Hello! I cannot THANK YOU AND YOUR WIFE ENOUGH for posting this video!! OMG I have been thinking I am losing my mind over how my two Maltipoos are not eating… then I somehow found your video and it’s going to help us SO MUCH! I had my first night of 3 minutes and their noses were up just like your dog. Your video is the best video I have ever seen because it’s explaining exactly how to correct this eating problem. My goodness I appreciate your help!
I have been using a similar system but only after I took my dog in to the Vet for a physical and blood work prior to be sure it's not a health related issue. (she's in perfect health). So after talking with the Vet she said that a dog will not starve itself, a cat will. So I give her 15 minutes and if she has not finished her food it's gone until the next meal. I feed twice a day morn and eve. It works well because it's all in her stubborn little mind. Yes I went in a panic like most and bought or even subscribed to fresh meals only to have her walk away after a day or two. It didn't matter what the food was or how expensive. I then found a few videos (thanks) like this one. So I realized it really is a game of wills. Don't give in or be mad and discipline your dog, just stay cool and calm and lay down the law. Let their stomach do the talking. He or she will come around.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. It's very helpful. I have a dog that is similar to your dog. (mini Goldendoodle ) she is a very picky eater. I did everything to get her to eat and I ended up getting tired and frustrated. After I watched your video, I did the same method with my dog. She didn't eat her food for 1 day and she ate the food on the second day for her dinner. No more picky!! Now, she eats better. 🥰🥰
I am trying your tips for my 4 months old Cavoodle Puppy who is such a picky eater!! I allow 15 mins instead of 3 mins, today is DAY 1 and when I am about to cave in, I watch your video and it gives me hope! Crossing my fingers!!!
Ahh good luck!! We hope it’s working for you!! The hardest part is really to stay strong and firm and not cave in.. we caved in so many times before finally putting our foot down!
Thank you so much for posting this! I followed your advice exactly and now both my dogs are eating the food I want them to eat! It is hard to watch them deprive themselves, so I really appreciated the encouragement! Love the soundtrack and dog-think captions!
Omg! My Milo is the SAME! I will definitely try this because it’s been SO frustrating trying to get him to eat. I’ve tried 10-15 different types of food so I know that’s contributed to his picky eating habit but I will train him out of it using these tips. Thanks for this helpful video!
We kept changing up his food initially as well in hopes that one will stick but it ended up turning him into an absolute picky monster! Good luck with the process and we really hope it works for you Milo!
@@DoodleDude I am with you. I created an extremely picky eater. I tried fresh food, mixed with fresh food, air dried food, different toppers, broth, you name it, i have tried it. Seeing her losing weight is the hardest part. But i will try your method and see. Hopefully she will respond the same way. I think you are right on about those chew treats and dental treats. I noticed her appetite decreased the following date if I have given him one the day prior. I will stop doing those. Not gonna lie without treats, is difficult to train. Instead, I just play with her often. Wish me luck!
We are on Day 3 fussy eating training. First two days, our young pup would not touch his food. I took the plate away after 3 minutes. Today he finally started eating after on strike for two days. I only gave him 50% of his daily amount as you suggested. He wolfed everything down in one go! Definitely heading in the right direction. Fingers crossed the fussy eater will eat all his meals in the future.
Hi, i have a toy poodle which is 9 months old, he has been on strike for 1 day due to fussy eating, can i know how long can i starve him for ? I am worried for its health as he has vomited twice due to empty stomach.
literally cried watching this video and seeing milo eat! my 5 month old cavoodle looks just like him but another colour and he needs to put on weight because he's gotten so picky. i think i have to do this!!
Thank you!! I have 4 yo super picky shih tzu and this method is works! He gave up on day 2 dinner time. Mom win! Mommy learned that mommy spoiled her too much on feeding section 😀
Thank you for this . My puppy is 9 weeks old and he will not eat his kibbles . I give him soft food Cesar but I need him to eat his kibbles so I will try this .
So glad I found your video. My Maltese just turned 9 months old and for the past month or so has become the most picky eater, first she only wanted soft dog food after giving it as a special treat, so I bought all different flavors of the Caesar’s dog food, she stopped eating that. I went back to kibble, she looked at it and walked away, now she only wants treats and even some of those she turns her nose up at. If I’m eating she wants my food so I pretend I’m giving her some and give her the dog food and that was working but I think she caught on cause yesterday she didn’t eat until she had her dinner and even then she waited until almost 9pm to eat. So far today she hasn’t touched her food so I’m gonna take it away and no treats and see what happens. How often does your dog eat? 3 meals or 2?
Oh no, we know how hard it is to manage a picky pup! Milo was absolutely the same! We only feed him 2 meals a day - once in the morning and once in the evening
Thank you so much for the tips! About tips #4, when you said giving small snack, does that mean the dog still got snack to eat before bed? So it's not absolutely no food at all if he refuses to eat the regular food?
I can feel his pain...kibble looks cold & unappetizing. I give my dog liver over dry food...does the trick. Just monitor his size and amount of liver. They love it & it's cost effective, too
This was very helpful....im in this situation now. Has great health. She wont eat her fresh pet. With alittle boiled chicken. But i will try ur method .hope it works ty
What treats do you give for a bedtime snack to prevent vomiting bile the next day? I have a 7month old mini goldendoodle who's an extremely picky eater and she would vomit bile here and there when i try to train her like this :(
@@DoodleDude the process worked perfectly after 10 days. She kept eating normally for a month and never left anything. But yesterday she started it again. So, she’s on a strike since yesterday. Is this normal that they will have to go through the process again? She’s health, we’ve been to the vets, and we have been told that everything is fine. She’s also been playing and running normally, but refuses to eat kibbles.
We don’t want to sugar coat the process so truthfully Milo will still go back to being picky every few months or. Anytime he started being picky we reinforced the process again. But we’ve now had a full year of him just being genuinely excited about his food. Also we did switch his food to Open Farm and have seen him to like it tremendously more. We’ve been feeding him open farm for over a year now and he still loves it!
Really helpful to know how long it took to get him excited about meal time. Did you stay with him while he ate or did you put the food down and walk away?
Glad this was helpful! We put the food out and walk away. One mistake we did previously was babying him too much about eating his meals. So he started expecting that and won’t eat if we don’t. So it’s something we had to recondition him with this training.
