I've always used the same method when I've gotten a new pup "if you don't eat it within 30 mins, some one else will" and this seemed to work, however this was when I lived with my parents and we had more of a pack of dogs (4)

When I moved out it was just Razzle I took and he was well over a year & eating well so had no problems but now we've have a pup join us and I just don't know how to feed the pup. Got the puppy pen up in the dog room, Razzle eats in the dog room (he doesn't snatch food from others & isn't food possesive)
Should I leave puppy in the pen for 30 mins then if he hasn't eaten

A. let Raz eat it
B. bin it
C. leave it in whilst i go out to work

Or let him eat out of the pen next to Raz and as above if he hasn't eaten it A or B

I just want to adopt the same method each meal but I'm not too sure what to do, at my parents it was all in the kitchen together and if you didn't eat it some one else did and that was that till next meal time.

Thanks :)

When I got Buster as a pup I had 1 older dog. The odler dog was fed in the hallway, Buster fed in the kitchen, a stair gate dividing the 2 (pup would steal oldies food if given the chance). Buster was given his food, if it wasn't eaten in 15 mins, it was binned. I only ever chucked out 2 of his meals.
I wouldn't feed any left from pups meal to the older dog so as not to over-feed him (he was neutered, so put on weight if diet not monitered).

So, personally, if pup has not eaten his food in the alloted time, I would bin it.

Bin it.  Puppy food is normally much higher protein, fat etc that adult food and I wouldn't want to feed my adults pup food.

It's good to have them eating within sight of each other but separated to prevent any episodes of bad manners!

As long as you have an established routine about calling them to eat, being able to watch you prepare food etc then it should be enough to get their apetites stimulated.  If either of them can't be bothered to eat after that then yes, pick it up and bin it.

I found that when we had a pup, on 4 then 3 meals a day, both dogs always ate better when fed side by side.  If the pup had no perceived competition he sometimes got bored half way through.   If he left a large amount I might just increase the portion a little for the next feed if I thought he was missing too much, otherwise we'd just carry on as normal.

Even now, both will be sure to finish when the other is around :) 

With ours i kept the pup seperate for the first few months, if he failed to eat his dinner after about 10 mins i would pick up the food. Depending on what he had i would either store the food if just dry or if it was meat then back in the fridge till the next meal. If mixed up of the above then i would chuck it..
Both mine are now fed side by side, if they walk away the other will eat it, after 10 mins it gets picked up again..

We have a pup and two adults, they are all on different foods so are kept seperate although none of them are food aggressive / possesive.

It stays down for fifteen to twenty minutes and if they haven't started to eat it by then it's lifted.

It seems to work well for us.

Nicki xx

Thanks for all the replies, they ate side by side last night in the kitchen whilst I ate my tea & all went well!

Didn't eat this morning so i lifted it after 15 mins and binned it. So hopefully he'll be a hugry boy for his second meal! :)
Thanks again everyone