Twice a day is fine. Just make sure you do not overfeed him. Check the food to see how much to feed him. Dachshunds are prone to obesity and if you leave food out all the time most of them will keep eating even though they are full. Also, go light on the treats and very little human food.

Good luck and may your puppy feel better. He’s less than a year old?

When my family had a dog, we pretty much always kept food in his bowl. He never weighed too much when we did that. But I have many friends who feed their dog twice a day, usually at the same time every day.

I heard the general rule is what the vet said even if the dog is not sick.

Every 12 hours. Dogs who have food all day are usually unhealthy couch dogs.

It really depends. Some people just fill up the dog food bowl and let the dogs eat. The best thing to do is feed your dog three times a day. All the food that he needs to ear in a day divide it be three. Feed him in the morning, at lunch and in the evening before 8p.m.

Hope this helps and hope your dog gets well.

A dog should be fed twice daily even as an adult. It is better for their digestion.
Also get your dog off Purina and on to something better. Get him on a food that doesn’t contain corn, wheat, soy, sugars, by products or dyes. Look for a good food thathas meat as at least the first 2-3 ingredients.

Dogs should never be free fed. it can lead to obesity, weight loss, aggression, pickiness, etc and from a medical stand point it is a really bad idea..A delay in critical treatment could result if a problem ever arose because with a free fed dog owners rarely know when the dog last ate or how much he ate.

2 times a day and go with some dog food that is all natural. Just give him what is suggested on the bag. Then adjust it based on his body weight.

your vet is a pro, do what they say. thats why they get paid.