My dog only eats her food if you spoon feed her or if you hold the bowl to her face. How can I get her to eat normally?

My dog only eats her food if you spoon feed her or if you hold the bowl to her face. How can I get her to eat normally? Asked by innuendo 35 months ago Similar questions: dog eats food spoon feed hold bowl face eat Pets > Dogs.

Similar questions: dog eats food spoon feed hold bowl face eat.

It's easy. Put the food in the bowl and set it on the floor. If she doesn't eat it within 15 minutes pick it up.

Cover the bowl to keep the food clean and fresh. Do not give it to her until the next feeding time. Next meal time: Set the bowl down and if she doesn't eat it within 15 minutes pick it up.

But this time throw it away. It will have been out to long to hold for the next meal. Next meal time: Then keep repeating that cycle until she eats.

I guarantee you she will. You are unlearning behavior that you have taught her. That she will be hand fed.

Plus it puts her in control of YOU. You are the leader not her and she needs to understand that. Good luck!.

1 I am giggling at the thought of spoon feeding a dog. Ok, this is going to sound harsh, but I guarantee it will work. Put her food in the bowl.

Put her bowl on the floor. WALK AWAY. Never again should you hold her bowl or feed her with a spoon.

When she gets hungry enough , she will eat out of the bowl on the floor. It will take a while, but dogs are smart. As soon as she realizes that she has to eat off the floor, or go hungry, she will eat off the floor.

She has you trained. Now, you need to become the master. Right now, she is.

I am giggling at the thought of spoon feeding a dog. Ok, this is going to sound harsh, but I guarantee it will work. Put her food in the bowl.

Put her bowl on the floor. WALK AWAY. Never again should you hold her bowl or feed her with a spoon.

When she gets hungry enough , she will eat out of the bowl on the floor. It will take a while, but dogs are smart. As soon as she realizes that she has to eat off the floor, or go hungry, she will eat off the floor.

She has you trained. Now, you need to become the master. Right now, she is.

2 I can't anything to that ....TurboB hit the nail on the head. You got PWNED by your dog....you are not the Alpha in the pack and you need to do something about that.

I can't anything to that ....TurboB hit the nail on the head. You got PWNED by your dog....you are not the Alpha in the pack and you need to do something about that.

3 TurboB is right. I was doing that when we had our dog and the breeder told me to stop because I was training the dog to eat like that. He told me the dog will eat when he is hungry and not to worry about it and he was right.

TurboB is right. I was doing that when we had our dog and the breeder told me to stop because I was training the dog to eat like that. He told me the dog will eat when he is hungry and not to worry about it and he was right.

4 Sounds like you have over indulged your dog. Why? .

Sounds like you have over indulged your dog. Why?

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My dog won't eat inless I spoon feed her or pretend I'm eating it she has eaten 4 bowls of food in 2 weeks.

Is there a plant I can buy,or food for a dog that has the same taste and results as when he eats certain weeds.

My dog won't eat near her food bowl she eats in living room on carpet I put a rug under her bowls but no diff wht do I do.

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