I have a Jack Russell, he is nearly 6 years old. He has his water from a black food bowl and his food from a brown one.
The problem started about three months ago. He refused to eat or drink from either, appearing to be frightened of them. Now he has gone back to drinking from the black bowl, but the food is still an issue.
First he would eat if I moved the brown bowl somewhere else. This was fine for a few days. Then he refused again and would only eat if I hand fed him from brown bowl.
I put his food in the black and water in the brown, he refused both.
I have tried his food in a pasta bowl, a flat bowl (varying colours, as apparently that makes a difference to him ), two kinds of plastic bowl, a plastic tray, a metal tray, a side plate and dinner plate (again, different colours) and to be fair am now running out of crockery to try!
Each works for a couple of days, then he will go back to being scared of them, barking at it and running away, or maybe being really brave and collecting a mouthful of food to bring and eat from my living room carpet.
Any suggestions? Is there something actually wrong with him or is he just being a manipulative dick?
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HavingaPanda · 09/05/2018 18:28
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