Reply #22: you might consider just giving her only as much as she will eat

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right away, and then pick it up until dinner time. Then you can get her poop schedule regular, if she doesn't have access to food all day when she wants it.

We feed our dogs half their daily allotment in the morning, before 7am on weekdays (sometimes they let us sleep in on the weekends; or we get up early, feed them, put them out, then lay down again all two humans and two dogs in our little full size bed!). They get dinner at 5pm the vast majority of days. They do have access to water most of the day.

I've been taught that dogs love schedules ... they like to know what to expect.

Oh, I just thought ... do you feed your dog people food or table scraps? That's not a good idea in my opinion. It's not good for them really, the dog food should be meeting their nutritional needs. I think people food can upset their digestion. Plus they learn to beg very fast! Be sure your children understand about not giving people food treats.

Good luck, keep us posted.