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just an update.... he officially ate ALL his breakfast from his bowl this morning! i still had to stand next to it for him to eat, but at least it wasn't sitting or handfeeding! he'd started to do it bit by bit throughout yesterday - though he was still chickening out part way through the feeds... until last night. he ate 3/4 of his dinner from his bowl with me sitting next to it, took him a while (stopping, backing up, whining, coming back) but he did it - then he ate the whole lot of his breakfast with me standing by it this morning! yay! another day or two and i think he'll be right! thanks for your help everyone!

thanks everyone! the bowl has grip stuff on the bottom - but i reckon you all might be onto something about not use to being the only one eating. he seriously always looks at me as if he's not sure he's allowed to touch it. the breeder fed them in the kitchen too - but their bowls are all cereamic white ones. i'm going to hit the shops soon and find some... we have made progress though! i just fed him lunch and he took a few mouthfulls from the bowl, (halfway through the feed, with my hand practically in the bowl with some food on it too...) then he realised what was happening and he scampered back a few feet whining. it's progress at least! i'll see if the same colour bowls as the breeder works... thanks so much for your input! it's helped greatly!

thanks N. i had a look - hehe, about three actually (the little darling didn't want to play along) and everything looks fine... there didn't seem to be any sore looking areas or red bits... the breeder was stumped too. she suggested that he might just be being a sook... since he will eat a whole meal from my hand but not his bowl... though he never had a prob sharing the community bowl before he left her... i'll keep trudging along for now - if it looks like he's dropping food that i'm hand feeding i'll get him to the vet asap. if he stays as he is i'll make sure the vet gives him a once over again at his needle app in a couple weeks. thanks guys!

he is fed on the floor, in the kitchen, where he's suppose to eat. the first bowls were shiny (so yeah, the reflection thing maybe i thought too) but the latest ones have a matt finish to them, so there really isn't much of anything relected. he doesn't touch his liquids if the food is there. he avoids the whole area unless i'm standing near it. he watches me as if he's not sure its okay to touch any of it. i'll give the ceramic a shot for his water. thanks!

we brought jack home sunday (8 wk old pug) and he's doing great - we escaped the runs and he's settling in perfectlyy with everything - except feeding. he won't touch his food. the breeder sent home a week's worth with us, and i did everythng she said/wrote to the letter. but he won't have a bar of it. 24 hours later and stll nothing. BUT what i was noicing was that everytime i put his bowl down, he'd go near it, sniffing (tentitvly) and as soon as he got close, would whimper and bck away about a meter. he was doing this everytime. one time he even did a whiny yap then ran to his bed. at 30 hours i changed his bowls, and stopped taking the food away. same reaction. so last night i offered the same food by hand. he was very hesitant and wary, but ended up eating it after some coaxing. i slowly brought my hand close to his food bowl as i fed him, which he followed. this morning (as with last ight) he'll eat from my hand if its hovering just above his bowl, buy as soon as its lowered in (where the rest of his food is) he whimpers and backs away. (tal strait, not curled like normal) hand feeding is not something i want to get stuck on, and i'm trying to keep everything over his bowl, but i don't know what else i can do or what to make of it. is he scared of his food bowl or is it something else? any ideas or help is appreciated! FYI: bowls are stainless steel and cleaned thoroughly. location is the kitchen, after everyone has finished eating. food is meat (varies from lean mince and chicken) and kibble (RC) (basic description - exactly what breeder used) he's been free of the runs, and is a mix between hyper play time with toys and cuddling/passed out on his bed. he will drink puppy milk from the same type of bowl his food is in but not water.

awww! they are so gorgeous! congrats to you and kinta!