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OMD, you've totally described Rio's appetite, too. A half hour or so, somedays more, prior to dinner time, she starts sitting next to me, staring, doing what we call "Whistler's Mother," and I know it's because she wants it to be time for dinner. She practically takes your hand off when you give her a treat, too. And she used to be my picky eater, my hunger striker. We think it's probably a residual effect from her Cushings, even though we've mostly gotten that under control.

How's his water consumption? Normal or increased?

Bud really likes apples, peaches, green beans and asparagus

BTW, my chubsters have all lost weight since I started making them "dog soup." I feed them a combination of kibble (either Acana Pacifica or Taste of the Wild Grasslands) and fresh cooked. The "soup" is made with meat -- chicken, liver (beef or chicken), beef, lamb (what's ever cheapest), sardines, white fish and marrow bones. I add whatever veggies I have available -- green beans, kale, chard, squash, cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, carrots, etc. and cover with water. I simmer this until the meat is done, and then let it cool. Then I removed the meat and chop it coarsely. The veggies and broth are blended with a hand blender, and then I throw the meat back in. I serve about equal amounts of kibble and this at each meal. Sometimes I put cottage cheese in, as well. It looks gross and is kinda stinky to make, but the girls LOVE it. And even though I'm feeding them half again more volume of food, they've all slimmed down nicely on this mix.

Poor Tate...It's hard to stay "Ravishing" if he is always "Ravenous"!

That's really a head scratcher!   Maybe it is competition?  Maybe he is hungry?  I know Comet begged non-stop from 8pm to 10pm every night.  And she demanded her food at feeding times but she wasn't really dying of hunger - just spoiled.

If you can get him to eat celery - it has almost zippo calories and it's good for chewing which takes time to eat.  We gave a stalk every night to Comet and Rugby and followed it up with a carrot.  That kept some of the begging down a bit.

 Here's hoping it's behavioral!

Oh my darling Tate - you will always be ravishing to me 😉 I always try to eat more in the Fall too so I can put on some winter padding. My pawrents don't understand it either. They usually try to trick me by giving me just a little bit of food to placate me. Sometimes it works. I bet you are just afraid that silly old Sammy will steal all your food.

Love, Ginger

The old timers are going to smile when I tell you this, but Trouble got to be a real chow hound and was starving ALL the time. She didn't just ask for dinner, she DEMANDED dinner. She would bark and spin, and get louder and louder until I fed her.

Try green beans. It gives them some bulk without many calories. You can use canned (I always used unsalted), or frozen. I typically gave her a half can with her meals and if she acted hungry in between, I gave her some more.