there was the time when she was a kitten, and she jumped up onto the counter where my dad was slicing a ham, grabbed a piece, and ran off with it swinging from her jaw before he could catch her. (We got it away from her, but yeah – she was fast).
She adores french fries. If you have any snack she’ll follow you around the house and sit there, and expect you to give her some. (If you don’t watch her, she’ll nab a potato chip and puke it back up)
Maggie is…special.
Depends on what kind of food is available. It’s why I leave the kibble out but feed my dog who has teeth problems only a little bit at a time. The kibble is food they only tolerate, and so eat when they are hungry, but the soft food they think is amazing, so they’ll gobble it up.
I personally don’t feed the other dog the soft food at all, as I want him to become used to the kibble so he won’t go after the other dog’s food, but no one else in the family thinks that’s a good idea and always give him a spoonful of the soft. I wonder what you guys think is better.
Our 14 year old cat, Rumpleteazer, has been known to stuff herself until she throws up. Every now and then I’ll feed her and she bolt down the entire amount as fast as she can and then she goes and throws up somewhere. She always gives me this look like she’s really upset that she threw up, too.
Most times though, she takes her time by pulling ONE piece of kibble out of the bowl with her paw (usually the left front) and eating it.
Nope. My feline overlords were morbidly obese because their previous owner worked late hours and would leave ridiculous amounts of food out for kittehs. They have also mastered the fine art of looking pathetic and starved even after someone else has given them their meal.
Now they’re on a strict diet of two meals a day, though when my little brother feeds them he puts out a bit more than I’d like them to because he has yet to be inoculated against their devilishly good looks.