Thanks for the tour of this really under rated region and for covering the camping, hiking and shopping opportunities. Zoe is such a good patient and I’ll be praying for her recovery and longevity. Thanks again for spurring me on toward a Grand Adventure! 😉
Thanks for the great video on my hometown. I have walked the walking trail up Scott's Bluff National Monument many times. You did a great job covering the area in a short video. I hope that Zoe is adjusting to her vision problems. So sorry to hear about her diabetes.
Nebraska….now that’s a state that doesn’t cross my mind. The images of the area looked beautiful. That must be some big hail to do that kind of number on the side of the trailers! No thanks! Sure hope you can get Zoe’s health under control. Ram 👍🏼👍🏾
Thanks so much, Darren. She had about 18 days total with two Freestyle Libre 2 monitors. We managed to drop her blood glucose level somewhat, but nowhere near the range I wanted it to be at. At least it was within the monitor's scale (
Thanks so much for the helpful video. My husband and I are thinking about relocating that direction down the road. Colorado is just becoming way too expensive and I love the video you put together. What a beautiful area…. Hope your dog is doing better, thanks again for sharing!
Thank you Lisa! It is indeed a beautiful area, and not unlike much of eastern Colorado. We wish you the best of luck with your possible relocation. And thank you for asking, Zoe's lost her eyesight due to cataracts secondary to the diabetes, but we've now got her blood sugar under control with 20 units of dog insulin twice daily.
Thank you Marc, great narration and informative, love your photos. Zoe will handle this as she and most dogs are stoic and cooperative as it we owners who a more reluctant. Dogs handle the injection so well, I had 3 pups who needed similar injections so I understand. God bless and will keep you and Zoe in prayers.
This area is my favorite part of Nebraska. I lived my entire life, until retirement a couple of years ago, just west of Lincoln on the opposite side of the state. But I loved vacationing "out west." The Panhandle and the Sandhills are magical with the unique landscape and the lack of overpopulation. Thank you for such a beautiful video of this area.
Thank you Linda! Western Nebraska has a diversity of landscape that many (including myself, up until a couple of years ago) failed to appreciate or even understand.
This brought back memories of when we visited Bobs brother, he lived in Huntley WY. a mall town next to Torrington WY. We loved going to the Bluff.We always enjoy your videos. If you ever get to Southwest NH let us know
Great review of the area, Marc. This has to be one the nicest places in Nebraska. And the three RV parks you shared, all looked great. The thing the struck me the most was the desert scape of the Scotts Bluffs contrasting against the verdant lowlands. You never tend to see that combination together.🤔👍 Gord
Those Nebraska lowlands must be especially verdant in spring, too, when even the natural grasses would be more green than they are now. In addition, you get to see that juxtaposition just about anywhere the lowlands are irrigated and farmed -- especially with alfalfa in the West, because it's such deep, dark green that makes a stunning foreground for the red rock in many parts of Utah.
@@GrandAdventure There's allot of barrenness in much of Utah. You indicated the western side of Utah is more verdant with cultivated fields. I looked at Google Maps and it seems to show vegetation running from the eastern side of the panhandle down, more or less, the center of Utah. The rest looks pretty parched. Gord
@@gorrdd That's either a misunderstanding, or I misled you. The western side of Utah is mostly desert. Much of the rest of the state has cultivated lowlands.
From Cheyenne, this is a no-brainer. That's practically right around the corner, and someday we'll have to hit you up for boondocking suggestions in the Medicine Bow Mountains. As for Zoe, we'd do almost anything to keep our little girl healthy and happy.
@@GrandAdventurewe do love our fur babies. Yes! Please do! We love Vedawoo area has great boondocking! The locals keep telling us to go to telephone road nearby. Yet to try. Looks wonderful. Sooo many places. Maybe we will know more when you go. Just ask when you are ready!
@@wellsonwheels457 thanks! We stayed up near Vedawoo a few years back th-cam.com/video/-Ws47pHodhw/w-d-xo.html but next time I'd like to try to find something up past Centennial.
Loved your video !!! I am a travel nurse and was considering taking a job in this area. We love the outdoors so your video was perfect for the information I was looking for. We are from KY. Never been this direction. Looks like Scottsbluff is kind of central to many cool areas that would only be a 2-3 hour drive as well. Thank you for this awesome video. Subscribed because I hope to watch more of your content.
