How do I get my dog to eat dog food again?

Question

Occasionally, I feed my dog table food. At first, he eat both dog food and table food. Now lately, it seems that he is rejecting the dog food completely. How do I get him to go back to the dog food?

Answer 1

Refuse to feed him, until he is desperate enough to eat dog food again.

Answer 2

Your dog is prefering table food because it's salty and has more flavor than dog food. It's not much different from us--do you want a plain corn chip day in and day out or would you appreciate someone throw a bag of Dorito's at you? Exactly.

Stop offering him table foods or mix it with his kibble. You can also make a cup of boulion (beef or chicken) and slightly moisten the kibble. Boullion is usually rather salty so it'll add a beef and a salt taste to his otherwise ignored kibble. It just might work!

Good luck!

Answer 3

Maybe you have to wean them off of human food the same way a person is weaned off of medication. Give him a plate of 75% human food, and 25% dog food and mix it all up. then 2 weeks later a plate of 50% human food and 50% dog food and mix it all up. Then 2 weeks later 25% human food and 75%dog food and mix it all up. Then the 25% human food and 75% dog food after the 2 weeks, do it on every other day. While the other days only give him dog food. for 2 weeks. Then for 2 weeks on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, give him 75% dog food and 25% human food all mixed up. The other days it only dog food. Then Just 2 days a week like Monday and Thursday it's the 75%dog food and 25% human food and the other days it's only dog food. Then for 2 weeks only on 1 day give him the mix of human food and dog food and all the other days it's dog food. Then no more human food it's only dog food. The how a person is slowly weaned off of a addictive medication, so maybe a dog has to be weaned off of human food that way.

Answer 4

Wait some time until he gets hungry, then mix in a little table food with the regular dog food. Then gradually take out table food until its just dog food. Hope this works.

Answer 5

My dog was addicted to people food and got really fat. I researched the top quality dry food, but he still wouldn't eat it. I then made broth from chicken,no seasonings, (do use not bullion, it's too high in sodium) and moistened his dry food with a little broth. He eats the dog food now and has begun to slim down.

Answer 6

He's being stubburn, unless you changed his dog food, stop giving him table scraps altogether, no exceptions, he'll get the hint that he's supposed to eat dog food and not people food.

Answer 7

Dogs are more drawn to our food than they are to their food. Once they get a taste, that's all they wany. My dog eats both. When he starts to beg, don't give him any of your food. He will not want to starve, so he will eat his food before he gets unbearably hungry.

Answer 8

Once you get started with table food, it is hard to get them to go back to dog food. It is best to completely stop feeding him anything but the dog food. If there is nothing else available to him, he will eat it.

Answer 9

Feed your dog, Beneful prepared meals. It looks like human food and dogs love. It comes in like 8 different flavors and its like $1.30-$1.60 @ most stores. ( Wal-mart, Target, Grocery Stores) It's my dogs favorite. She eats all of it when we put it in her dish. When we give her just dry food, she won't eat it unless she knows she isn't getting anything mixed ( table food)in it. When we give her any other type of wet dog food, she won't eat it. So we stock up on Beneful meals. Good luck to you

Answer 10

don't ever feed your dog human food do you want it to live 3 to 4 years or 15?