My puppy seems to enjoy eating out of any bowl... that is not his. We purchased the "right" non-skid stainless steel bowls and puppy will eat from the cat's plate or the dog's dish. He seems to prefer a plate (he's eating off of a paper one) but yet he will eat and drink from the other dog's stainless dish. I think it is probably that he prefers wet food or adult dog food to his weird mixture of Nutro Ultra Puppy, Nutro Max Large Breed Puppy, and Orijen Large Breed Puppy. However I am not ruling out that he is a treat hound and is holding out for treats in place of food. Is switching bowls a good idea or should we make him learn to use the ones we bought? I don't really want to feed him wet food.
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A Dog Bowl (Plate) Fit For A King! by: Teresa - Your Webhost
Are you sure your dog wasn't born with a silver "bone" is his mouth? All kidding aside...
This sounds like it could be a training issue. But who's training whom? Did you try picking one dog bowl and only feeding your dog in that bowl?
You may have to let your dog go hungry for a while (a little tough love here), but he probably won't be in any danger of wasting away. If his food goes stale, remove it and put fresh food in his bowl for his next meal.
For this to have any chance of working you'll need to hold firm to your decision to feed your dog in his dog bowl. Look the other way if you must and avoid those heart-breaking looks (you know the ones I mean) and just don't give in and offer him a meal on one of your fine porcelain plates!
You could also try enticing your dog with something he'll find hard to resist -- like a piece of meat, a yummy dog treat or whatever food he finds irresistible. But make sure you place the treat in his dog bowl. If he wants it badly enough he'll give in and take it from his bowl.
If you're able to train him to use just one bowl at first he may be open to using others. You may find you're able to get some good use out of your menagerie of dog bowls. Just think... he'll be the only dog in town with such an amazing assortment of dinnerware.
Good luck, be strong and thanks so much for sharing your amusing dog bowl story.
