
Man’s best friend has just a few simple needs in life and they all revolve around eating. Whether a dog is playing, cuddling, or sleeping, when they hear the sound of dinner being opened and prepared, they come running.
Some of the more voracious pup’s appetites appear to have no limits and they will scarf up any and all treats or food scraps thrown their way, then continue on to eat grass, rocks, and whatever else they come across.
In direct contrast to these hungry dogs are the rare few who have very weak appetites and are extremely picky eaters. This type of dog doesn’t get all that excited around dinner time and when a bowl of food is placed under its nose, it doesn’t dig right in.
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Instead, they sniff their meals hesitantly before pushing the morsels around a bit and maybe they take a few bites, then walk off unimpressed.
Such was the case for Luna who has been a picky eater over the years. However, the owner found a perfect way to get Luna to eat every time, and fortunately for him, it doesn’t involve going broke buying canine filet mignon.
Check out his perfect “solution” in the video on the next page!
Cathy Ishmael
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That’s funny. The first golden I’ve ever seen with food issues.
John Aumock
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Awesome idea.
Chloe Leung
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Lol pretty sure it won’t work on a picky husky. Ours gets awesome cuts of fresh meat every day and still she turns her nose. We have to do all sorts of weird things to get her to eat and the different methods all stop working pretty quickly.
Things we’ve tried: putting her food into bite sized pieces and making her catch it or do tricks for it, pretending to steal the food from her, hiding the food in a box so that she has to open and “steal” it. Searing the outside of the food and serving in on a plate so that she thinks it’s human food.
Susan Thackray
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Shay Strickland
Erzsebet Egyed
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Oh my gosh we have to hide the dry food in a big plastic container. I think my lab Bruno would it the whole bagful.
Mike Buffin
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Colleen Werve Buffin
Carmel Cieslak
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Jessica Therese Cieslak
Hardy’s twin lol
Barb Foy Huffstutler
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Charles Huffstutler- no more canned food?
Linda Bourgeois
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That looks like misty.
Brandi Belcher
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Laura Stockett wonder if G would fall for this?!
Sharon Ann Redo
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My Golden is going to start getting tricked! This is great….how did you come up with this?
Jo Anne Smith
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That’s so cute.
Liz Munoz
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When you get home don’t forget to cook Xena’s food ok. Rene Mendez
Virginia van Domselaar
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I add warmed salt free chicken broth
Nick Diesel
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Kimberly Podlovits hahahaha
Jacqueline Gimbel Ecclestone
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Too funny . I have to stir my dogs food with a spoon before he will eat it . But he gobbles it up every time:)
Christiane Leclerc
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Christine Leclerc
Jean Walker Lowell
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Yup…i understand…argh!
Michael Otts
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Haha my dad used mix water in with my old Rotts food to trick her into thinking it was mixed w wet dog food
Barbara Hauer
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Sometimes a dog just wants a homecooked meal…
Christine Leclerc
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Lmfao
Alice Marcano
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Pavlov knew about dogs & bells apparently! LOL!
Stephen McCloy
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Elizabeth. Need to try this with Jake xx
Amelia Gilmore
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Jandre Slabbert isbabeos
James McClughen
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She probably sees you cook your food in there and hears that beep then sees you eat so she thinks that’s how food is supposed to be made. Makes sense
Bruce McDermaid
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Terrey McDermaid
Genevieve B Rodriguez
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Thanks to this video I learned to “cook” my Golden’s dinner so she’ll eat it too. I tell her I’m going to cook it. She dances. I drizzle warm water over her kibble. Turn my back and she gobbles it down.
Lynn Kirkpatrick
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I can so see Jimmy Kirkpatrick doing this
Todd Stone
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Patricia Stone
Sarah Williams
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Jarno Ruscoe
Dorothy Gunter
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How about if he doesn’t eat dry food give him wet.
Kathy Glahe
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Or, try putting warm water on it.
Nancy Brettell
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It’s so much better when it’s “cooked”!
Niky Jack
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Jasmine Jack
Sharon Langman
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Ha ha none of my 3 would be tricked !
Eileen Spillane
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Roly in me kitchen Diane Mhic Eochagáin
Shannon O'Leary
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Jessica Duger is Bella eating yet? Lol
John Hochstetler
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Kathy Hochstetler…need to try this
Jessica Duger
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Nope not eating yet. We can try this. lol
Toran Hedgepath
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Tamara Carver
Debbie Kimler Nicastro
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I need to try that.
Treasure Noel
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To them its being cooked like ours
Joe Weber
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I’m surprised any dog will eat dry food. It’s unlike anything they would eat naturally.
Kathy Hochstetler
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OMG! Not sure that this will work with Scooter but we will have to try.
Mark Nibbles
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Sometimes older dogs don’t like dry dog food because it hurts their teeth. The anticipation of receiving food that is “cooked” encourages them to eat.
Rachel Wakefield
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I’m going to try this on mine
Sarah Morton
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Greg Morton
Greg Morton
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That’s amazing. Dogs are so smart
Naomi Lynch
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Merinda Contouri
Stacey Ford
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Amanda Wojcikowski Alyssa Zwierink Douglas Brown. Maybe we should try this for pepper