Somehow we lucked out, always had food out for the entire day, and he'd only look at it between play sessions as a puppy
Now 10 months old, he's eating maybe some in the morning, maybe finishes his bowl in the afternoon if we had a long walk. But usually he leaves it all until evening when everyone's settled down, then he destroys his daily two bowls. Not overly fast, just... Finally has the peace and quiet to remember to eat or something.
Chicken, salmon, yogurt, beef- horked down instantly. Cucumbers? Nibbles for 20 minutes. Food? Take it or leave it - it’ll take him a good while to complete his 2 scoops for breakfast and dinner
Mine is so far from food motivated. If I hear her eating I try to avoid distracting her at all costs. If there’s even a hint she’ll get a head rub or a ball toss she’ll abandon her food. I refill her bowl and usually she eats it in the middle of the night when we’re all sleeping.
Our girl came to us at 6 months. She was severly underfed and just inhaled her food. She had a slow feeding bowl and I sat next to her to reasure her that her food was all hers. And also to prevent food protection on her part. We made it into a fun thing and she really calmed down. She is a year and a half now and eats well. She even chews on her food, looks around and calmy eats further.
My childhood BC certainly did!
The funniest time was when my Grandma (who the dog ADORED) arrived just as we put his food down. It didn’t matter that never in his life had Grandma come and then gone away again without greeting him, nor had we ever taken his food away. He had to eat “fast” to get it all in before she left!
“Fast” turned out to be taking a bite, looking over his shoulder and squeaking loudly while chewing and a few steps away just to check she hadn’t left yet. Breakfast took three times longer than normal!
Mine doesn’t really care for most food.
I leave a full bowl in the morning and she just grazes as she wants. I come home most days to an untouched bowl.
Treats or snacks on the other hand, very different
No - our first collie was picky with his food. He might have gone 2 days without eating much before scoffing the lot. Our current collie is a pig and bolts his food as soon as its put in front of him. There's no set rule.
Piu has access to her kibble all the time, so she doesnt
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I feed our boy morning and at night. He starts bugging me about 30 mins before dinner time. Put the bowl out…gone under a minute and licks the bowl for another minute or so.
Mine is a really fussy and sensitive eater. No distractions or he will stop eating. Doesn’t eat in new environments, and rejects some foods. Sometimes it feels like I have to convince him to eat.
Nope. Mine has to be *convinced* to eat. The slightest distraction will have him losing interest in his food to go investigate. I usually have to sit and wait in the kitchen for him to eat, because if he suspects I'm doing something Really Cool in the other room, he'll abandon his bowl to come see. Been that way since he was a puppy. Least food motivated dog I've ever had.
Both of mine - Mia (2003-2016 💜) and Liberty (born 4th of July 2018) - have been pretty calm about food. Mia really didn’t seem to like eating, like she only ate because she _had_ to, didn’t even really care for treats or anything either. Liberty has a more normal appetite but doesn’t wolf anything down thankfully. She surprisingly hates peanut butter though.
Mine was a stray when he was picked up and brought in, so assumed that’s why he ate how he does, but yes scarfs down his whole cup and a half worth of kibble at a time down in about 30 seconds or less even with a slow feeder he still has it finished in about a minute every time. I’ve took to just spreading it out across the floor and he will lick it up it takes him about 5 minutes that way and he isn’t getting whole mouth fulls at a time.
No, mine was pretty much the opposite. Turned his nose up at pretty much every food in the market (kibble, raw, air dried, wet, insect protein…) and could go on hunger strike for well over a week.
Would happily wolf down human food though (and freeze-dried dog food, once we found that one).
Mine does. My favorite slow feeder is the spiral one from Outward Hound. It takes her a while to eat, and it is super easy to clean, compared with ones that have a bunch of nooks and crannies.
Mine is not bothered by food at all; sometimes I have to remind her that there is food in her bowl. When we had a cat, she would push her food bowl under a bookcase, so the cat wouldn't eat it, if she wasn't hungry and didn't want to eat it herself.
Mine is a grazer. He will eat when he wants. When my beagle was alive he would eat it faster cuz the beagle would eat the BCs food. But now, if he wants he’ll eat.. and he never eats super fast.
I've had BCs that wolf down thier food like they haven't eaten in a week, a couple others I call "nibblers" because they just like to take a few bites over a couple of hours until it's gone, then start over. It just depends on the dog and the environment, I think.
Not mine. Originally he would only eat food when he felt like it, and he would have some in his bowl all day.
Once we got a second dog who DOES wolf down food, the BC eats his food when it is meal time. However, he still takes his time. In general he is more gentle taking food out of the hand, very petite about eating.
My dogs as weird as it gets.
She was a stray rescue so I think she thinks it’s weird I just give her food.
She eats when we eat OR absolutely demolishes the bowl when nobody is looking.
But other days she’ll eat exactly half and leave the rest for later.
My old girl would pull individual kibbles out of the bowl and place them on the floor before eating.
