Damn it guys! I dont care what anyone says about garlic being good for dogs, ITS NOT. it eats away at their digestive system. they are carnivores NOT like people who can pretty much eat any old garbage. So dont feed him garlic and the butter thing, isnt good for anyone and will probably cause heart problems later with him. remember, its just like seeing some 200lb 12 year old kid at mcdonalds and his mom is buying a super sized meal for him. Just because he says he wont eat anything else doesnt mean you should kill off his health to make him happy or because you dont want him to be hungry.
I had to work with my dog alot on food because she doesnt eat much on the road and the only dog food she can eat is organic corn-free dry dog food. Corn is horrible for dogs by the way and is the main ingrediant in 90% of dog food brands.
But she was raised on only dry dog food, then i housed up for a year with my dad because he was ill. He would take any leftovers from our meals, heat it up, and mix it with dry dog food. Luna had this for a year, every day. Now after i moved out and my dad passed she refused to eat anything dry and not human food. She's already a thin-tall built dog who burns alot of calories and it made me worry about her losing weight. Instead of doing what normal people would do like feeding her scraps of every meal i got, I started just putting some warm tap water in her dry dog food and mixing it until it created a kind of gravy. now she could eat healthy and enjoy her food. I fed her that for about a week then switched back to normal dry. It wasnt as huge as a transision from awesome food to crap dry food so she started eating dry food again as normal. if this doesnt work, have dry food available at all times but dont feed him anything else. he'll get the point and start eating once he's hungry. dogs can go days without food and still be healthy, dont stress, just get him off that spoiled ass crap.
The real trick is after you train him to eat dry again is to NEVER feed him human food and dont let anyone else feed him it either. Then he'll forget what it ever tasted like and the begging will stop.
As for adding things to his food for health or extra road calories(after he's back used to eatign dry food) is once a month find some raw meat without any seasoning and mix it in with his food. It's a good kick of protien and a dogs digestion track is made to handle even spoiled raw meat. just be sure to be stern and control what your dog eats. it could make him live years longer.
So what to avoid feeding your dog:
-raw garlic
-corn filler dog food
-bread(they recieve no nutrients and its crap food for them. could also cause damage or diabetes in animals)
-flavorings: pepper, garlic, sauces, salt, spicy things
-veggies: just because they are good for you doesnt mean they're good for the dog. canines are carnivores, their bodies arent meant to have some dirty kid shoving broccoli down their throat because you think it will cure or avoid an ailment just because you heard your hippy friend that does too much acid talk about natural animal health.
-oils: nothing fried, no butter, salad dressing, bacon grease, anything like that will cause painful diarhea and stomache lining damage.
-anything the dog wont eat dont force to feed them either, no matter who told you it was good for them. dogs are very basic and know pretty much what there body cant handle.
Things good to feed your furry friend:
-dry dog food with absolutely or barely any corn: most "working breed" dogs such as boarder collies, german shepards, labs, and golden retrievers are actually allergic to corn causing skin irritation/vomiting/hair falling out/ripping their own fur out. Plus, it's just a useless vegetable, it holds no nutrients and cant even be digested by people or animals. It's genetically altered so much its only a "filler" so dog food companies make more dog food out of barely any useful foods for dogs like meat and dairy that is used in factories.
dog food without corn is more expensive but makes a huge difference.
-Once and a while(once a month is good) throw a handful of raw, unseasoned meat like hamburger meat or a piece of raw steak into their dry dog food. feeding them more than once a month however may lead to extreme meat cravings so dont spoil them. And avoid pork, it carries worms.
-if your dog gets fleas, just give him a goddamn flea bath and steal some liquid flea protectant. dont force your dog to eat garlic and smell like pochouli because you "heard" it was good for them. it's not. normally if they dont want to eat it its because they shouldnt. Fucking hippy. dogs are domesticated animals that have been using chemicals to keep pest free for a long fucking time. Just because they're chemicals doesnt mean they will hurt your dog. most chemicals derive from plants anyways.