My akita mix is a very fussy eater. i have a big bag of bakers complete and half a bag of breeders pack and skinners mixed together, when i got him he was on breeders pack and half a tin of meat a day but literally the same day he started refusing to eat it. then we buy small pack of bakers puppy complete and he ate that no problem for about a week so we buy adult mix and he ate that for around 3 days then wouldnt touch it so we try the puppy stuff and he eat it for a day then turned his nose up at it, we mix the two and still not touch it, not even with meat so now i try him on breeders pack and he eat thet for a few days then turn his nose up so i try bakers and he eat that, its not as if i giving him the option to eat others things, i will only swap the foods round wen he starts loosing weight but i cant carry on like this, its as if he gets bored of the food.
Yes, my dog is the same. I don't know what those things are you are feeding him (very nondescript) so this post is not commenting on the merits of that food, or the lack thereof.
It's commenting on how you get him to eat what he's given.
You really have to take a "tuff crap" attitude. Take the untouched food away after 20 minutes. No treats during the day and give same meal again next mealtime. Keep this up until he eats. He'll eventually eat it.
I do a milder version of this because I give my dog more choices than what you've posted but at the end of the day, it's a similar method.
Hope this helps. It's what worked for my fussy GSD.
Maybe he is trying to tell you that he should be fed a RAW diet
I have a fussy eater that isn't impressed by most raw, either.
I did what Judy recommended for my girl, although she roamed the house like a vulture until she gave in and ate what I was giving her. She's still slow - she likes to toss her food around the kitchen floor, chase it, and then go in for the kill. Needless to say, feeding raw has been a pleasure clean up after.
For my girl, it was the extra attention she was getting by not eating that she liked. "Come on Bella, eat! Look, it's delicious, Digger's eating it..." and I'd talk and talk and try to convince her. Those were the days.......when my dogs didn't do what I wanted.
Are your dog getting enough exercise?? I have never had a dog that refused food after an hour of activity
Fussy eaters for the most part usually comes from lack of exercise and stimulation.Look at your dogs daily routine see what you can change.
Not sure who you're posting to Angelique: I'll say my dog was like this from day one. Besides being a very dainty eater , if anything, anything at all was going on while he was eating, he'd always leave his food bowl to go investigate. HA! That's funny. Now that I think about it, he's a lot like me. Eating to me is like stopping for a red light; annoying but it has to be done .
Ugh! I was afraid this would happen. I figured some of you guys would ask that question. That pic is one of my favorites of Gunnar, hence it's in my signature, but the puppy in the pic ....
Unfortunately the sweet puppy next to Gunnar was Mieke, my sister's pup. She's the one my sister had to put down at 15 weeks old .
Angelique, that's the best suggestion I've heard so far!!
It's amazing how much effort and thought some people will put into getting their dogs to eat sometimes... If the dog's healthy and refusing to eat, it's either overweight or just not hungry.
Exercise does wonders for fussy eaters. Same as humans... how motivated are we to eat (boring foods especially) if we've been sitting on our butts all day long? lol
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, if anything, anything at all was going on while he was eating, he'd always leave his food bowl to go investigate. HA! That's funny. Now that I think about it, he's a lot like me. Eating to me is like stopping for a red light; annoying but it has to be done 
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Ugh! I was afraid this would happen. I figured some of you guys would ask that question. That pic is one of my favorites of Gunnar, hence it's in my signature, but the puppy in the pic 
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