This is exactly what I needed to see. I know it’s my own doing for his eating issues but i also give in and worry when he throws up bile or sits around with a grumbling belly. I get up 45 mins early each day to get him excited and to play with him to hope it gives him an appetite and then sit at the table with my tea and silently pray that he eats. I’m gonna give it a week!
Thanks for the video, is this a common issue that just all of a sudden happens ? My 11 month mini golden doodle just started with being picky, Sunny wasn’t eating so I started to add treats mixed into his food, which worked for couple days then added little water to moisten it that got boring, finally made him chicken and rice. Which he gobbled down so I knew it wasn’t a stomach problem. He’s just being picky. I’ll definitely have to try this method before it goes too far.
I’d say it happened gradually for Milo, and we just kept giving in to his pickiness slowly.. like you, it started off manageable then escalated quickly to the point where nothing satisfied him 😅😅 Hopefully this method helps you out as much as it’s helped us!
I have a six moth old 42lbs goldendoodle that wont touch any type of kibble no matter what I add to it or if I freeze it. He use to eat it not any more. My other dog eats dr havreys paradigm food and my puppy always wants to eat my older dogs food. I was just thinking about abandon kibble for every and just feed him dr harveys canine food. However, been reading that puppies need kibble???
by the way I changed his food 3 times already. The last two was hiils diet and royal canine did not care for none of them. I am gonna try purina pro plan today to see how it works.
during this time, did you add water or anything to heat up the kibble? Before starting this process, I used to add hot water to the kibble to encourage him to eat. Ideally, I’d like for him to eat it as is straight of the pack
Such a wee cutie-pie 🥰 My dogs are all rescues, and I've got the opposite problem..... trying to stop them eating everything!! All The Best from your new Scottish Fur Friends 🐶🐯🐶 💚💜🏴
Hi this is very good video! Can i ask how old was your pup when u do this training? I just got a 4m old cavapoo who was on freezedried and kibble (mix w water diet) now he completely rejecting food n ive to keep playing w the food to entice him to eat…. Extremely stressful when im worried if i do this training the puppy will not have enough nutrients if he fast for too long
Hi Milo was already around 9 months when we started this training. We did consult with our vet first to make sure it is ok so I’d recommend checking in with your vet as well. Your vet will know about your pups health and needs much better and give a better recommendation on whether it’s ok to go with this method :)
Amazing video! I just started this process with my dog too and so far it’s been 2 days and he looks interested in the kibble but hasn’t eaten yet. Did you only feed Milo half portions of his daily meals for a week? Also how long did it take before you were able to increase his food back up to his full daily portions? I’m trying to follow this but it seems so tough even if he eats to only let him have so little for so many days :( I’m feeling too soft hearted!
My Blue a Coton de tulear is picky eater likes only human food We trying to get back on kibble blue is eating very little and we are in zero treats policy for now to correct this picky eating behavior But this is really hard for us
Our 5 mo old toy poodle all of a sudden became really picky on food, we’ve been feeding Him with (breakfast) hardboiled egg w/ boiled peas and carrots (lunch and dinner) ground chicken w/ boiled peas and carrots and some treats in between, He loved these meals but then about a couple of weeks ago He started to not want to eat any of these anymore. We’re getting worried and thought that He might be sick or anything which we hope that He’s not. Can we actually start feeding Him kibble at 5 mos and would you have any recommendation? Thank you!
Id definitely check in with your vet first to make sure everything is ok and healthy with your pup! As with switching food, we’ve done they multiple times and the trick is to ease into it. Don’t switch it out completely at once - start with just a quarter of new food and 3/4 old food and then slowly increase the proportion with the new food. The kibble bags usually have some directions on there too
This video is incredible! We created a monster too and are in the process of following the system. Can you elaborate on your experience from day 7 to ‘over 3 weeks?!’ We are at the stage of our baby taking bites, but still not finishing the bowl. I feel like we are never gonna get past him eating some bites, enough to survive, but not enough to thrive. Also did you reward during the day with other training tasks with kibble?! Would LOVE your feedback. Thanks so much!!
It took Milo around 2 weeks until he would consistently finish all his food. It really seemed impossible at first. After the first week (2nd week - 3rd week) he would eat the majority of kibble we gave him but always leave some in the bowl. And then at around 3 weeks he started finishing all and would sometimes ask for more. That’s when we started upping his portions until he’s getting the recommended feeding amount. We didn’t increase portions until he was consistently finishing the bowl for at least 3 days. We also didn’t treat at all during this correction period.. Milo is pretty toy/ball motivated so we did training with toys instead. The only deviation from kibble he got was his heartworm and flea meds 😅 We know the pain of a picky eater so really hope this method works for you!!
@@DoodleDude i watched your video and it's amazing, can i ask if your dog had rumbling tummy cause he didnt eat or didnnt eat his normal portion? cause my dogs tummy rumbling loud from not eating. i dont know how to do this training . please help..
Thank you for this video! Will definitely try this on my new toy poodle. He's with us for 3 days already but he only ate last night after being handfed. It was the previous owner who suggested it as it is what they often do. I want him to unlearn that. Hope this video helps.
We only give him one treat (a dental chew/small piece of jerky) right before bed. No other treats or food throughout the day except for his meals. The treat is only to prevent an empty stomach through the night and throwing up bile the next morning. If you treat him throughout the day, then it defeats the idea that meal time is precious! Once they’re not picky with meals for a consistent couple of weeks you can go back to treating whenever! 🤗
@@DoodleDude Thank you so much for the information! I left my dog with my parents for 2 weeks because I went on a business trip and my dog no longer eats her kibbles, only meat, treats, and wet food. I thought she was sick but vet told me she was picky, I found out then that my dad would always give in to her and would give her half of his steak for dinner 😢. Thank you for the video! Hope this would help her. ❤️❤️❤️
Can you share your detailed experience with me @nevergo?! We are still in the process and I am trying to be patient but would love to hear another success story to build confidence! Thanks!
