 dogs do not eat with their mouth dogs eat with their nose so smell is critical couple of things you can do number one is what I would recommend that you do is take the dog food put it in a plastic container half the container has dog food half the container has regular food let it sit in the refrigerator overnight then heat the dog food up in the morning that will encourage the dog to eat it's really important that you get the dog to eat the dog food rather than the human food so again