How many times a day do you feed your dog?

Both with our previous dog and our current one, there were several periods in their lives when they would stop eating their breakfast. We would still however continue to give it to them and just leave it there until they would eat it. Several times they would just eat once a day. But eventually, they would start eating both breakfast and dinner again for several months until the cycle would start again. Right now we are in a cycle where she eats her breakfast at 7am and then BEGS for dinner at 2pm. I give it to her and but won't feed her again until morning. Again, the cycle corrects its self within a couple of weeks and we go back to 7am and 4:30pm.

I would still give the kibble and leave it for your dog to graze on.

My dog spends approximately 2 minutes out of 24 hours eating, and the other 23 hours and 58 minutes looking for something else to eat.

She eats twice a day and exactly the amount the vet says she should have based on her size, so she's not starving. She's just very food motivated.

I can't imagine any food sitting out waiting for her to eat!

Is your dog older/less active and maybe just not needing to eat as much anymore?

My terrier was like this! I've always wondered at the dogs that have food left down all day and just let it sit there.

We feed our golden 2x/day and he enjoys both times very much. I often say if only we could get that excited about eating the same food 2x a day every.single.day. And if only it was that easy to feed ourselves!

My 11 year old border collie gets fed once a day and has since he was 2. He has a little left in his bowl to nibble, but isn’t a big eater. Now, our first beagle lived to eat. Her food was carefully measured and fed twice a day because she was starving.

My boys eat two times a day.. They know when it’s time to eat. They start circling. There isn’t a drop left once the bowl is put down

If he eats the chicken but not the kibble I would start giving him chicken and rice for breakfast instead.
But some of the other things you said would also make me take him to the vet for a check up with blood work.

Twice a day. For her first meal, it varies on whether she eats it all at once or not. Some days, she gulps it all down and other days, she just eats some and then goes back and finishes it later. She generally eats all of her second meal at once.

Mine gets his rehydrated raw food twice a day, morning and evening.  Then throughout the day, he gets various little treats.  For example, he loves cooked carrots so if I am having them with a meal, I always set aside a few for him.  Well, I do that with pretty much any vegetable that I know he likes.  These are given to him plain without any butter or seasoning on them.  He also gets dehydrated chicken strips that I make myself in my dehydrator.  It is so much cheaper than buying dried chicken and I know there is nothing added to it.

Today is toenail trimming day.  He HATES his toenails trimmed.  He doesn’t bite or growl or anything, but he tries to pull his foot from your hand.  I started giving him a little reward after clipping each nail.  He now will wiggle a tiny bit, but sits well for the most part.  Today’s treat is some of the dried chicken chips.  

Oddly, his absolute favorite snack is a couple of pieces of the dry kitty kibble.  He goes crazy for it.  I’ve started a routine of having him go through his tricks at night and rewarding him with a little piece of the kibble after each treat.  I purchased a bell like this one: 

 Deleted Attachment

and have taught him to make it ding by tapping the center black paw to get a reward.  If it doesn’t ding, he doesn’t get his treat so he’s very careful to center his paw over the bell.  He frequently gives it a double tap just to be sure.  I saw a video of a pup doing this and thought it was so cute. Now before bedtime, he knows we will run through his tricks, including the bell, and he gets so excited when I tell him it is time for bed and pull the bell out of the drawer.

With his weight he is supposed to get 5 of the dehydrated cubes a day.  I give him 4, 2 in the morning and 2 at night, and then give him various healthy treats during the day instead to make sure I don’t over feed him and make him chubby.

(My black cat has learned to recognize the can for whipped cream.  I sometimes have sugar-free Jello with a squirt of whipped cream on it for dessert at night.  If she sees that can come out, she is all over me meowing and climbing up my leg for a little squirt as her snack.  The other cats don’t care for it.)

My critters have me well trained.

Please share how you make the dehydrated chicken strips. I would love to try that for my dog.

Never if you ask my dog.

A thousand times a day if you ask my children because I have to keep reminding them and they are so overworked.

Two dogs, same breed, one will be 9 this year, the other 5, two different eating styles. My younger one never misses a meal. My older one will be a bit picky about his breakfast and refuse to eat it maybe once or twice a week. He always eats his dinner. I feed them separately and remove the food if, after 30 minutes, he's not going to eat it. Because, if not, you know who will be chowing down his second breakfast!

Basically 2, but sometimes they will get a late evening snack.
One dog will eat whenever there is food in the bowl, the other will only eat when she feels like it. A lot of times she just eats half her food, like right down the middle half. LOL

I often care for the 10yr old German Shepherd next door. She is fed twice a day. Typically, only kibble, but occasionally will get some kind of broth, juice, meat bits over her food. She doesn't always eat it in the morning...sometimes nibbling throughout the day. For dinner, I add to whatever was left. Typically, she'd finish at dinner. If it were to go on for more than a day or two, I'd worry. Just because it's out of the ordinary.

Has your dog been to the vet lately? That would be my suggestion to ensure that there are no underlying issues (such as dental) that could be addressed.