@@ashleypickett8731 ya sure,of course, actually i brought a golden retriever and siberian husky mix after 6 months i had a problem with my pup he just stopped eating his food which was i.e.Orijen dog food,i also brought many other dog food for his taste,but he didn't even touch them nor he sniff them, i was very worried about him so i tried searching in RUclips,so there i came here and hence after 7 days of hardwork he started eating his food which is totally fine 😃
@@nevergo7351 Thank you for the feedback! We are going through this process too but I am struggling to stick with just 3 minutes and 2x per day. Late at night I get those hungry eyes and paws for more food and when I put it down he eats it finally. Did you follow these guidelines to a T? We might need to go back to square one and be a bit stricter to see success!!
Hey, great vid! i read that Milo rather fast and threw up bile than eat, may i know what did you do when he did throw up bile? cause my dog did that and i freaked out, she's still very picky and im doing all the 1001 tricks i know just to get her to eat. please help....
We fed him a small snack like a piece of jerky or dental treat before bed to hold him through the night and the next day. But not enough where he’s full and don’t need a meal. Since we’ve been doing that he doesn’t throw up bile anymore.
@@DoodleDude Thank you, my dog has GI history and she can have gas in her tummy if she doesnt eat for some time and making the belly noises makes me worried, i mix the wet food w dry food as her meal that she still refusing, but i'lll give this training trick a try... have a nice day!
Hi! Hopefully this helps you! We do not mix any treats or rewarding add-ons because that's how he became picky in the first place. The only addition we do is a meal supplement to help with Milo's digestion
My girl is the same. Well, she was the same, until from wet food I moved her to Purina Pro dry food. She didn't eat for a whole day. In the end, she gave in because she realised that she wasn't gonna win and she would have starved. People said I was cruel for not feeding her wet food anymore. I simply replied: Is she your dog? They said no. Then, mind your own business.😊
Hi there, I have a poodle mix as well. Since your pup ate two meals a day, I know you mentioned that you never offered treats or any of some sort besides water, was there ever a time when your dog vomited bile between breakfast and lunch? Or did it just occur in the morning?
When we were doing picky eater training there definitely were once or twice they he vomited bile in the middle of the day! When that happens we give him a small piece of jerky/chicken to help him put some food in. Now that he’s eating his meals consistently this hasn’t happened though. And we are back to treating too!
I want to try this but my puppy is only 10 months old and weighs 4 lbs (his normal weight) - He is a teacup Yorkie. So, I'm afraid to let him go without food.
I’d definitely consult with your vet first to make sure this works for you pup too! We consulted with ours before we did just to be extra sure 🙂 happy to answer any questions
please help me, my dog stopped eating her regular food which is (different)meat and rice(for almost 4 years), shes a picky eater, im pretty sure shes just got tired of it because before she actually stopped eating shes showing signs that shes not that interested anymore and she always watch me when i eat waiting for me to give her my food.. now im trying to train her to eat kibbles, its been 4 days now but she only has eaten 8 pieces the other day and 9 pieces today(regular size kibble) she already lost weight since she stopped eating her regular meal more than a week ago..should i continue the training(giving the food on time then take it after 10-20mins until the next meal) thanks!!!!!........😟
Wow, I thought I was the only one going through this with my mini goldendoodle puppy. am going to give this a try. I do have a question though. Do you still not give him any treats or any human food? Are you continuing on 3min Kibble + night snack routine?
Hi! When we were doing the training to correct his behavior we didn’t give any treats or human food at all. But now that he finishes his meals consistently we started treating him throughout the day again! If he ever has another picky strike we enforce the 3min rule all over again 😅
My dog is a goldendoodle and she won’t eat! we try and try but she won’t break! she’s in very low energy and very skinny, we are very worried :(. she bearly eats at all we have to hand feed and add broth the the kibble. we once gave in and put in egg into her kibble. we mixed adult kibble which she used to love eating from my older dog! but she doesnt eat it. today i start doing this, i really hope this works. tomorrow we take her to a vet.
Our pup currently has the same issue! I think it’s my fault of adding lots of goodies in his food too early. I mixes his food with fresh food, freeze dried organs, supplements, etc. However, I cut down all those and only stick with his food for now. He has been smelling it, eating it sometime but I took it away after like 5 mins. Quick question, when can I start to mix his supplement in his food again? And if he ever become picky again do we do the same process over and over?
We only started adding supplements back to his food after a couple months of him consistently eating. And yes, as soon as he starts getting picky again we reinforce the 5 minute rule.
Hello, we have the exact same position with our 5 month old Mini-Poodle. She’s 7.8 pounds though, so I’m worried she’ll become even more frail. But either way, she has experienced some vomiting of bile, and that is my main worry. When you said you give her a small snack at night to prevent bile, what was that snack? And our pup is close to her spay. Should we continue “force feeding” her by doing tricks with the food and spending hours to feed her, in order to keep her healthy. Or still try this method? Any advice is appreciated from you guys, but mainly the evening snack to prevent bile 😁
We’ve now been consistently feeding him OpenFarm! Regular kibble + a couple of their freeze fried raw. He loves it’s and has been the only food he’ll eat consistently. I usually Saran wrap his left overs and depending on the weather either put it in the fridge or leave it out and give it to him for the next meal. But throw it away after 2 meals if he still doesn’t finish!
Hey really liked this video! Just now starting this with my dog! I did have a question though. If the 3 minutes is up and my dog is in the middle of eating do I take the food away from him or let him finish?
Thank you! We do let him finish because we don’t want to encourage him to wolf down his food and eat too fast. So if he’s willing to eat we’ll let him. But if he doesn’t finish we’ll take it away.
My puppy eats his food but takes 4 hours to finish and keeps playing in between! Do you suggest I try this method? He eats but he likes to take his own sweet time!
Hello..😊..my dog is super picky eater..ive tried giving him human food but I realized that human or table food is not good for them so i decided to go back to dog food..i.hope that we can also be successful like you..when it comes to.him im so soft hearted😞
Once Milo started finishing his kibble regularly we got back to treating like normal. But I'd recommend making sure that your pup has been consistently finishing his food for a few days first 🙂
trying this cuz i’ve been babying my dog too much and now he doesn’t eat his dry food he thinks i’ll give him more exciting food but i wont starting from now day 1: he didn’t eat his kibbles at all but there was a piece of beef so i put it with his food he ate the beef and didn’t even want to taste the kibbles
That was the exact same situation for us!! 😭 we just kept giving him more and more human food until he was even picky with that! Really hope this process works for you as well as it did for us! Good luck!!
