Hello, I’m Dr. Maja! Read my introduction to study extra about me and my three canine, Lava, Hela, and Lajka.
Having three canine, who’ve not recognized one another since a younger age, means being a bit extra cautious and insightful round feeding instances. Fortunately, they’re fairly good with regards to respecting one another’s privateness whereas consuming, and there’s a longtime hierarchy primarily based on their love for meals. There may be additionally a special strategy primarily based on whether or not they’re being fed inside or outdoors.
Lava Is All the time Particular
Lava has an odd character. Don’t get me flawed, she loves meals, however normally and largely when that meals is on my plate. She’d kill for a chunk of desk scraps, regardless of me by no means giving her something. As quickly as I’m making one thing or on the point of eat, there she is, someplace shut by, however not too shut, so I wouldn’t understand she is there. As if I might miss a 77-lb canine subsequent to my ft.
Relating to her meals, Lava typically wants persuading to eat. She’s been a choosy eater since she was a pet. This has considerably improved since she gained two sisters she by no means requested for, who are actually all the time impatient to scrub up her meals bowl after she’s executed consuming. Lava can be a gradual eater, and requires her personal privateness when she eats. Regardless of nobody actually attempting to steal her meals, there can be a low growl even when there’s only a cat just a few ft away cleansing themselves, ignoring Lava’s dinner. That’s why, when inside, Lava eats within the downstairs rest room, as the lounge and kitchen are one room. This offers her privateness, and nobody can disturb her. And when consuming outdoors, I have to supervise the opposite two so that they don’t annoy Lava, who finishes final, cherishing each chunk, as if to spite the opposite two who completed their meals extra shortly.
Hela Is a Foodie
Hela, as a consequence of her history of near-starvation in Greece, is an enormous foodie. This may be her dry meals, moist canned meals, treats, or human meals, and she or he will even resort to consuming bugs and small rodents she finds and catches outdoors. It’s attention-grabbing to see that even after nearly 2 years of getting a constant routine with regards to mealtimes, she nonetheless tries to search out issues to eat outdoors. There have been many instances after I needed to try to take away one thing smelly and rotten from her mouth, which she’s not so tolerant of.
And Hela is like clockwork. If I sleep in or come house late, she would be the one to obviously present me it’s nicely previous breakfast or time for supper, by sitting proper subsequent to me, wagging her tail intensely, and having this persistent stare. She could even stroll over to the place the meals is or casually examine the cats’ meals bowls. Hela eats first once they’re being fed inside and final when outdoors. This solely means her meals bowl reaches her round 20 seconds later than the primary canine, however to her, it should seem to be an eternity. She is a quick eater, and at instances, I use a slow feeder to slow her down a bit. After she finishes, she’s going to clear the opposite canine’ bowls till they’re spotless.
Lajka Is Not a Morning “Individual”
And the latest addition, nicely, as you can have guessed, additionally loves meals. Not figuring out her historical past, it’s tough to even guess the best way she lived, however primarily based on her equally gross habits to Hela’s of consuming all types, it’s clear she hadn’t been fed too commonly. She loves all the pieces I give her and can by no means depart something behind, not like Lava, however within the morning, she is not going to be super insistent on asking for food. She is going to eat her breakfast, however slowly. When fed inside, she eats in her crate and can rush inside, figuring out meals is coming. Exterior, she is the primary to get fed, as she follows me round so intently that it solely is smart that she eats first.
She additionally respects Hela and Lava and can solely strategy each once they’re executed consuming, within the hope that one thing obtained missed in or across the meals bowl. It’s good to see how the mealtimes are fairly calm and appear to stream, and to outdoors observers, it should seem like a well-rehearsed play. After all, it took us loads of time to search out what works finest.
This text is part of Dr. Maja, Lava and Hela’s collection.
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