Great area of Nebraska, along with Sandhills highway, Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford, and the Pine Ridge near Chadron. Know you boondocked outside Chadron a year or two ago. We like the Robidoux RV Park in Gering.
It is indeed, and we can certainly see why you like Robidoux (and why our friends from North Platte recommended it to us). We were so disappointed to learn that they were full.
All the best wishes for Zoe. Went through the same thing with our Yellow Lab. She was diagnosed around 9 years old. Unfortunaltey insulin typically causes cataracts in dogs and they go blind in 9-12 months. Didn't slow our Lucy down though. You would never know she was blind except if you moved the furniture. She lived to 14 years old with twice daily insulin shots and was a happy dog up until the last day of her life. I guess we are suckers for punishment. We now have two Chocolate Labs, 2 and 4 years old. Lots of fun!
Fabulous Marc, thanks! Nebraska is a wonderful state and yes you really have to watch out for the hailstorms. Sorry the hail got your home. Nice camp site you picked. Sure hope Zoe will be totally well soon, beautiful dog. Take good care of yourselves.
Oh, just to clarify Joyce, that was my neighbor's trailer with the hail damage. They were locals, and she said that she bought the trailer with that damage and therefore got a hell of a deal. I can't imagine why anyone would buy, or even sell an aluminum-sided trailer in the Great Plains where large hail is a regular occurrence. That's like begging for a total loss. And thank you for your kind wishes for Zoe.
Oh Marc, guess I didn't listen close enough. Glad it wasn't your home. Agree with you, I have been driving in a hailstorm near that area a few years ago, WOW no fun! Best Wishes! @@GrandAdventure
We love Nebraska for camping, don't know where you start from or if Neb. is due for a re-visit..Chadron is one of our favorite campgrounds with a bit to keep one entertained.
@@joanneferguson3784 speaking of Chadron, a few years back we also boondocked up in the Pine Hills near the state park. We start and finish each season in Utah, so we do get to Nebraska on a semi-regular basis.
Well Tom, that's a start. I suspect that you'll return some day with a little more time. With only one afternoon available, drive up onto the Bluff and take a walk out to either the North or South Bluff from the parking lot on top. Take a quick cruise through the visitor center museum, for that won't take long at all. Then, right nearby drive through Mitchell Pass, but try to do it west to east; otherwise, the best views will be in your rearview mirror. Finally, if you want to eat out that night, by all means choose the Tangled Tumbleweed in downtown Scottsbluff. My sauteed soft shell crab served atop a cheese risotto was out of this world. It's a tapas-style menu, and prices are quite reasonable.
Aww poor doggy. Can you image folks talking about their town? Ohh we are named after some abandoned dude when he was on his last leg. Eshhhh... times were brutal and very tough back then but also a great reminder of how far we have come in terms of medical care.
We sure have! Learning earlier this summer that doctors prescribed ingesting mercury for Lewis & Clark expedition members with dysentery was a shocker to me.
Really cool area. I didn't spend much time there but north of there on the Oglala National Grasslands and in particular the small Toadstool Geological State Park and Campground. Camping in the grasslands was so cool.
It certainly is, Nigel! We visited Toadstool while boondocking atop nearby Pine Ridge back in 2020 th-cam.com/video/cO9e4vD6wAM/w-d-xo.html and loved that area. At that time we didn't get to Scottsbluff, so that was the impetus for returning this season.
Thanks for the video. It has been a long time since I have been to Scott's Bluff. I had a cousin who lived there. I was there in 1979 the last time. I hope that wasn't your trailer that had the hail damage.
Marc - we have travelled through that area and love it. I also was on a work assignment years ago and got to experience firsthand what a Nebraska blizzard was like ! Here's hope Zoe is feeling better. Safe safe..."see" ya next week !!!!!
When there's nothing to block that wind and blowing snow, those blizzards can be something to behold, George. Thanks for your kind wishes on Zoe as well. See you then!
From Cheyenne Wyoming Had to go set a door at Scottsbluff Medical Hospital, door with a company out Chicago it was worth 10,000 dollars. carpenter 30 years!