Once he was consistently willing to and finishing his kibble we didn’t enforce the 3 minute rule because we didn’t want to encourage him from eating too fast either. But any time he started being a bit picky again we would use the 3 min rule to let him know it’s kibble or nothing 😅
Hi! Great video, I have a Pomeranian and he is very picky about eating! I will give this a try! Where did you get your dog bowls? They are so cute! Also the little stand you put them on? Thanks!
Hope this works for your Pom! We got the bowls and stand together as a set from Marshall’s. Highly recommend getting dog supplies at Marshall’s/TJ Maxx - there’s tons of high quality stuff on discount 🤗
I'm currently transitioning from chicken to kibble. Should i do the 100% chicken - 0% kibble ... 0% chicken - 100% kibble process that is about adding kibble every 3-4 days in a 25%, or from day 1 make my dog eat its 100% kibble?
I would recommend the transition and not do 100% kibble right away… they tend to get upset stomach if you are doing a drastic switch. And maybe even waiting until after the transition to start the training
For me to avoid misunderstand, so in the beginning, you will only feed him 50% of his normal meal? And then you increase by 5% the next time if he finishes the whole bowl? Also, how many times do you feed him per day compared to his normal schedule? I'm having a labrador and it seems that he's having the same issue, ha ha.
We did 50% of his required feeding amount and then only increase by 5% a day after he’s consistently finishing the 50% every meal for a week. This gives him enough food but not completely full - it’s to enforce the idea that food is scarce and he should treasure it when it’s meal time. But if your dog isn’t extremely picky to start with you might be able to start off with more. Milo was barely eating when he first started … We feed the same number of times as his normal schedule (2x a day). You shouldn’t need to decrease this, just restrict feeding time so food is not left out and readily available 24/7.
shaking their food in a bag of dehydrated Minos (fish for puppy's)for a few seconds then dumping it in their bowl without any Minos. The smell alone gets them eating. Good luck
He was on plain kibble. But if your dog’s normal meal consists of supplements or some other topper, I would train with that - whatever is his “normal meal”. Milo had never been into eating grass so that wasn’t a problem for us, we’d probably refrain him from doing it though
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Hello! I cannot THANK YOU AND YOUR WIFE ENOUGH for posting this video!! OMG I have been thinking I am losing my mind over how my two Maltipoos are not eating… then I somehow found your video and it’s going to help us SO MUCH! I had my first night of 3 minutes and their noses were up just like your dog. Your video is the best video I have ever seen because it’s explaining exactly how to correct this eating problem. My goodness I appreciate your help!
Thank YOU for your kind words! We are so glad this is helpful to you!
This is such a frustrating problem yet you managed to make this video both hilarious and helpful. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the kind feedback! Hopefully this was helpful to you!
I have been using a similar system but only after I took my dog in to the Vet for a physical and blood work prior to be sure it's not a health related issue. (she's in perfect health). So after talking with the Vet she said that a dog will not starve itself, a cat will. So I give her 15 minutes and if she has not finished her food it's gone until the next meal. I feed twice a day morn and eve. It works well because it's all in her stubborn little mind. Yes I went in a panic like most and bought or even subscribed to fresh meals only to have her walk away after a day or two. It didn't matter what the food was or how expensive. I then found a few videos (thanks) like this one. So I realized it really is a game of wills. Don't give in or be mad and discipline your dog, just stay cool and calm and lay down the law. Let their stomach do the talking. He or she will come around.
You are exactly right!! Thanks for sharing your experience! It is a process and very smart to do a vet checkup first - that’s a critical step!
Thank you so much for sharing this video. It's very helpful. I have a dog that is similar to your dog. (mini Goldendoodle ) she is a very picky eater. I did everything to get her to eat and I ended up getting tired and frustrated. After I watched your video, I did the same method with my dog. She didn't eat her food for 1 day and she ate the food on the second day for her dinner. No more picky!! Now, she eats better. 🥰🥰
Wow!! So glad to hear that this had helped you and happy that your dog is eating!! 😊😊
I am trying your tips for my 4 months old Cavoodle Puppy who is such a picky eater!! I allow 15 mins instead of 3 mins, today is DAY 1 and when I am about to cave in, I watch your video and it gives me hope! Crossing my fingers!!!
Ahh good luck!! We hope it’s working for you!! The hardest part is really to stay strong and firm and not cave in.. we caved in so many times before finally putting our foot down!
Thank you so much for posting this! I followed your advice exactly and now both my dogs are eating the food I want them to eat! It is hard to watch them deprive themselves, so I really appreciated the encouragement! Love the soundtrack and dog-think captions!
Wow I am so glad this was helpful for you and thank you for the kind words!!
My puppy is also a picky eater. I tried the tip about the CRATE. Oh wow, Its working.Thank you for the tip.😊
Omg! My Milo is the SAME! I will definitely try this because it’s been SO frustrating trying to get him to eat. I’ve tried 10-15 different types of food so I know that’s contributed to his picky eating habit but I will train him out of it using these tips. Thanks for this helpful video!
We kept changing up his food initially as well in hopes that one will stick but it ended up turning him into an absolute picky monster! Good luck with the process and we really hope it works for you Milo!
@@DoodleDude I am with you. I created an extremely picky eater. I tried fresh food, mixed with fresh food, air dried food, different toppers, broth, you name it, i have tried it. Seeing her losing weight is the hardest part. But i will try your method and see. Hopefully she will respond the same way. I think you are right on about those chew treats and dental treats. I noticed her appetite decreased the following date if I have given him one the day prior. I will stop doing those. Not gonna lie without treats, is difficult to train. Instead, I just play with her often. Wish me luck!
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We are on Day 3 fussy eating training. First two days, our young pup would not touch his food. I took the plate away after 3 minutes. Today he finally started eating after on strike for two days. I only gave him 50% of his daily amount as you suggested. He wolfed everything down in one go! Definitely heading in the right direction. Fingers crossed the fussy eater will eat all his meals in the future.
