Just saw your thread and wanted to say Im so glad Sammy is feeling better. My oldest was a picky eater when she was a pup and my youngest. Luckily for the youngest, having 6 fursiblings helped the situation. Good luck.

I keep a can of Bumble Bee Red Salmon in the cupboard and when Sully is being picky - I add a tablespoon of it to his food and he inhales it. I think he gets bored with the same ole kibble every day and the salmon is super stinky and he LOVE, LOVE, LOVES it.

Breakthrough!
 

You guys have no idea what I discovered yesterday to get Sammy eat his Kibble Straight up Dry! :D It's ridiculous....I tried to play with him with the Kibble. I started grabbing 1 or 2 kibble in my hand and then threw it on the floor making him go and sniff it...and right when he's about to dive for it, I take it away from him. :animal36 It ended up being a game :animal-pa...since he thinks it's a challenge. He then started eating that kibble in a hurry because he thinks i'm gonna steal it from him. I then grabbed a good 5-10 kibbles in my hand; and tossed it in the mid air and let it scatter all over the ground then I'd race him to collect them back to my hand and purposely giving him a chance to steal some. Sometimes he'd grab a couple...and he'd run to under the table to take his time to eat it. And i'd pretend to approach him to make him think it's a game and I may still steal it from him.

He finally ate more than 2 hand full of Kibble! I'm SOO happy with the result. I even tried putting it in a treat ball and be next to him as he rolls the treat ball. As soon as a treat drops out, i'd try to beat him to grab the kibble and put it back in the ball. :D

I did it this morning again and it worked :thumbup: ...except now it takes me a good 20 mins to feed him. Anyways....I notice this method only works if I'm there trying to take from him...otherwise, if i leave him alone with the treat ball...he won't eat it even when the kibble rolls out from the ball. :confused:

Just thought I'd share the GREAT news! :animal36 You're right, sometimes you just gotta trick these little brats! :aimeeyork

I know this method is not the best because the last thing I want in the future is for me to drop something he's not suppose to eat; then i'll have a hard time teaching him to drop whatever it is. Plus, I want him to willingly eat his food. But at least now I don't have to worry about cooking him food or mixing wet food then throw it away if he decides not to eat (For Now:rolleyes:). I simply put the dry food back in the bowl for the next meal ;).

I'll try to update once I figure out a better way....