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Originally Posted by Maximo  Congratulations on the new addition to your family. Thank you for giving a pet in need a good home. 
Hold the treats until he starts eating his regular meals. Choose a kibble and/or wet food that he seems reasonably interested in, and stick to it. Put the food dish down and leave it for 20 minutes, then pick it up until the meal time (try 3 times a day). A healthy dog will not purposely starve itself. Eventually he will eat. He is a good size, so you don't need to worry too much about a hypoglycemic episode.
However, if you keep offering food alternatives, especially treats, he will continue to hold out for the good stuff. In this case, he is training you.
You can entice him to eat by making a game out of eating. Try working on basic obedience and trick training and use the kibble as the reward. This will also make the kibble more appealing to him. |
I agree with the above. I made the same mistake and it just fed into my pup's pickiness. Eventually, knowing he is healthy, I set meal times. He quickly learned the food I was offering was what he was going to be getting. Not treats, and no human food. Once we had that under control, he was allowed to have treats under the, Nothing In Life Is Free training method. Before he can have any kind of treat (a bit of human food or dog treats) he had to do something for me. A treat, potty in the correct place (outside) or stand in the correct area. (the pupsters weren't allowed in the kitchen, he had to go sit on the carpet to get a treat)