Sounds like you guys are making progress!! I hope it’s been successful for you and your pup! Happy to answer any questions :)
Hi, i have a toy poodle which is 9 months old, he has been on strike for 1 day due to fussy eating, can i know how long can i starve him for ? I am worried for its health as he has vomited twice due to empty stomach.
@@thomasnahoh yeah i really need to know !
I love how this method works I will have to give this a try with my stubborn fur baby!
Hope it helps you !!
We are going to give this a try with our golden retriever. Great video!
Thank you and I hope this works for your golden!
Milo’s such a beautiful Goldendoodle!!!!
literally cried watching this video and seeing milo eat! my 5 month old cavoodle looks just like him but another colour and he needs to put on weight because he's gotten so picky. i think i have to do this!!
Thank you!! I have 4 yo super picky shih tzu and this method is works! He gave up on day 2 dinner time. Mom win! Mommy learned that mommy spoiled her too much on feeding section 😀
Wow!! So glad to hear that it worked for you!!
Thank you ! I have the same breed of dog. She is 5 months and eating has become a challenge. Now I know what to do!
Good luck!! Hope it works for you!
I am glad that the puppy is eating well. It was a good video!!!
Thank you so much !!
Thanks for the video. I followed your tips and it worked great for my puppy. He eats well now.
We are so glad to hear that!! Having Milo eat well for all his meals is such a huge relief for us !
I really love the look 03:12 when look right into the camera.🥰❤️so cute
Aw thank you! He always has an innocent look 😂
Hi, my best friend, Milo is so smart and nice! Your training with he is super!
Thank you friend!!
Thank you for this . My puppy is 9 weeks old and he will not eat his kibbles . I give him soft food Cesar but I need him to eat his kibbles so I will try this .
So glad I found your video. My Maltese just turned 9 months old and for the past month or so has become the most picky eater, first she only wanted soft dog food after giving it as a special treat, so I bought all different flavors of the Caesar’s dog food, she stopped eating that. I went back to kibble, she looked at it and walked away, now she only wants treats and even some of those she turns her nose up at. If I’m eating she wants my food so I pretend I’m giving her some and give her the dog food and that was working but I think she caught on cause yesterday she didn’t eat until she had her dinner and even then she waited until almost 9pm to eat. So far today she hasn’t touched her food so I’m gonna take it away and no treats and see what happens. How often does your dog eat? 3 meals or 2?
Oh no, we know how hard it is to manage a picky pup! Milo was absolutely the same! We only feed him 2 meals a day - once in the morning and once in the evening
This was such a cute video! My cavapoo is an extremely picky eater, so I'm interested to see if this 3 minute method will work to help train him too!
Thank you, I think the picky gene comes from the poodle 😅 hope it helps your cavapoo!!
Omg exactly like my golden retriever..am do exhausted trying yo feed him ..thank u for this vedio ❤
Thanks for the video! My 9-months old toy poodle is showing signs of not finishing his food so we'll be trying out your tips!
Hope it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the tips! About tips #4, when you said giving small snack, does that mean the dog still got snack to eat before bed? So it's not absolutely no food at all if he refuses to eat the regular food?
We just give him a small dental chew, not enough to fill him up but just enough to hold him over and prevent him from throwing up bile!
I can feel his pain...kibble looks cold & unappetizing. I give my dog liver over dry food...does the trick. Just monitor his size and amount of liver. They love it & it's cost effective, too
This is great, you answered so many questions for me.
So happy we can help!
Thanks for sahring this wonderful video 👍 Stay well my friend
Thank you !!
This was very helpful....im in this situation now. Has great health. She wont eat her fresh pet. With alittle boiled chicken. But i will try ur method .hope it works ty
Good luck!! Hope it works for you!
Loved this and will definitely try this. Thanks.
Hope it helped!
my heart is too soft i couldnt keep watching my dog without food
Aw we totally understand, it was extremely hard for us too. Which is why we failed at it so many times before and always caved and gave in to him.
Great upload again !!you must have a good week and stay healthy. See you soon with your next upload 👍💖👌
Thank you so much for the support!!
🙏 thank you, my girl is the same. Will definitely try!
What treats do you give for a bedtime snack to prevent vomiting bile the next day? I have a 7month old mini goldendoodle who's an extremely picky eater and she would vomit bile here and there when i try to train her like this :(
I’m on this process now. It’s really heartbreaking to see them looking at us like that.
Good luck!! It really is the most heartbreaking thing ever watching them not eat. Hope it works for you !
@@DoodleDude the process worked perfectly after 10 days. She kept eating normally for a month and never left anything. But yesterday she started it again. So, she’s on a strike since yesterday. Is this normal that they will have to go through the process again? She’s health, we’ve been to the vets, and we have been told that everything is fine. She’s also been playing and running normally, but refuses to eat kibbles.
We don’t want to sugar coat the process so truthfully Milo will still go back to being picky every few months or. Anytime he started being picky we reinforced the process again. But we’ve now had a full year of him just being genuinely excited about his food. Also we did switch his food to Open Farm and have seen him to like it tremendously more. We’ve been feeding him open farm for over a year now and he still loves it!
Hi, what should i do when my dog do not want to eat from morning and it makes him vomit :/ not even night time yet
Really helpful to know how long it took to get him excited about meal time. Did you stay with him while he ate or did you put the food down and walk away?
Glad this was helpful! We put the food out and walk away. One mistake we did previously was babying him too much about eating his meals. So he started expecting that and won’t eat if we don’t. So it’s something we had to recondition him with this training.
This is exactly what I needed to see. I know it’s my own doing for his eating issues but i also give in and worry when he throws up bile or sits around with a grumbling belly. I get up 45 mins early each day to get him excited and to play with him to hope it gives him an appetite and then sit at the table with my tea and silently pray that he eats. I’m gonna give it a week!
It takes all day for my dog to eat his breakfast, he won’t eat his dinner until late but only eats a little at a time
That was exactly how Milo was 😓
my chihuahua prefer human food than his kibble, definetely will try this!
That was same with Milo! Hoping this works for you and your chihuahua!
Is the 3-minute time limit across all 7 days?
Yes we implemented all days and all meals !
i am on the same boat. i will try your method and hope it works for my dog
I hope it works for you! Happy to answer any questions from our experience !
