Sounds like a little attention-grabber like my Tibbe! He'd make me jump through these hoops to get him to eat if he could get away with it. Like the previous poster suggested, I would put down his food - in a different spot in the room - from where it is now, using a new bowl and leave it the 15 - 20 minutes and take it up at the end of that time each morning and then about 8 - 9 hours later, repeat that process. Do not sit down or allow him in your lap while his bowl is down and he should be eating, ignore his protests, whines or barks - totally. In time, you will either return to what he wants with the shenanigans he's been putting you through or he will learn to eat on his own as other dogs do.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |