Is 2 meals a day enough for dogs?
Maiya Mraz
2025-08-11 23:16:31
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Most adult dogs are fed once or twice a day. However, again there is no set rule here. For larger, deep-chested breeds, at least two meals a day is recommended as one large meal is more difficult to digest and could cause bloating. Smaller more frequent meals are recommended for certain disease conditions and digestive upset, as they are easier to digest. Ideally, a dog needs to be fed at least twice a day with a window of 8-12 hours in between the next feed. Therefore, feeding your dog at breakfast and dinner time – when they wake up and a few hours before bedtime – will make sure that your dog is eating enough and has enough time to digest their food before their next meal. We normally change from 3 meals to 2 meals at around 6 months old but it depends what suits you and your puppy the best.
Lane Denesik
2025-07-31 05:13:01
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At least two meals per day are best for your dog. Dogs have a simple stomach anatomy, just like humans, and once their stomach is filled with food, it will empty within a few hours as food moves into the small intestine. After 8 to 10 hours, an empty stomach begins to send signals to the brain that stimulate a hunger response. For this reason, at least two meals per day are best for your dog. In an ideal world, at least two meals per day is best, based on the reasons described above. Some dogs are less food motivated and do fine with one meal per day. Others may need more frequent meals, such as dogs that only eat small volumes of food at a time or dogs with medical conditions like gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), who are prone to reflux if their stomach is empty for too long. A third meal can be added as a “lunch” or a bedtime snack, depending on the needs of the individual.
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