I am in the same boat. Did this method work for your dog? Please share your experience!
Thanks for the video, is this a common issue that just all of a sudden happens ? My 11 month mini golden doodle just started with being picky, Sunny wasn’t eating so I started to add treats mixed into his food, which worked for couple days then added little water to moisten it that got boring, finally made him chicken and rice. Which he gobbled down so I knew it wasn’t a stomach problem. He’s just being picky. I’ll definitely have to try this method before it goes too far.
I’d say it happened gradually for Milo, and we just kept giving in to his pickiness slowly.. like you, it started off manageable then escalated quickly to the point where nothing satisfied him 😅😅 Hopefully this method helps you out as much as it’s helped us!
My dog is worse. He won’t eat anything. I had to force feed him several times
Oh no! I hope you have found a solution for him. We know how hard it is to deal with a picky dog ..
I have a six moth old 42lbs goldendoodle that wont touch any type of kibble no matter what I add to it or if I freeze it. He use to eat it not any more. My other dog eats dr havreys paradigm food and my puppy always wants to eat my older dogs food. I was just thinking about abandon kibble for every and just feed him dr harveys canine food. However, been reading that puppies need kibble???
by the way I changed his food 3 times already. The last two was hiils diet and royal canine did not care for none of them. I am gonna try purina pro plan today to see how it works.
during this time, did you add water or anything to heat up the kibble?
Before starting this process, I used to add hot water to the kibble to encourage him to eat. Ideally, I’d like for him to eat it as is straight of the pack
same here helpppp. we cant switch foods all the time because it's expensive, and if we let him skip a meal he vomits bile )':
Such a wee cutie-pie 🥰 My dogs are all rescues, and I've got the opposite problem..... trying to stop them eating everything!! All The Best from your new Scottish Fur Friends 🐶🐯🐶 💚💜🏴
Aw I wish Milo would eat everything too 😂
Hi this is very good video! Can i ask how old was your pup when u do this training? I just got a 4m old cavapoo who was on freezedried and kibble (mix w water diet) now he completely rejecting food n ive to keep playing w the food to entice him to eat…. Extremely stressful when im worried if i do this training the puppy will not have enough nutrients if he fast for too long
Hi Milo was already around 9 months when we started this training. We did consult with our vet first to make sure it is ok so I’d recommend checking in with your vet as well. Your vet will know about your pups health and needs much better and give a better recommendation on whether it’s ok to go with this method :)
Amazing video! I just started this process with my dog too and so far it’s been 2 days and he looks interested in the kibble but hasn’t eaten yet. Did you only feed Milo half portions of his daily meals for a week? Also how long did it take before you were able to increase his food back up to his full daily portions? I’m trying to follow this but it seems so tough even if he eats to only let him have so little for so many days :( I’m feeling too soft hearted!
hi! great video but one question i have is how do you not use treats when they are puppies in training?
Thank you! Milo is very toy motivated so we were able to train with toys instead.
My Blue a Coton de tulear is picky eater likes only human food
We trying to get back on kibble blue is eating very little and we are in zero treats policy for now to correct this picky eating behavior
But this is really hard for us
Good luck!! It is a very hard process for sure! Hope it works out for you!
Our 5 mo old toy poodle all of a sudden became really picky on food, we’ve been feeding Him with (breakfast) hardboiled egg w/ boiled peas and carrots (lunch and dinner) ground chicken w/ boiled peas and carrots and some treats in between, He loved these meals but then about a couple of weeks ago He started to not want to eat any of these anymore. We’re getting worried and thought that He might be sick or anything which we hope that He’s not. Can we actually start feeding Him kibble at 5 mos and would you have any recommendation? Thank you!
Id definitely check in with your vet first to make sure everything is ok and healthy with your pup! As with switching food, we’ve done they multiple times and the trick is to ease into it. Don’t switch it out completely at once - start with just a quarter of new food and 3/4 old food and then slowly increase the proportion with the new food. The kibble bags usually have some directions on there too
This video is incredible! We created a monster too and are in the process of following the system. Can you elaborate on your experience from day 7 to ‘over 3 weeks?!’ We are at the stage of our baby taking bites, but still not finishing the bowl. I feel like we are never gonna get past him eating some bites, enough to survive, but not enough to thrive. Also did you reward during the day with other training tasks with kibble?! Would LOVE your feedback. Thanks so much!!
It took Milo around 2 weeks until he would consistently finish all his food. It really seemed impossible at first. After the first week (2nd week - 3rd week) he would eat the majority of kibble we gave him but always leave some in the bowl. And then at around 3 weeks he started finishing all and would sometimes ask for more. That’s when we started upping his portions until he’s getting the recommended feeding amount. We didn’t increase portions until he was consistently finishing the bowl for at least 3 days. We also didn’t treat at all during this correction period.. Milo is pretty toy/ball motivated so we did training with toys instead. The only deviation from kibble he got was his heartworm and flea meds 😅 We know the pain of a picky eater so really hope this method works for you!!
@@DoodleDude i watched your video and it's amazing, can i ask if your dog had rumbling tummy cause he didnt eat or didnnt eat his normal portion? cause my dogs tummy rumbling loud from not eating. i dont know how to do this training . please help..
Thank you for this video! Will definitely try this on my new toy poodle. He's with us for 3 days already but he only ate last night after being handfed. It was the previous owner who suggested it as it is what they often do. I want him to unlearn that. Hope this video helps.
Good VDO, may i ask what do you give him at night as a light snack you mentioned to prevent the vomiting?
We give him either a small piece of jerky or a dental treat !
hello. what time did you give Milo his treats to prevent bile? And how many would you give throughout the day? Thanks. ☺️
We only give him one treat (a dental chew/small piece of jerky) right before bed. No other treats or food throughout the day except for his meals. The treat is only to prevent an empty stomach through the night and throwing up bile the next morning. If you treat him throughout the day, then it defeats the idea that meal time is precious! Once they’re not picky with meals for a consistent couple of weeks you can go back to treating whenever! 🤗
@@DoodleDude Thank you so much for the information! I left my dog with my parents for 2 weeks because I went on a business trip and my dog no longer eats her kibbles, only meat, treats, and wet food. I thought she was sick but vet told me she was picky, I found out then that my dad would always give in to her and would give her half of his steak for dinner 😢. Thank you for the video! Hope this would help her. ❤️❤️❤️
O M G this actually worked on my golden retriever thanks
We are SO happy to hear that!! Dealing with a picky eater is a real struggle, glad to hear that our tips were helpful!
