This is the only way he’ll eat his food. In the burn pit (cleaned out, since it’s summer) so he knows his food is safe, halfway sitting in the pit, munching away at the meal.
It’s not a prerequisite that my pets be weird. I think they pick it up by association.
Old Casey had lost a LOT of weight in the past year. Between him wanting to stay outside most of the time and having a stupidly high metabolism, he kept looking like an escapee from a gulag, even when I doubled his feedings.
But we had a vet appointment and a talk about his habits. I followed her instructions and tripled his feedings, as well as making him a mandatory indoor dog. I think since he’s turned 11, he’s realized that staying inside is the best bet. Now, he’s chunky! So we’re scaling back the feedings and letting him get his play time outside instead of just in the living room.
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