My dog suddenly want to eat the dry food with youghurt or with chicken soup other than that she eats half of her food and leave it what i can do to let her eat her dry food without any extras? Note: she has an injury and she didnt get out of home for 2 weeks or more cause she cant make any effort this can affect her appetit and can be a reason for this behaviour? Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 9 months and 25 days old | 59 lbs

Hi and thank you for your post on Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! My best advice is to have leave the dry food without the yogurt or the chicken soup. It may take a day or so until she finally gives in and eats the unadorned food, but she wont starve! She will eventually eat the dry food. Having the yogurt and the chicken in the dry food is not good for her when received every day and she is best without it. I'm not certain the injury has much of a role here. I think perhaps she got use to eating her dry food with lots of delicious toppings and may have become a bit of a picky eater. :) She will eat the dry food eventually by itself-it may take a day, however. Try not to add extras to the food or switch foods during this time. I hope this helps and best of luck to you and Soska!

Small breed dogs are notoriously picky and I'm afraid you have made it worse by giving in to her "not liking a food" so quickly that you have trained her to hold out for something better. I suggest you refer to this article for more information on how to handle this. I recommend you pick one food that you want to feed that is in your budget and follow the steps in the article. Do not give any treats or humans foods. Do not talk to her at all during feeding time. She will not starve herself. Dogs can go multiple days without eating. Don't feel sorry for her. To entice her to eat you can mix a teaspoon of canned dog food (the same brand) in with the dry food. ( https://www.hillspet.com/dog-care/nutrition-feeding/my-dog-is-a-picky-eater ) As a side note, if you are not planning to breed her you should have her spayed. Hormones can cause them to be picky eaters.

There can be many reasons for finicky eating: https://www.petcoach.co/article/my-pet-is-a-finicky-eater/ Some dogs are also just not good eaters. My advice is to pick a high quality food and stick with it. The two brands that seem to be most palatable are Royal Canin and Purina ProPlan. Also, as long as your pet is healthy, its ok if she skips a couple meals. Dogs are smart and they often train humans to give them something else. The more you add things, the more finicky she may become. If she vomits from an empty stomach, wait a an hour after meal time and then give her a small snack (like a couple dog biscuits). That way she has something on her belly and does not associate the treat with meal time (you certainly don't want to reward not eating well). Have her examined if illness or a medical cause is suspected. I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.