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- DO feed your greyhound once or twice a day depending upon your schedule.
Three to six cups of dry food is usually appropriate. You may need to modify
the amount after the first weeks according to your greyhoun's activity level
and age.
- DO use a high quality food. Foods such as Pro-Plan, Iams, Eukanuba and
Science Diet are excellent choices.
- DO pick a quiet corner of the room where you greyhound will be left when
you are gone for feeding. If you are using a crate, you can feed your
greyhound in the crate.
- DO monitor your greyhound's eating habits. It is not unusual for a new
greyhound to refuse to eat for a day or two. To encourage eating you may want
to add a couple of tablespoons of good quality canned food to the dry kibble.
- DO pick up any food not eaten in 30 minuets and discard. Repeat this
routine at the next feeding time and your greyhound will quickly lean mealtime
is limited.
- DO watch for itchy and flaky skin. Cold dry weather can irritate a
greyhound's skin. During the dry winter months, add one to two tablespoons of
corn oil to his food.
- DON'T let your greyhound eat everything in sight. Greyhounds generally
have excellent appetites and will eat anything. Unfortunately, everything does
not quite agree with them. Your greyhoun will be happiest with the same food
every meal.
- DON'T ever feed your greyhound chocolate!!! Reactions to this tempting
sweet vary from dog to dog but none are good. Chocolate contains ingredients
that can speed up your greyhound's heart rat and also can cause allergic
reactions. Even death.
- DON'T feed your greyhound from the table. This will only encourage bad
habits that will be hard to break and maybe cause severe gastric distress.
- DON'T leave alluring items on kitchen counters. Greyhounds are curious by
nature and may sample item left on the counter.
- DON'T be alarmed at your greyhounds gulping down his meal. Greyhounds
generally "bolt" their food without much, if any, chewing.
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