Man , you gotta cut out that speeded up road travel, making me dizzy lol....First off, GET WELL ZOE !!! Interesting to see these places in Nebraska as i havent spent much time there...Lincoln and Omaha mostly, think i spend the nite in North Platte also....I would be very interested in the campgrounds at Lake Minatare...Looking forward to next weeks episode...Thanks for sharing, travel safe and be well ...
Thanks for the well-wishes for Zoe! We'll get this managed. As for Nebraska, the eastern end and the western end are like two completely different states. Medicine Creek will show you a very different side of western Nebraska next week, but in the meantime you may find our Pine Ridge boondocking episode from the start of our American Heartland Tour two years ago interesting, as it presents yet another side of western Nebraska: th-cam.com/video/cO9e4vD6wAM/w-d-xo.html
I stayed at the Robidoux County RV Park in the summer of 22. It's an absolutely beautiful Park with acres and Acres of well-manicured grass. It's a shame it was 110° when I was there. I would like to go back but was just passing through and it was too hot to do anything anyway.
Hopefully the vet didn't spare you the Awful Truth that Zoe is at least 40 pounds overweight. Love you Guido and your videos but you got to get her in shape. Especially with labs you can't free feed them because they'll eat as much as they can consume. It's the reason she has diabetes. My 11 year old male black lab eats 4 cups of food a day since he was a year old. He is trim and fit. You can definitely kill em with kindness.
We do free feed Robert, but she just occasionally picks through maybe a cup or two a day. She's 60 lb and in her best shape ever. Her mother was shaped like a tank, and she got her mom's good looks. 😄 She's getting anywhere from 9,000 to 40,000 steps per day, so there's no shortage of exercise.
@GrandAdventure good deal. You got the exercise part down, now you just have to feed her a measured amount of food everyday. Buddy gets 2 cups in the morning and 2 cups in the evening. You probably already know not to pay any attention to what it says on the bag, because they'd have you feeding 5 lb of food to your dog a day. Not trying to be harsh here, but Zoe is a very important part of your videos. She's got a great life just like my boy!
@@The-Bankster she actually eats far less than Buddy, a cup or two total daily. A normal-sized bowl typically lasts Zoe around 3 days, and if she was 40 lb overweight she'd actually tip the scales at only 20 lb. I sincerely appreciate your input, but after nearly 9 years of free-feeding there's no going to scheduled meal times now, either. I had asked the vet about changing diet or even eliminating free-feeding, and was advised to do neither.
Thanks for the tour of this really under rated region and for covering the camping, hiking and shopping opportunities. Zoe is such a good patient and I’ll be praying for her recovery and longevity. Thanks again for spurring me on toward a Grand Adventure! 😉
Thank you sincerely, Bill! We'll do anything to keep our little girl healthy, and this is a worthy adventure to embark upon.
beautifully shot, as always, thanks Marc.
Thanks as always, Joe!
Thanks for the great video on my hometown. I have walked the walking trail up Scott's Bluff National Monument many times. You did a great job covering the area in a short video.
I hope that Zoe is adjusting to her vision problems. So sorry to hear about her diabetes.
@@mikewatson4644 thank you so very much, Mike! We always love to hear feedback from locals.
Roubideaux pass and Oregon and Mormon trails
@@ginadoughty6950 yep!
Oh how we love our doggies🥰
Oh, how true that is, Scott.
Nice video. You always share so much interesting history! Thanks Marc
Thanks as always, Kenton!
Another great show with everything I enjoy about GA !!
Thanks so very much as always, J!
Very cool and unique area. I love the history you told us about, it makes the scenery even more interesting. Thank-you Marc!
Glad you enjoyed it Suzane, thank you!
😅😅 thank you for sharing this has been so informative and beautiful
Thank you Joanne, and thanks for watching!
Nebraska….now that’s a state that doesn’t cross my mind.
The images of the area looked beautiful.
That must be some big hail to do that kind of number on the side of the trailers!
No thanks!
Sure hope you can get Zoe’s health under control.
Ram
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Thanks, bud. We're doing our best to keep Zoe's blood glucose under control. And Nebraska will surprise you, this Wednesday's episode included.
Sorry to hear about Zoe. She’s such a sweet goofball! I hope the treatments help.
Thanks so much, Darren. She had about 18 days total with two Freestyle Libre 2 monitors. We managed to drop her blood glucose level somewhat, but nowhere near the range I wanted it to be at. At least it was within the monitor's scale (
Terrific, great camera work.
