Dog training like everything is filled with fads and it seems there's a fad upon us that I think

could get people into trouble and I'd like to talk about that today and that is everybody

telling you to not feed your dog from a ball. Yeah, I'm going to be that girl. Let's go. Go.

Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shaped by Dog. And I'm not going to say every meal your dog

gets should come from a bowl, but I am going to say it's never a bad thing

that at least part of your dog's meal comes from a bowl. And I think it's a really, really good

thing to do as well. So let's jump into some of the ways you might be feeding your dog

and why I could be contradicting myself

on this one when I tell you, feed from a bowl. So, you could feed your dog with food puzzles

or a topple or maybe rolling food up in a towel, puppy bombs. You could feed them by scattering

food in the yard.

So all of those things, get the dog to use their nose, their mouth, and their body when they're eating,

which that isn't a bad thing. I'm on board for that. It does take some planning on your part.

But even then, I still think the dog should learn to eat from a bowl as well. So, I'm not saying

those things are bad. I love those things. But there's other ways to feed your dog. You might

feed your dogs. Some people like to use a chartutory board where you give your dog a selection

of different foods. I think that is amazing for senior dogs or dogs who are, you know, maybe their stomach doesn't

feel great and they might want to choose this thing over the other one day or another. I've done

that with my older dogs. Lickmats. Tater salad gets the vast majority of his food from a

lick mat now. Brecaciosophalic, it's easier for him. It takes them 30 minutes to eat his meal from a lick mat, which it used to

take him less than 30 seconds to eat his meal. And then he'd just lick the furniture. So,

lick mats, I love those. And the number one thing that everybody is trying to get you to do

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