Hey There....food question and please be patient while I give a little background.
I have a 19 month old EM, who weighs roughly 165. Food has ALWAYS been an issue. He is picky picky picky. I've gone from Wellness to Blue Buffalo to now, Taste of the Wild. Perhaps, I created this:-( Right now he eats Taste of the Wild (Wetlands) "wet" food, but, he is given far too much table food, which I want to stop all together. Not only is it not healthy for him, but he now doesn't want to eat any dog food. Food is just too expensive for him to waste.
I just can't have that. So 3 questions....how long will he go without eating if I just do cold turkey from table scraps? I feel horrible when he doesn't eat anything.
Next question, the reason I give him wet is that he eats it better and when I have given him dry he doesn't chew anyway, he inhales so I didn't see much difference. Is there? I do have other things for him to chew on for his teeth.
Final question....I do leave is food dish own all the time...and it just sits there. Does putting the food down for a short time only really help him to know he needs to get it now or never? I've heard different schools of thoughts on that.
Any and all thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated. I am SOOOOOO overwhelmed with this.
Thanks in advance to all who reply?