H E L P!!!!! My GSD puppy is a "gobbler"!!! - Page 2

I think all ideas here are good. Essentially, spread the food around a large area or provide obstacles. Just like humans, the dog's saliva has an important function other than dampening the food for easier swallowing-it contains mild digestive enzymes that assist the digestive process. This behaviour may eventually change, and I have observed that. But in the meantime; finding a way to force the dog to eat slower may save his life. Regards and Good Luck, Bob-O

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I don't know if it is practical for you but I do Nothing In Life Is Free training to the extreme that I only hand feed. Meals are also training time. My girl has not had a meal from a bowl in months and it has improved her focus 1000%

Try feeding her out of a tube cake pan, the kind you'd use to bake an angelfood cake. Be glad she's a hearty eater, many GSD's are not. It doesn't mean she's not getting enough to eat. I've owned dogs that emptied their food dishes before I could sit them on the floor. They stood on their hind legs gulping the food before it hit the ground. Never hurt any of them and I'd much rather have that than a dog that dilly dallies over its food. Of course that too is curable if the owner is willing. Most are always busy switching food to try find something Rintie likes when all it takes is for the darned dog to get hungry.