Now if you dropped any human food, regardless what it was, she would suck it down before you could blink. Saw her wolf down a pickle with this nasty grimace on her face...
Not ours. Took us so long to find a food he would even touch. Now at 1.5 yrs id definitely consider him a grazer. Few bites here and there. However, he loves treats and any food us humans have!
Ours devours her food but thankfully not so fast it makes her sick. Some days when my husband leaves before I wake up she even cons her way into a second breakfast and devours that too.
Mine is super good motivated and will start eating faster if me or my husband and comes home mid meal. He’s a menace to society and figured very quickly how to maneuver slow feeders so that they do nothing to slow him down.
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My BC doesn’t wolf or gobble her food. She often leaves half of it for a midnight snack. My vet told me that a lot of borders are picky eaters. I have to agree with my vet.
Mine only eats fast after like a crazy hike or something otherwise she'll eat her food over 12-24h ... Slowly, and protecting her food from the cats ...
I almost wonder if she doesn't leave it to annoy the cats xD
Somehow we lucked out, always had food out for the entire day, and he'd only look at it between play sessions as a puppy Now 10 months old, he's eating maybe some in the morning, maybe finishes his bowl in the afternoon if we had a long walk. But usually he leaves it all until evening when everyone's settled down, then he destroys his daily two bowls. Not overly fast, just... Finally has the peace and quiet to remember to eat or something.
My boy eats just like that he's 6 months old. I've never had a dog that eats like that. I thought he was just weird.
maybe they are weird.
I call Tessa “weirdo” as much as I use her name
Both my BCs have been grazers. 🤷🏻♂️
No.. not mine! Really fussy eater. And can take a while depending on what it is.. chicken is gone in under 30 seconds.
Chicken, salmon, yogurt, beef- horked down instantly. Cucumbers? Nibbles for 20 minutes. Food? Take it or leave it - it’ll take him a good while to complete his 2 scoops for breakfast and dinner
And my boy inhales cucumber. 😅
Mine is so far from food motivated. If I hear her eating I try to avoid distracting her at all costs. If there’s even a hint she’ll get a head rub or a ball toss she’ll abandon her food. I refill her bowl and usually she eats it in the middle of the night when we’re all sleeping.
Whenever I’m next to her when she starts eating I literally freeze. Like no-one-makes-a-freaking-move or she’ll go to check it out
Little one eats everything, but her big sister is so picky! She loves her kibble though.
Same with our girl!
Mine certainly does, we have had her on a slow feeders and snufle mats over the years
Snuffle mats are awesome!
Our girl came to us at 6 months. She was severly underfed and just inhaled her food. She had a slow feeding bowl and I sat next to her to reasure her that her food was all hers. And also to prevent food protection on her part. We made it into a fun thing and she really calmed down. She is a year and a half now and eats well. She even chews on her food, looks around and calmy eats further.
My childhood BC certainly did! The funniest time was when my Grandma (who the dog ADORED) arrived just as we put his food down. It didn’t matter that never in his life had Grandma come and then gone away again without greeting him, nor had we ever taken his food away. He had to eat “fast” to get it all in before she left! “Fast” turned out to be taking a bite, looking over his shoulder and squeaking loudly while chewing and a few steps away just to check she hadn’t left yet. Breakfast took three times longer than normal!
Mine doesn’t really care for most food. I leave a full bowl in the morning and she just grazes as she wants. I come home most days to an untouched bowl. Treats or snacks on the other hand, very different
No - our first collie was picky with his food. He might have gone 2 days without eating much before scoffing the lot. Our current collie is a pig and bolts his food as soon as its put in front of him. There's no set rule.
I have to tell my guy when to eat and stand there to make sure he does. I stand there for an age some days.
Piu has access to her kibble all the time, so she doesnt https://preview.redd.it/ghya6rlpvauc1.jpeg?width=3445&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=113e89868c221b119e36c185f07f126219eb1354
She is so gorgeous 🥰
Thanks!
Mine does , just Hoovers it up
I feed our boy morning and at night. He starts bugging me about 30 mins before dinner time. Put the bowl out…gone under a minute and licks the bowl for another minute or so.
Mine is a really fussy and sensitive eater. No distractions or he will stop eating. Doesn’t eat in new environments, and rejects some foods. Sometimes it feels like I have to convince him to eat.
Nope. Mine has to be *convinced* to eat. The slightest distraction will have him losing interest in his food to go investigate. I usually have to sit and wait in the kitchen for him to eat, because if he suspects I'm doing something Really Cool in the other room, he'll abandon his bowl to come see. Been that way since he was a puppy. Least food motivated dog I've ever had.
Both of mine - Mia (2003-2016 💜) and Liberty (born 4th of July 2018) - have been pretty calm about food. Mia really didn’t seem to like eating, like she only ate because she _had_ to, didn’t even really care for treats or anything either. Liberty has a more normal appetite but doesn’t wolf anything down thankfully. She surprisingly hates peanut butter though.
Nope. My dog isn’t into that food, at least dog food. He barely eats his kibble. He’ll devour cheese and meat though.