Thanks so much, Bob, and thank you for watching!
Thanks so much for the helpful video. My husband and I are thinking about relocating that direction down the road. Colorado is just becoming way too expensive and I love the video you put together. What a beautiful area…. Hope your dog is doing better, thanks again for sharing!
Thank you Lisa! It is indeed a beautiful area, and not unlike much of eastern Colorado. We wish you the best of luck with your possible relocation. And thank you for asking, Zoe's lost her eyesight due to cataracts secondary to the diabetes, but we've now got her blood sugar under control with 20 units of dog insulin twice daily.
Live by little Lake Alice and Minatare lived born and raised and still do you are welcome here any time!!
@@ginadoughty6950 Thank you Gina!
You are the most blessed man living the most blessed life ❤️🇺🇸❤️
Thank you Marc, great narration and informative, love your photos. Zoe will handle this as she and most dogs are stoic and cooperative as it we owners who a more reluctant. Dogs handle the injection so well, I had 3 pups who needed similar injections so I understand. God bless and will keep you and Zoe in prayers.
Thank you Thomas! Those are interesting and accurate insights.
This area is my favorite part of Nebraska. I lived my entire life, until retirement a couple of years ago, just west of Lincoln on the opposite side of the state. But I loved vacationing "out west." The Panhandle and the Sandhills are magical with the unique landscape and the lack of overpopulation. Thank you for such a beautiful video of this area.
Thank you Linda! Western Nebraska has a diversity of landscape that many (including myself, up until a couple of years ago) failed to appreciate or even understand.
Keeping Zoes healing in my thoughts.Such a nice doggy.
This brought back memories of when we visited Bobs brother, he lived in Huntley WY. a mall town next to Torrington WY. We loved going to the Bluff.We always enjoy your videos. If you ever get to Southwest NH let us know
Will do! Thanks both for sharing your memories, and for watching.
Great review of the area, Marc.
This has to be one the nicest places in Nebraska. And the three RV parks you shared, all looked great.
The thing the struck me the most was the desert scape of the Scotts Bluffs contrasting against the verdant lowlands. You never tend to see that combination together.🤔👍
Gord
Those Nebraska lowlands must be especially verdant in spring, too, when even the natural grasses would be more green than they are now. In addition, you get to see that juxtaposition just about anywhere the lowlands are irrigated and farmed -- especially with alfalfa in the West, because it's such deep, dark green that makes a stunning foreground for the red rock in many parts of Utah.
@@GrandAdventure No doubt, Marc. So you have that effect in Utah as well? Like you, I really liked it allot.
Gord
@@gorrdd absolutely, although there it's usually thanks to cultivated fields.
@@GrandAdventure There's allot of barrenness in much of Utah. You indicated the western side of Utah is more verdant with cultivated fields.
I looked at Google Maps and it seems to show vegetation running from the eastern side of the panhandle down, more or less, the center of Utah.
The rest looks pretty parched.
Gord
@@gorrdd That's either a misunderstanding, or I misled you. The western side of Utah is mostly desert. Much of the rest of the state has cultivated lowlands.
Great episode 👏 😊
Thanks as always NPP!
Jeezzz….can’t believe I’m looking at Nebraska as a destination. 😂
Nebraskuggg as Ive seen that state line sign headed west😂. Thanks Marc
This Wednesday's episode should seal the deal. 😉
Excited to try this area out! We live close, in Cheyenne. Great episode Mark! Love that you got Zoey her insulin 😁😁
From Cheyenne, this is a no-brainer. That's practically right around the corner, and someday we'll have to hit you up for boondocking suggestions in the Medicine Bow Mountains. As for Zoe, we'd do almost anything to keep our little girl healthy and happy.
@@GrandAdventurewe do love our fur babies. Yes! Please do! We love Vedawoo area has great boondocking! The locals keep telling us to go to telephone road nearby. Yet to try. Looks wonderful. Sooo many places. Maybe we will know more when you go. Just ask when you are ready!
@@wellsonwheels457 thanks! We stayed up near Vedawoo a few years back th-cam.com/video/-Ws47pHodhw/w-d-xo.html but next time I'd like to try to find something up past Centennial.
