I also went through all this with Bridget. I tried every dish/bowl in the house. Even no plate/bowl. She would only eat her food if fed by hand - or if given as a "treat" (which takes forever with the size her kibble is). Even her soft/canned food she would only eat from a spoon or my fingers. I figured this was it and I needed to get her to eat - so be it. Then I noticed - all the dishes she wouldn't eat her food from - were the same dishes she would steal the cat food from.....she was obviously smarter then I am - or should I say WAS. I still hand feed her kibble to her in the evening - it's kind of our bonding time. But I do know that she will eat it if she's hungry (I've seen her do it), and I do leave some out for her during the day...just in case. She also likes to have ice cube in her water - I don't think it's so much for the drinking part as it is for the playing part. She has trained me well....! |