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We brought our greyhound home yesterday and have been feeding her the same (raw) food as the kennel and at the same time - 12:30 each day, and a small breakfast in the morning. However, she seems to get hungry in the morning and evening and she often paces for a few minutes or whines and follows us around - it's hard to tell if she's anxious, bored (she's having regular walks and she has a half full Kong), or hungry.

Should we feed her half a meal each in the morning and evening instead of a morning snack and a massive lunch, and is that likely to solve her restless behaviour?

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Most people feed twice a day, morning and evening. Pick times that are convenient for you, she will adjust :) I will add, as they get older (like, 10-11) they may become less interested in morning meals, but I expect you are a several years away from that.

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Once a day, have for years, and not problems.

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I'm another who feeds twice a day. Half her food about 7:30 am and the rest about 4:30 pm

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Twice a day in the morning and evening. 

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On 10/18/2019 at 12:17 PM, DaintyDutchess said:

Three smaller meals a day. Bedtime snack is a must or my girl has stomach issues. She can’t go very long in between feedings. She is on the smaller side. 

We're the same- we even went through a phase where we had to feed a lunch as well as he was having stomach issues. We're back to 3 times a day now.

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4 hours ago, Daks said:

We're the same- we even went through a phase where we had to feed a lunch as well as he was having stomach issues. We're back to 3 times a day now.

Took me a minute to figure out at first but my grey thrives off the 3 meals. Glad to hear it works out for you as well.

I will give my grey a dog treat or two, as well as a  dental treat a day and no weight issues. She has maintained the same healthy weight consistently. Vet and I are pleased.
 I personally enjoy eating in a similar fashion :chow Few small meals and a treat or two.

Random Fun Fact: noticing my grey’s bald thighs are getting more furry. Someone’s gearing up for Wisconsin fall(winter)/winter. ;)

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Random Fun Fact: noticing my grey’s bald thighs are getting more furry. Someone’s gearing up for Wisconsin fall(winter)/winter.

Real-life legwarmers  :)

Some of my dogs actually got more permanent fur their first year.  Others became balder and balder as the years went on, with above-mentioned seasonal variations.  

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