Loved your video !!! I am a travel nurse and was considering taking a job in this area. We love the outdoors so your video was perfect for the information I was looking for. We are from KY. Never been this direction. Looks like Scottsbluff is kind of central to many cool areas that would only be a 2-3 hour drive as well. Thank you for this awesome video. Subscribed because I hope to watch more of your content.
@@kimlittleton4943 we're happy to have you along, Kim! Good looking reaching the best decision for you on the job, and we appreciate your kind words.
Great area of Nebraska, along with Sandhills highway, Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford, and the Pine Ridge near Chadron. Know you boondocked outside Chadron a year or two ago. We like the Robidoux RV Park in Gering.
It is indeed, and we can certainly see why you like Robidoux (and why our friends from North Platte recommended it to us). We were so disappointed to learn that they were full.
All the best wishes for Zoe. Went through the same thing with our Yellow Lab. She was diagnosed around 9 years old. Unfortunaltey insulin typically causes cataracts in dogs and they go blind in 9-12 months. Didn't slow our Lucy down though. You would never know she was blind except if you moved the furniture. She lived to 14 years old with twice daily insulin shots and was a happy dog up until the last day of her life. I guess we are suckers for punishment. We now have two Chocolate Labs, 2 and 4 years old. Lots of fun!
Thank you so much! Here's to Lucy!
The wildcat Hills is a nice part of the area too, correct?
But my favorite video by far!
@@Counsel-fires Thank you! Yes indeed, the Wildcat Hills are just south of town.
Fabulous Marc, thanks! Nebraska is a wonderful state and yes you really have to watch out for the hailstorms. Sorry the hail got your home. Nice camp site you picked. Sure hope Zoe will be totally well soon, beautiful dog. Take good care of yourselves.
Oh, just to clarify Joyce, that was my neighbor's trailer with the hail damage. They were locals, and she said that she bought the trailer with that damage and therefore got a hell of a deal. I can't imagine why anyone would buy, or even sell an aluminum-sided trailer in the Great Plains where large hail is a regular occurrence. That's like begging for a total loss. And thank you for your kind wishes for Zoe.
Oh Marc, guess I didn't listen close enough. Glad it wasn't your home. Agree with you, I have been driving in a hailstorm near that area a few years ago, WOW no fun! Best Wishes! @@GrandAdventure
Great job on this video. I spent a day here.
Glad you enjoyed it Charles, thank you very much!
We love Nebraska for camping, don't know where you start from or if Neb. is due for a re-visit..Chadron is one of our favorite campgrounds with a bit to keep one entertained.
@@joanneferguson3784 speaking of Chadron, a few years back we also boondocked up in the Pine Hills near the state park. We start and finish each season in Utah, so we do get to Nebraska on a semi-regular basis.
Thanks Marc, I'll be there in 9 days, passing through, spending only one night. I'll have an afternoon to explore.
Well Tom, that's a start. I suspect that you'll return some day with a little more time. With only one afternoon available, drive up onto the Bluff and take a walk out to either the North or South Bluff from the parking lot on top. Take a quick cruise through the visitor center museum, for that won't take long at all. Then, right nearby drive through Mitchell Pass, but try to do it west to east; otherwise, the best views will be in your rearview mirror. Finally, if you want to eat out that night, by all means choose the Tangled Tumbleweed in downtown Scottsbluff. My sauteed soft shell crab served atop a cheese risotto was out of this world. It's a tapas-style menu, and prices are quite reasonable.
Great video a job will done marc
Thank you as always, Timothy!
Aww poor doggy. Can you image folks talking about their town? Ohh we are named after some abandoned dude when he was on his last leg. Eshhhh... times were brutal and very tough back then but also a great reminder of how far we have come in terms of medical care.
We sure have! Learning earlier this summer that doctors prescribed ingesting mercury for Lewis & Clark expedition members with dysentery was a shocker to me.
Great Video. If there is water, expect to see Zoe in it. Thanks Don
Truer words have never been spoken, Don. Thank you!
Really cool area. I didn't spend much time there but north of there on the Oglala National Grasslands and in particular the small Toadstool Geological State Park and Campground. Camping in the grasslands was so cool.
It certainly is, Nigel! We visited Toadstool while boondocking atop nearby Pine Ridge back in 2020 th-cam.com/video/cO9e4vD6wAM/w-d-xo.html and loved that area. At that time we didn't get to Scottsbluff, so that was the impetus for returning this season.
