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My dog prefers human food. How can I make him eat his dog food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 10 months old

But the problem is he prefers human food to dog food but I don’t give him human anymore and just leave the dog food out because if he’s hungry enough he’ll eat it he does it a bit of it but not enough he isn’t underweight or anything I think that he likes raw carrots and raw fruits and veg because he knows it’s human food but just a theory

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on August 20th, 2018

I think that's a good theory! Marley probably does like the taste of human food, and he's sneaking out to the fields to get his fix. But if you keep him from doing this, he will eat more of his dog food. I hope this helps!

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