My Dexter is this way also. My guess would be he waits all day for something better and when nothing comes then he'll settle for his own food. Ive started doing meal times where if he does not eat within a 1/2 hour of me putting his food down I pick it up and try again later, and I never give him people food. This new routine has being going on since April and he's starting to finally eat as his meal times. Although he still holds out sometimes.
It may take many months to get your dog into a routine with meal times, but you might want to try that. Oh I also add water to Dexters food and he seems to like that better and will usually eat within 10 mins of me putting it down on the floor (once the water makes it softer)
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