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Should a person use automatic dog feeders?

Just wondering what peoples opinions were on automatic feeders. I just built my new kennel and install theses feeders. It definitely makes it earlier, say like when I work late or something. I've noticed that my dogs might be getting a little over weight. I usually hunt between 2 and 3 nights a week and Im not sure if thats enough to keep some of the weight off. So let me know how some of yall other hunter use these feeder and if I should keep using them.
Thanks for any advice.

I had a dog that would eat all the food in the feeder every time, so I just fed him his daily ration and didn't have to worry about it getting wet or anything. I have a female that might take her 2 days to eat a scoop. So I fill hers up and she stays thin. Just depends on dogs

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If they are on a self feeder, it is always possible they ate just prior to taking them hunting. I have always heard that hunting one with a full stomach could lead to a twisted gut. I play it safe and just feed mine when I get in from hunting.

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J. Bradford

Lovem and doubt ill ever not use them...never had problems
Also never seen a dog stand there and eat 3 cups of food at a time they take bites here and there, i hunt almost every nite and never had a dog with gut problems

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An automatic timer feeder would be best, one that keeps air out of the main container to protect the fats from oxidizing. I'd still compare the quality of the food coming out compared to what is in the bag. Fats tend to oxidize fast in open air environments. Feel the food that comes out of the feeder and see if it has that oily feel that the food in the bag has. Royal Canin and Hills are using almost all resealable bags now to keep the air out. I recommend keeping food inside it's original bag and putting it inside an air locked container for storage. Preserve those good fats because that is where most of the energy comes from in the diet, along with essential Fatty Acids.

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I have used feeders for many many years.
No puppy that I have started out on a feeder has had any problems.

only had one or two that I acquired at a older age have problems.

One thing when putting a puppy on a feeder is to open the flap on the feeder. Some pups are not as smart as others and they don't know to push the door open.

Good point about the fat oxidizing.

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Originally posted by ahallada
An automatic timer feeder would be best, one that keeps air out of the main container to protect the fats from oxidizing. I'd still compare the quality of the food coming out compared to what is in the bag. Fats tend to oxidize fast in open air environments. Feel the food that comes out of the feeder and see if it has that oily feel that the food in the bag has. Royal Canin and Hills are using almost all resealable bags now to keep the air out. I recommend keeping food inside it's original bag and putting it inside an air locked container for storage. Preserve those good fats because that is where most of the energy comes from in the diet, along with essential Fatty Acids.

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J. Bradford

I won't chance it because if it is true and that's whati have always heard especially in the heat of summer!!!butwhen theytwistthatstomach they die a painful long lasting death !!! So I feed once a dating the evening and if they hunt then they eat after !!!!may be rite may be wrong but it's just the way I have done and will continue to do!!!

depeding on your schedule feeders can be helpful but i prefer to feed mine once dayly in the summer i feed late evenings because i don't hunt when it's hot starting next week now that it's coolin down and our season opens in a couple wks i will feed in the moronings and feed wet summer i feed dry