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Hi, sarge is Now 3 months old and he has always eaten rather fast,, i had a big scare because he started to choke on his food and it came up one little piece but,, its because he eats soo fast,, he never misses a meal and he loves his foodies,, was wondering If anyone has any ideas,,after he choked I wet the food and put it in the microwave for 5 sec,, than he ate seems fine but,, boy what a scare,, ,,
Thanks:)

I bet that was scary for you. Some dogs do a lot of gulping and end up vomiting after eating. My lab just eats fast and gets bloated with gas and belches--just as bad if you ask me. If it was a one time deal I would wait and watch--he may be going through a growing spurt--check the back of the bag and make sure you are feeding according to the directions. I have seen special bowls that have something in the center so they have to slow down and work for their food. One time I heard someone had put a tennis ball in the dish so they had to eat around it to slow them down. JAAACK would just dump the bowl to get the ball out of the way. Was he really chocking or doing the doggy gag???? Hope you find your answer--you may try googling on the internet to see any suggestions too. Hang in there it only gets funner with these crazy mongruls.

There is a special bowl that you can order online that makes them eat around these "posts" types of things that are part of the bowl. It's supposed to keep dogs who wolf their food down to eat slower. It's supposed to help decrease the change of bloat and the food regurgitation that they do when they eat too fast.

hi,, great ideas,, yeah he cho ked one little piece up , i was freaking out, i must say he never misses a meal much like my hubby, He is sleeping now because we walked and he did that crazy puppy thing where he runs back and forth like 8 times and soo, fast i have to record it and put it on youtube ,
This dog is something else.. he makes us laugh soooo much,, especially this week we had a lot of family problems but, he made us forget them for a while ,,

his new thing stealing my makeup brush and running thru the house all proud!
thanks all, have a great weekend will look into those bowls,, I just ordered him a a orthapedic bed and some treats online,, this guy is sooo spoiled !

No need to buy an expensive bowl, I used a can of peas or soup with the label removed. You can start with a full size can and then once he slows down go to a half sized can. The bowls just have raised nubbins on them to make the dog slow down. The can worked for Bristol. Only had to use it for six months, now she eats slower than the other two:) Good Luck!

Running through the house 8 times back and forth = "The Zoomies" Big Sarge gets them ALL the time. At least twice a day and he's 3 years old. It's not just a puppy thing. LOL

Stealing stuff - yeah - I think Baby Sarge is an awful lot like Big Sarge. If so, man, are you in for a great life FULL of laughter, love, and cleaning up after him. ROFL

lol - yesterday, Lexie got the zoomies when her skin brother returned from a friends house and raced all around the yard about 6 times. She'll be 6 in November, so definitely not just a puppy thing!

Baby Sarge sounds like quite the character!! :) I hope you can find a solution for the food wolfing. Two of my mom's dogs are like that, but thankfully they don't choke on it. They are just speed eaters.

I LOVE watching my pups get the zoomies:)haha. Lucy was tearing up the backyard yesterday. It was hilarious!

Hi all, Sarge Loves doing the ZOOMIES!! hehe We laugh so hard,, we had a great Sat BBQ with him funny thing though we went to the inlaws house, the nephews Loved him and he played with them all day, Of course I stayed with them at watched because the nephews have never been with a puppy before,, anyway, everyone in the family said he is SOOO good( If they only new we had played with him all morning and took him for 2 walks to tire him out) In the end he was very good for a puppy , but, werriod he would not Poop at the house in their backyard he waited til almost 9 oclock when we got home, my hubby said maybe he was shy,, I must say even my hubby says this Dog is not your usual Dog In anyway...

Our female, Lucy, will not go to the bathroom in another yard either. We had a heck of a time when we moved. We had to take her back to our old house once a week or so b/c she would just hold it (or go in the basement)! It took her about a month before she started going #2 at our new house. Serious pain, but it's also nice b/c I know I never have to take a baggie with me on our walks:)haha.

Sargie on being such a good puppy with the nephews!! :)

It takes an act of God to get JAAACK or his sister Pepper to poo outside of their compfort zone too. (unless it is raining outside and the garbage truck is going by then he thinks the basement is his comfort zone)--I think it is just the dog and their inner trained self. We teach them to go in a certain spot and by golly they are going in their spot. Zoomies are great we call it a puppy buzz but JAAACK is getting to be one mature puppy.