my dog will only eat her food when i am in the same room as her, if i move rooms she follows help !?

Answer 1

Start by retraining her to learn that the food dish will only remain on the ground for a set amount of time and be consistent, pick 5 or 10 minutes. Let her eat while you're in the room and remove the bowl after the set time, let's sy 5 minutes. And after she sees and learns it's going to get picked up after 5..like for a week or so.

Start the next week where you step into the room next to where she is fed, is she follows fine but after 5 minutes go back to the bowl and remove it. Now no matter whether you feed her once or twice a day...don't give her any food or treats until the next regular feeding time and repeat. She will eventually stay to eat even when you step into the other room because she is hungry. The hard part on you will be guilt but like humans as long as the dog is drinking water and staying hydrated she won't be harmed long term..nature will kick in and she will eat when she gets hungry enough. Just remember stay consistent and when she is finally eating even when you're in the next room..do that for a week than start going to further away places in the home...again always return after 5 minutes to remove the bowl whether she eats or not. She'll eventually learn.

Answer 2

Means that your dog loves you and sees you as the leader of the pack. Eating only when you are there in the dogs eyes is giving you the oppotunity as top dog to eat first as your position in the pack in the wild would mean that. Dogs are team players and she feels better if she's kept in the loop. Maybe getting her used to sitting or lying in a certain place in the room where you are would make things easier. Less likely to keep tripping up over her if she tends to mill around your legs all the time. Dogs like to be told what to do most of the time if they are not dominate like yours, takes the stress of decision making away from them and when they know their place in the household a lot happier. My dog does the same but will eat if asked, he knows I'm just in the next room so does'nt feel isolated.

Answer 3

She'll eat when she's hungry. Make sure you're not over-feeding her. Leave her food there for a while and if she doesn't eat it within a reasonable time, take it up and try again in a few hours. Get in the habit of exercising your dog and giving her a cool down period before feeding her and she may eat better.

Not all dogs eat all of their food at once, so you may try feeding her twice a day (morning and evening) if you are only feeding her once a day now.

Also, it could be that you are making her more anxious by your own concern over her eating. If you are constantly talking to her or encouraging her to eat, you may be confusing her. Dogs are stimulated by our actions and the sound of our voice. If you sound anxious, she will react by being anxious. In this case, you could simply put her food in another room when you feed her, where she can't get to you or see you when she's being fed. This really shouldn't be necessary, but it may make you feel better.

Answer 4

A cat I had years ago did exactly the same! I had to stay in the room or she'd pick up chunks of her food and run behind me then eat the stuff off the living room floor. If she could have I'm sure she would have brought her bowl in as well.

Answer 5

I put my dogs food in the kitchen for her to eat, however she gets a large mouth full of her food and brings it into the dining room, drops it on the floor and proceeds to eat it, then she goes back to her plate to get another mouth full and does the same. It tends to make a mess on the dining room floor of course. I think she dose this because we eat in the dining room , not in the kitchen and she dose not want to be left out of things. After all, she dosen`t know she is a dog, she probably thinks she is the same as us. She is certainly treated as one of the family.

Answer 6

Our boxer is the same. If I am sitting in the living room and she is relatively sure I will stay there, she will go into the kitchen and eat. Put her food somewhere where you hang out the most so she can eat and keep her eye on you too.

Answer 7

Hehe, canines try this as a results of fact they think of a few thing or somebody could take their nutrition. My dogs does the comparable element whilst it gets an somewhat "sturdy haul" aka an entire a million/2 a sanwhich, or a bagel. She'll very tender %. up the recent handle, then walk over to a chair or table, positioned her head under it, and consume the nutrition there. Very strange, unusually ammusing.

Answer 8

It is natural for you dog to follow you, but on the other hand you dog has nothing else to do. You dog will eat her food if you are not there and she gets hungry enough. Dogs need to have lots of exercise daily, walks are very good for you and your pet!

Answer 9

Your pack leader, so she does what you do. any chance your feeding her in the kitchen or dining room?
its not such a big problem is it? You have 10 minutes to watch your dog eat or do you need to rush off? perhaps your dog gets lonely, nervous without her pack leader.
Try leaving out food to graze, if the dog is hungry she will eat, if not she will leave it till you return.

Answer 10

Be pleased that she views you as the pack leader and make it a social time. My lab does the same thing. I fix her food and then sit down and go through the mail or read the newspaper for a few minutes while she finishes. She enjoys it and I get off my feet for a few minutes. Good for both of us!