have you tried a slow feeder ?

I have no idea why they are always hungry , but I have had a few dogs that would over eat from a regular bowl and then puke

the slow feeder bowl it like a maze for the food to get stuck in , the non opposable thumbs version of peel and eat shrimp it slows you down having to shell them
it may or may not keep you from over eating in the case of shrimp , but it slows you down.

the dogs work at it while hungry but give up when it gets to hard until they are hungery enough to put in the effort again.

at least it stops the waste of food and dog puke

one dog has this and the down side is they can pick it up and carry it around the yard
https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/1365349-jw-3-cup-skid-stop-slow-feed-bowl.html

the other has this one and it seems harder to get food out and they don't pick it up and run with it
https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/1397913-outward-hound-fun-feeder-large.html

but it doesn't hold as much

I was late getting my labs fed the other day. They ate me. Not going to feed em late again.

My beagle/lab barely eats all day until the after her last time we put her outside for the day. Then she comes in and eats the bowl of food that been sitting there all day and eats it in less than 15 seconds also like she's been without for days and days

my dogs have slow feeders and it take less than 10 secondes four 2 cups of food. and then they eat the cats food and when thats gone they go to their own frozen turds

Bingo!
Northern deer put on winter fat. Southern deer put on tick fat.
Labs put on hair fat. I need to change my entire wardrobe to off-white/light yellow to blend in with all of the hair.

ANY ONE OF YOU THAT IS SICK OF YOUR LAB, REGARDLESS OF AGE, PM ME AND I WILL SEND YOU MY ADDRESS. I love labs and sure do miss having one warming my feet and critiquing my cooking.

I've never rationed my dogs food. NEVER.
I fill their bowl full and they have been able to eat when they want to.
As young pups, they may go hog wild but they've all self learned it's THIERfood. They've all self adjusted.
All my labs have been lean/ muscular dogs.
This cup here/ cup there drives me nuts! Those tend to be the dogs that eat like pigs.


Roscoe was 3 or 4 here. Had a full bowl/ bucket to his disposal.

We leave food in the bowl for the mt. feist and she will only eat when she's hungry. I feed our bm cur twice a day, our vet says i should just keep a full bowl for her also, i can't afford a 45pd bag of food a day i said.

True, Dave. Lol.
YES! Nessie, they eat food like there are 23 more dogs coming to eat it!

I tried the ball trick also. The bird dog takes the ball out and drops it down the steps.

The bird dog

Beautiful Dog

I always though food competition growing up impacted a dogs eating habits if it’s a if you don’t eat now the food will be gone then issue.