Thanks for the video. It has been a long time since I have been to Scott's Bluff. I had a cousin who lived there. I was there in 1979 the last time. I hope that wasn't your trailer that had the hail damage.
It sounds like you're long overdue to return! Thankfully no, that was my neighbor's trailer next door.
Thanks for another wonderful video with great views of Nebraska and fantastic history. Enjoyed it very much. So many places to see so little time. :)
Ain't that the truth, Diane! Thanks so much as always, glad that you enjoyed this one.
Marc - we have travelled through that area and love it. I also was on a work assignment years ago and got to experience firsthand what a Nebraska blizzard was like ! Here's hope Zoe is feeling better. Safe safe..."see" ya next week !!!!!
When there's nothing to block that wind and blowing snow, those blizzards can be something to behold, George. Thanks for your kind wishes on Zoe as well. See you then!
From Cheyenne Wyoming Had to go set a door at Scottsbluff Medical Hospital, door with a company out Chicago it was worth 10,000 dollars. carpenter 30 years!
I’m originally from that area
You come from a beautiful place, Joyce.
Man , you gotta cut out that speeded up road travel, making me dizzy lol....First off, GET WELL ZOE !!! Interesting to see these places in Nebraska as i havent spent much time there...Lincoln and Omaha mostly, think i spend the nite in North Platte also....I would be very interested in the campgrounds at Lake Minatare...Looking forward to next weeks episode...Thanks for sharing, travel safe and be well ...
Thanks for the well-wishes for Zoe! We'll get this managed. As for Nebraska, the eastern end and the western end are like two completely different states. Medicine Creek will show you a very different side of western Nebraska next week, but in the meantime you may find our Pine Ridge boondocking episode from the start of our American Heartland Tour two years ago interesting, as it presents yet another side of western Nebraska: th-cam.com/video/cO9e4vD6wAM/w-d-xo.html
This area is my favorite to visit! Kansas city is ok, but not much character
Well, there's plenty of character in Scottsbluff. Thanks for watching, Don!
We have badlands
Yes you do, and they're beautiful in their own unique way.
@@GrandAdventure yes and Sand cranes I love seeing them fly in every evening into my field and then fly out in the morning looking for food
What time of year were you there?
We were there four weeks ago. In case you're ever wondering, we always put the filming dates in each video's description.
You sure like that word immigrant
"Emigrant," but who's counting?
I stayed at the Robidoux County RV Park in the summer of 22. It's an absolutely beautiful Park with acres and Acres of well-manicured grass. It's a shame it was 110° when I was there. I would like to go back but was just passing through and it was too hot to do anything anyway.
Yes Robert, I don't think that I'd be pointing our truck to Scottsbluff/Gering in mid-summer. Early fall, however, is a delightful time to visit.
@@GrandAdventure yes we were on our way back from Yellowstone to the home base in Tennessee. It's definitely on my list to revisit.
Hopefully the vet didn't spare you the Awful Truth that Zoe is at least 40 pounds overweight. Love you Guido and your videos but you got to get her in shape. Especially with labs you can't free feed them because they'll eat as much as they can consume. It's the reason she has diabetes.
My 11 year old male black lab eats 4 cups of food a day since he was a year old. He is trim and fit. You can definitely kill em with kindness.
We do free feed Robert, but she just occasionally picks through maybe a cup or two a day. She's 60 lb and in her best shape ever. Her mother was shaped like a tank, and she got her mom's good looks. 😄 She's getting anywhere from 9,000 to 40,000 steps per day, so there's no shortage of exercise.
@GrandAdventure good deal. You got the exercise part down, now you just have to feed her a measured amount of food everyday. Buddy gets 2 cups in the morning and 2 cups in the evening. You probably already know not to pay any attention to what it says on the bag, because they'd have you feeding 5 lb of food to your dog a day. Not trying to be harsh here, but Zoe is a very important part of your videos. She's got a great life just like my boy!
@@The-Bankster she actually eats far less than Buddy, a cup or two total daily. A normal-sized bowl typically lasts Zoe around 3 days, and if she was 40 lb overweight she'd actually tip the scales at only 20 lb. I sincerely appreciate your input, but after nearly 9 years of free-feeding there's no going to scheduled meal times now, either. I had asked the vet about changing diet or even eliminating free-feeding, and was advised to do neither.