Barney is not an enthusiastic eater either. I do something that helps me know he gets his daily food. Maybe something like this would help you?
I use kibble, and when I measure out my 1/2 cup for the day for Barney, I take some of it and put it in other containers. I keep those in two places in the house (out of reach). Then, during play time usually after meals and potty, I made a big deal about getting the containers down, and we do training time together. We practice come, sit, down right now. He likes to eat the kibble from my hands as a reward. This may be bad from a hand feeding perspective, but I feel like he gets his daily food, enjoys it, and is learning commands. I try to do it near meal time so I don't throw off his pooping schedule.
Good luck with figuring out what will work with your dog.
I am glad I am not the only one that does this. Usually if Jaxx has a lot of food leftover from his evening meal then I will use it for training in the evenings. He does not seem to mind the difference between that and treats and he gets all hyper when I use the food as a treat for training. He has always loved to play with his food and carry it back to his bed at times so I figured I could use it for training if he liked to play with it so much.
Have you tried Honest Kitchen food and add raw to it! I really love this food as it offers a variety of flavors all in one (ex. vegetables, vitamins, etc) All dogs love table-scraps and to them THK is like table-scraps but in a great way.
I have a picky eater too and one that will eat anything u give him....the picky one drives me crazy cause she is so tiny I know she has to eat...she is around 4 pounds...She goes off her food every so many months...What I do is add some boneless,skinless chicken breast cooked to her reg canned food...she usually will eat at least the canned but hardly any kibble..this goes on for weeks at times then I wean her off the chicken then she is good again for a few months...I don't know if she is just bored with her food...so I change that up as well ...sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't...so I feel for you too...
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