Can you share your detailed experience with me @nevergo?! We are still in the process and I am trying to be patient but would love to hear another success story to build confidence! Thanks!
@@ashleypickett8731 ya sure,of course, actually i brought a golden retriever and siberian husky mix after 6 months i had a problem with my pup he just stopped eating his food which was i.e.Orijen dog food,i also brought many other dog food for his taste,but he didn't even touch them nor he sniff them, i was very worried about him so i tried searching in RUclips,so there i came here and hence after 7 days of hardwork he started eating his food which is totally fine 😃
@@nevergo7351 Thank you for the feedback! We are going through this process too but I am struggling to stick with just 3 minutes and 2x per day. Late at night I get those hungry eyes and paws for more food and when I put it down he eats it finally. Did you follow these guidelines to a T? We might need to go back to square one and be a bit stricter to see success!!
@@ashleypickett8731 oh Ok sure I'll do it too
Hey, great vid! i read that Milo rather fast and threw up bile than eat, may i know what did you do when he did throw up bile? cause my dog did that and i freaked out, she's still very picky and im doing all the 1001 tricks i know just to get her to eat. please help....
We fed him a small snack like a piece of jerky or dental treat before bed to hold him through the night and the next day. But not enough where he’s full and don’t need a meal. Since we’ve been doing that he doesn’t throw up bile anymore.
@@DoodleDude Thank you, my dog has GI history and she can have gas in her tummy if she doesnt eat for some time and making the belly noises makes me worried, i mix the wet food w dry food as her meal that she still refusing, but i'lll give this training trick a try... have a nice day!
Will try this 😢 Hope it will work with my spoiled shihtzus 😭
I think this will help me out with my best friend
But do you mix anything with the kibble ?
Thanks
Hi! Hopefully this helps you! We do not mix any treats or rewarding add-ons because that's how he became picky in the first place. The only addition we do is a meal supplement to help with Milo's digestion
Good tips thank you very much
Thank you for watching! Hope it was helpful 😊
Good boy, Milo!!❤️❤️
The best boy ☺️
I have the same problem with my poodle
We’ve heard poodles are typically pretty picky and Milo has 3/4 poodle in him which explains his picky behavior 😅
My girl is the same. Well, she was the same, until from wet food I moved her to Purina Pro dry food. She didn't eat for a whole day. In the end, she gave in because she realised that she wasn't gonna win and she would have starved. People said I was cruel for not feeding her wet food anymore. I simply replied: Is she your dog? They said no. Then, mind your own business.😊
Hi there, I have a poodle mix as well. Since your pup ate two meals a day, I know you mentioned that you never offered treats or any of some sort besides water, was there ever a time when your dog vomited bile between breakfast and lunch? Or did it just occur in the morning?
When we were doing picky eater training there definitely were once or twice they he vomited bile in the middle of the day! When that happens we give him a small piece of jerky/chicken to help him put some food in.
Now that he’s eating his meals consistently this hasn’t happened though. And we are back to treating too!
I want to try this but my puppy is only 10 months old and weighs 4 lbs (his normal weight) - He is a teacup Yorkie. So, I'm afraid to let him go without food.
I’d definitely consult with your vet first to make sure this works for you pup too! We consulted with ours before we did just to be extra sure 🙂 happy to answer any questions
Does this applies to a almost 3 month old toy poodle??
Milo was much older when we did this with him so I would check in with your vet to make sure it’s ok!
Thank you with all my heart 26
Thank you for watching!
就是要狠心和坚持。 我家的也是我也来试试。
please help me, my dog stopped eating her regular food which is (different)meat and rice(for almost 4 years), shes a picky eater, im pretty sure shes just got tired of it because before she actually stopped eating shes showing signs that shes not that interested anymore and she always watch me when i eat waiting for me to give her my food..
now im trying to train her to eat kibbles, its been 4 days now but she only has eaten 8 pieces the other day and 9 pieces today(regular size kibble) she already lost weight since she stopped eating her regular meal more than a week ago..should i continue the training(giving the food on time then take it after 10-20mins until the next meal) thanks!!!!!........😟
Wow, I thought I was the only one going through this with my mini goldendoodle puppy. am going to give this a try. I do have a question though. Do you still not give him any treats or any human food? Are you continuing on 3min Kibble + night snack routine?
Hi! When we were doing the training to correct his behavior we didn’t give any treats or human food at all. But now that he finishes his meals consistently we started treating him throughout the day again! If he ever has another picky strike we enforce the 3min rule all over again 😅
My dog is a goldendoodle and she won’t eat! we try and try but she won’t break! she’s in very low energy and very skinny, we are very worried :(. she bearly eats at all we have to hand feed and add broth the the kibble. we once gave in and put in egg into her kibble. we mixed adult kibble which she used to love eating from my older dog! but she doesnt eat it. today i start doing this, i really hope this works. tomorrow we take her to a vet.
Oh no! I’d definitely recommend taking your doodle to the vet to make sure everything is ok. I hope she recovers quickly 💛💛💛
@@DoodleDude we did! i found out she has an infection in her uterus, she’s only 9 months! we had to remove it and she’s slowing getting better
Our pup currently has the same issue! I think it’s my fault of adding lots of goodies in his food too early. I mixes his food with fresh food, freeze dried organs, supplements, etc. However, I cut down all those and only stick with his food for now. He has been smelling it, eating it sometime but I took it away after like 5 mins. Quick question, when can I start to mix his supplement in his food again? And if he ever become picky again do we do the same process over and over?
We only started adding supplements back to his food after a couple months of him consistently eating. And yes, as soon as he starts getting picky again we reinforce the 5 minute rule.
"Yeah i'm stubborn like that, love me"
How many times a day did you offer the food for 3 minutes?
Until he started consistently finishing his meals!
