Feeding and Treats
Your Greyhound should be fed in the same area each day. Pick a quiet area.
Feed your greyhound TWICE a day. Depending on your dogs potential weight start with 2½ cups in the morning and 2½ cups in the evening. Add about ¼ cup of water to the dry food. Feed immediately do not let the food get soft.
Make sure you use metal food and water bowls and they are raised no higher than 8 inches off the ground.
NO FREE FEEDING (leaving food out all day). They can gain weight too fast and it will be difficult getting your dog on a schedule to relieve itself. The food can also spoil.
If your hound does not finish the food in 15 to 20 minutes pick it up and throw it out. They will learn that when food is down it is time to eat. If your hound does not eat anything call me ASAP.
Avoid exercise 30 min before and 30 min after eating. If your dog is active immediately before or after eating they can get "BLOAT". Bloat, or gastric dilatation/volvulus or GDV, a medical emergency, is a deadly condition most common in large deep-chested breeds. Symptoms usually begin after a meal. The stomach becomes engorged with food, fluid, and gas, and then may twist on itself so that nothing can escape. It can kill the animal in an hour.