I found this out, quite by accident. But over the weekend, my husband and I would go and feed Halo her morning grain/feed, and then hang out for a bit, then I lunged her and groomed her, and walked her around the grounds, where she is boarded. I noticed how much more accepting, and loving she was, with food in her tummy. I usually, am working and can't get to see her until mid to later afternoon. By then she has gone several hours without food. (I am currently making her a slow feeder to help with that). But I was wondering, if it would be ok, that when I come between feedings like that, if giving her like 1/3 of the feed, from her evening feeding and a handful of hay, let her eat a mid day "snack", then working with her would be ok. I don't work her hard and sometimes, all I am doing is walking her around the grounds, but if I haven't let her eat something first, she seems hungry and doesn't want to focus.The problem is, I wouldn't always get there that early, and may just get there, right at the evening feeding. So she wouldn't get that "snack" every single day. Is that going to cause any digestive or other issues, you think? It isn't like she would be getting more food in a day, just split up, on those days, that I can do that. Right now, it has been way too hot, so I am just getting there, a tiny bit before the last feeding, and doing that, then loving on her, and getting back home to may AC. Can't wait for the heat to subside.