Papillon Dog Food Gobbler

Do you have a Papillon or other (small) dog who gobbles his/her food down too quick?
You have to worry about bloat, or he/she even can chip a tooth on a stainless steel bowl.
Here are some tips to try to make him slowing down:

• Put a large ball in the bowl with the food. The ball must be big enough so that he can't eat, and suffocate on the ball. 
• Xtra large pebbles (river rocks) may work instead of the ball.
• Dura Pet Slow Feed Bowls are also available @ Amazon, and everywhere else on line. (I have not found one small enough for my little Paps)
• I scatter little piles of food on a blanket, when I have puppies eating too fast, but it also works with adult dogs.
• A cup cake pan, flipped upside down , with the food put in all the cracks should also work.
• Some people also use a muffin tin pan, and put some food in each of the little muffin cups.
• Don't let your dog, who is a gobbler,  run around and go wild after his meal. Keep his activity on a low scale for about an hour or so. It is the high level of activity after a meal, that causes the stomach to twist, which then causes to trap air/gas, causing bloat.

Over the Counter Meds for Dogs + Dosis

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Papillon Mom, Papillon Pet Sitter & 7.5 Weeks old Puppies

Here is our youngest babes Mom Snickers and pet sitter Mon Coeur. Our little ones are just having so much fun outside, as it is still sunny and warm; not for much longer :(

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Papillon Fans, and Followers!!

7.5 Weeks old Papillon Puppies

Can't stop taking pictures of these two little babes.
Siblings Wrangler and Wendeline @ 7.5 weeks:

(Boy) Wrangler

(Girl) Wendeline

7 Weeks old Papillon Girl

(Available Girl) Wendeline @ 7 weeks:

November 2013: Sand , Sea & Papillons

Rarely does the Pacific Ocean lays down to appear  to be a lake rather than an ocean.
We have a beautiful, sunny weekend; two of our Paps are the privileged ones to come along to visit the beaches.

your left: Brolle
your right: Pepe

7 Weeks old Papillon Puppies

Snickers little 7 weeks old babes:

(Boy) Wrangler

(Girl) Wendeline

Wendeline

Wrangler

Wendeline is available

Winter Sun

Our Girls highlighted in the Winter Sun

Grain Free Dog Foods: Solving Yeast And Skin Issues

Dogs Naturally has this important article to read .

Following a clipped cut, and the link to read all of it.

If your dog itches all the time and has no fleas, it's a must to read.

Itchy dog? There's one really big problem with your grain-free kibble: they can't make it without starch. That starch is not only cheap to source, but it's necessary to hold the kibble together. 

So those grain-free foods, expensive veterinary allergy foods and super premium foods all have one common denominator: lots of starch and lots of reasons for your dog to suffer from yeast and itchy skin!

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/grain-free-dog-foods-solving-yeast-and-skin-issues/?inf_contact_key=d07cde37d492edd2ed4961e77b56b2268e42c530d585bfe6cf1e36f3096ab0f4

We have such beautiful, cool, sunny weather , that it is the highlight of the day for our Paps to get out for an extended walk in the woods.

 Friend and helper Annie getting the Paps out of the gate.

Road's End Acini di Pepe