Hi
I'm Kelso's new 'Mum' and although I've reared several pups before I am baffled by Kelso's behaviour at meal times.
We have had him for just over a week now and when it comes to feed time he seems hungry and eager to get his food. But within minutes he leaves his bowl, walks around in a circle then comes back for a little more. This is repeated over and over again and eventually he just picks bits of his food and leaves a trail through out the kitchen. However if I lift his dish, he immediately starts looking for more food...??????
BTW he is on the recommended quantity of dried food for his breed, age and weight, yet rarely finishes a meal. He also has a feeder stand as he is a large pup and is 15 weeks old.
Can anyone help????Please

What breed is he, what age did you get him and what food are you feeding?

we have had him for 10 days, he's a cross breed, mum is a German Shepherd and dad a GoldenDoodle, he's 15kg and is on Hills Puppy Large breed.
he was okay for the first couple of days...then started this...????

I wouldn't eat Hill's either, do you know what's in it?

Have you considered BARF/raw? If not I would advise looking at a better quality food. Orijen (70% meat, 30% fruit & veg, no grains) is the best dry food in my opinion and James Wellbeloved is also decent quality.

Also have you tried wetting the food before serving? Or possibly adding some wet food to make it more tasty.

Thanks:-)
Hills was recommended by the vet (I hadn't used it before).
Yes, I've tried softening it with water and still the same. Also tried mixing it with tinned food and he seems to like the tinned stuff more, so eats round the Hills 'bits' or drops them on the floor (oops)
My other dogs ate a variety of foods, but these days I keep getting told that the dried food is better for our pooches, not entirely convinced though.

I wonder why? Commission!

I can't think of any real reason dried food is better than wet, I can think of plenty of myths why it is though.

Have you considered BARF or raw?

Actually...it's topic of conversation right now! Thanks for your help I'll let you know how it goes

RESULT!!!no more dancing back and forth!!!!! Hurray! Switched to puppy wet food and he's been transformed! He's even enjoyed some veggies mixed in. Thanks for all the advice so far