The Midnight Snack

[Guest Liz]

My pups never finish their evening meal so there is always some kibble left in their bowls, there are times I hear them later at night after I go to bed and the bowls are empty in the morning, so I guess I don'tneed to worry about them waking me up, they have figured it out for themselves. Oh they also get a small treat after their last turnout at 9:00 Pm. DH and I are up very early so bedtime is 9:00 PM

[Guest lfreem2]

I find it interesting that a few folks have mentioned "milk" as a snack. Are you talking standard cow's milk? I'm surprised a grey with such a sensitive belly would tolerate it!

 

I've got a few goats in milk that have just had babies, so it's got me thinking...as goat milk is far easier to digest and tolerate for most humans/animals. Hmmm...

[Hubcitypam]

My guys eat around noon and midnight (with my schedule that is how we roll). Every morning between 6:30 and 7:15 I wake up to a big white and red greyhound face nuzzling me if I'm close enought to the edge of the bed. If I'm not he stands there and whines in escalating volume until I wake up, pet him and give him a milkbone and the littles two Alpo snaps. All four of us are back asleep within 5 minutes. I guess noon is lunch and midnight is dinner, but he needs something like an English muffin for breakfast. Then back to bed until noon.

 

 

[cleptogrey]

I always give my houndies some kind of snack before bed. It is usually a donut, a large milk bone, some mushies, a cookie-something like that. Some of them preferred a couple ounces of milk instead of solids.Just seems to have been a beneficial practice and I have been doing it for years.

 

yup a snack but it's limited to one large milk bone or 3 small biskets. the dogs wag their tails and follow dh as he straightens up the living room(now that's what i call training!) and then they bolt to either their crate or bed and beat those tails in unison waiting for their snack.

[Magdalyn58]

Ours eat at 6AM and 6PM. We give them a piece of peanut butter sandwich before bed, around 11:30 PM. Daisy could do without it, but if Teddy doesn't have something to eat before bed, he will wake up at 3 AM, crying and whimpering. With the bedtime snack, he sleeps through the night.

[Guest FastDogsOwnMe]

If my super senior acts hungry, I will feed him. No one else, though.

[Guest BlingDogs]

Dory's a fussy old gal, and sometimes she won't finish her dinner. So when she does, she gets more- As much as she likes, really. We're trying to cover up her ribs a little.