I had to laugh when I saw the thread title because Tatum is such a coot with her bowl. We got Tatum when we were building our new house and living with my mother-in-law. I just had small ceramic bowls for her then. She loved to put her paw on the edge and tip it over just enough for some food to fall out and then eat it off the floor. But she made such a mess doing that! When we moved, I got her these adorable bowls from Target that are animal print on the ouside and a dark magenta with "Indulge" painted on the inside bottom (has anybody seen those? adorable!) but they are ceramic with the slanted edges - don't know how to describe it - where they can't be tipped over easily. Well, she was not happy about that. She still, after about a month, tries every so often to tip it over and can't do it! But yesterday I saw her take a couple pieces out and carry it over to the rug to eat it. Now that's how our poodle used to eat - never straight out of the bowl.
But for the question you actually asked..... I did have to hand feed Tatum for a couple weeks after we got her but eventually she started eating out of the bowl. I think almost everyone has gone through that here so I don't think it's much to worry about. But the longer you pamper her by doing that, the longer she'll let you think you HAVE to do it!