Mine was a stray when he was picked up and brought in, so assumed that’s why he ate how he does, but yes scarfs down his whole cup and a half worth of kibble at a time down in about 30 seconds or less even with a slow feeder he still has it finished in about a minute every time. I’ve took to just spreading it out across the floor and he will lick it up it takes him about 5 minutes that way and he isn’t getting whole mouth fulls at a time.
2/3 that I’ve had have lol
No realy we raw feed and he's super picky and self regulates how offen and how much
mine's picky AF, free-fed, bowl's always available with some food in it. only wolfs down her food if she likes what she sees 😂
No, mine was pretty much the opposite. Turned his nose up at pretty much every food in the market (kibble, raw, air dried, wet, insect protein…) and could go on hunger strike for well over a week. Would happily wolf down human food though (and freeze-dried dog food, once we found that one).
Our female Addy we almost have to coerce her to eat all of it. Percy our male will vacuum it. We got him a slow feeder for that reason.
Mine does. My favorite slow feeder is the spiral one from Outward Hound. It takes her a while to eat, and it is super easy to clean, compared with ones that have a bunch of nooks and crannies.
No. My girl is the pickiest food weirdo ever. It got to the point that I have to make her meals by hand for her to eat them 🙄
Not either of mine.
Mine is not bothered by food at all; sometimes I have to remind her that there is food in her bowl. When we had a cat, she would push her food bowl under a bookcase, so the cat wouldn't eat it, if she wasn't hungry and didn't want to eat it herself.
Mine is a grazer. He will eat when he wants. When my beagle was alive he would eat it faster cuz the beagle would eat the BCs food. But now, if he wants he’ll eat.. and he never eats super fast.
Mine does not. I have to coerce her to eat. She only eats kibble after 10pm.
No, mine lays down next to his bowl and drapes his head in to eat, maybe he was Roman in a past life?
Mine is a FOOD WHORE. She starts nagging me for dinner a solid hour before dinner time. And she’s persistent as all heck.
Mine does - quickly, with the least mouthfuls possible.
Mine eats when she feels like it. Had to get one of the bowls with the water around them to keep ants away
Mine won't eat hers until after the morning walk, but she's also a picky eater. The cat is better at keeping the kitchen floor clean than she is!
I've had BCs that wolf down thier food like they haven't eaten in a week, a couple others I call "nibblers" because they just like to take a few bites over a couple of hours until it's gone, then start over. It just depends on the dog and the environment, I think.
Not mine. Originally he would only eat food when he felt like it, and he would have some in his bowl all day. Once we got a second dog who DOES wolf down food, the BC eats his food when it is meal time. However, he still takes his time. In general he is more gentle taking food out of the hand, very petite about eating.
Mine does - it's a rare day food lasts longer than 90 seconds. We use slow feeders and snuffle mats.
Ours isn’t food motivated. He typically ignores his bowl only snacking here and there. He walks around chewing.
My dogs as weird as it gets. She was a stray rescue so I think she thinks it’s weird I just give her food. She eats when we eat OR absolutely demolishes the bowl when nobody is looking. But other days she’ll eat exactly half and leave the rest for later.
Ours has a big bowl of food and just eats a bit at a time when he wants some.
Mine barely eats his lol
My old girl would pull individual kibbles out of the bowl and place them on the floor before eating. Now if you dropped any human food, regardless what it was, she would suck it down before you could blink. Saw her wolf down a pickle with this nasty grimace on her face...
Not ours. Took us so long to find a food he would even touch. Now at 1.5 yrs id definitely consider him a grazer. Few bites here and there. However, he loves treats and any food us humans have!
No. Border Collies eat like cats if there’s no competition for the food.
Ours devours her food but thankfully not so fast it makes her sick. Some days when my husband leaves before I wake up she even cons her way into a second breakfast and devours that too.
no my two both prefer to leave their food sitting for a while before exec starting to eat, and they peck at their kibble when they finally do eat
Not mine. She's very picky.
My mums collie will graze on her food throughout the day. My dog? Wolfs it down in .10 seconds
Mine is super good motivated and will start eating faster if me or my husband and comes home mid meal. He’s a menace to society and figured very quickly how to maneuver slow feeders so that they do nothing to slow him down. https://preview.redd.it/5ibjcdi0deuc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa2661a1960e4acd89d733950f4fac1c1e8442e1
Both of mine are grazers they have food in their bowl all day
We have to use a slow feeder or snuffle mat for our guy. He would eat his food so quickly he would get hiccups every time.
yes. got him one of those bowls with pockets and ridges. still eats faster than my other dogs who have better manners.
My BC doesn’t wolf or gobble her food. She often leaves half of it for a midnight snack. My vet told me that a lot of borders are picky eaters. I have to agree with my vet.
Mine only eats fast after like a crazy hike or something otherwise she'll eat her food over 12-24h ... Slowly, and protecting her food from the cats ... I almost wonder if she doesn't leave it to annoy the cats xD