Hello, we have the exact same position with our 5 month old Mini-Poodle. She’s 7.8 pounds though, so I’m worried she’ll become even more frail. But either way, she has experienced some vomiting of bile, and that is my main worry. When you said you give her a small snack at night to prevent bile, what was that snack? And our pup is close to her spay. Should we continue “force feeding” her by doing tricks with the food and spending hours to feed her, in order to keep her healthy. Or still try this method? Any advice is appreciated from you guys, but mainly the evening snack to prevent bile 😁
I would definitely check with your vet to make sure your pup is ok with this routine.
The snack we give him is either a dental chew or a small jerky
What kind of kibble does he eat? If he doesn't finish eating, do you throw it away or keep and serve again later?
We’ve now been consistently feeding him OpenFarm! Regular kibble + a couple of their freeze fried raw. He loves it’s and has been the only food he’ll eat consistently. I usually Saran wrap his left overs and depending on the weather either put it in the fridge or leave it out and give it to him for the next meal. But throw it away after 2 meals if he still doesn’t finish!
@@DoodleDude Thanks for the reply! :)
Hey really liked this video! Just now starting this with my dog! I did have a question though. If the 3 minutes is up and my dog is in the middle of eating do I take the food away from him or let him finish?
Thank you! We do let him finish because we don’t want to encourage him to wolf down his food and eat too fast. So if he’s willing to eat we’ll let him. But if he doesn’t finish we’ll take it away.
我的小狗也是在挑食ing！我要学习你们耐心的纠正他！！
希望有幫助！
My puppy eats his food but takes 4 hours to finish and keeps playing in between! Do you suggest I try this method? He eats but he likes to take his own sweet time!
Hi if he eats I’m not sure if you need to worry, Milo was not eating at all 🥲but definitely check in with your vet !
Hello..😊..my dog is super picky eater..ive tried giving him human food but I realized that human or table food is not good for them so i decided to go back to dog food..i.hope that we can also be successful like you..when it comes to.him im so soft hearted😞
Kibble is the worst you could feed your fur kid. We have four and they only get home cooked meals.
What flea and tick medicine did milo get?
Milo takes Nexguard for flea and tick 🙃
Once they are on kibble is it ok to start giving them treats again or will this break their habit?
Once Milo started finishing his kibble regularly we got back to treating like normal. But I'd recommend making sure that your pup has been consistently finishing his food for a few days first 🙂
trying this cuz i’ve been babying my dog too much and now he doesn’t eat his dry food he thinks i’ll give him more exciting food but i wont starting from now
day 1: he didn’t eat his kibbles at all but there was a piece of beef so i put it with his food he ate the beef and didn’t even want to taste the kibbles
That was the exact same situation for us!! 😭 we just kept giving him more and more human food until he was even picky with that!
Really hope this process works for you as well as it did for us! Good luck!!
@@DoodleDude thank you i appreciate it! also did you continue the 3 minute rule after he started eating his kibbles?
Once he was consistently willing to and finishing his kibble we didn’t enforce the 3 minute rule because we didn’t want to encourage him from eating too fast either. But any time he started being a bit picky again we would use the 3 min rule to let him know it’s kibble or nothing 😅
Hi.. did he vomit for 2 days not eating?
Nope, we give him a treat before bed to prevent him from vomiting bile
What types of treat you giving him before bed? Please let me know. My dog facing the same issue here and he’s vomiting bile
Hi! Great video, I have a Pomeranian and he is very picky about eating! I will give this a try! Where did you get your dog bowls? They are so cute! Also the little stand you put them on? Thanks!
Hope this works for your Pom!
We got the bowls and stand together as a set from Marshall’s. Highly recommend getting dog supplies at Marshall’s/TJ Maxx - there’s tons of high quality stuff on discount 🤗
My husky puppy is like this even if i pour chicken sauce over it she dnt want she wants the chicken and meat
Oh no, hope this helps!
Nice video
Thank you !
I'm currently transitioning from chicken to kibble. Should i do the 100% chicken - 0% kibble ... 0% chicken - 100% kibble process that is about adding kibble every 3-4 days in a 25%, or from day 1 make my dog eat its 100% kibble?
I would recommend the transition and not do 100% kibble right away… they tend to get upset stomach if you are doing a drastic switch. And maybe even waiting until after the transition to start the training
Going through this now! What did you give at night to prevent vomiting?
Hope it works for you! We usually do a small pieces of jerky or a dental chew
What small snack before bed would you recommend?
We give a dental chew or small piece of jerky
Hello.
Your dog is very pretty.
The figure that your dog is eating is very pretty.
Thank you
Thank you. Doodle!
For me to avoid misunderstand, so in the beginning, you will only feed him 50% of his normal meal? And then you increase by 5% the next time if he finishes the whole bowl?
Also, how many times do you feed him per day compared to his normal schedule?
I'm having a labrador and it seems that he's having the same issue, ha ha.
We did 50% of his required feeding amount and then only increase by 5% a day after he’s consistently finishing the 50% every meal for a week. This gives him enough food but not completely full - it’s to enforce the idea that food is scarce and he should treasure it when it’s meal time. But if your dog isn’t extremely picky to start with you might be able to start off with more. Milo was barely eating when he first started …
We feed the same number of times as his normal schedule (2x a day). You shouldn’t need to decrease this, just restrict feeding time so food is not left out and readily available 24/7.
What night time snack do you give?
A dental chew or small piece of jerky ! Nothing to fill him up, it’s just meant to keep his stomach from being completely empty
How many times do u feed your dog?
2 times a day - breakfast & dinner
shaking their food in a bag of dehydrated Minos (fish for puppy's)for a few seconds then dumping it in their bowl without any Minos. The smell alone gets them eating. Good luck
Nice tip! Thank you!!
Is he on plain kibble or do you add anything inside? During the hunger strikes, did he eat grass? Did you let him?
He was on plain kibble. But if your dog’s normal meal consists of supplements or some other topper, I would train with that - whatever is his “normal meal”.
Milo had never been into eating grass so that wasn’t a problem for us, we’d probably refrain him from doing it though
@@DoodleDude Thank you! Ours unfortunately eats grass when she gets bile, which makes it hard to strictly implement the training :(
lovely dog❤️❤️
Thank you !
How old is Milo?
10 months
@@DoodleDude Thank You we’re thinking about getting a mini goldendoodle, channels great, Thanks!