JoeyJoe9 - I was just about to post a topic regarding to this issue that I have with my puppy. She's 6 months, and she would only eat a small handful of food in the mornings. She has to poop before she eats. At night, she gobbles it up just fine (with a little coaxing at times).
But - she does exhibit an odd behavior. If I put the food bowl down, I say, "Time to eat!". She won't eat out of the bowl, especially in the mornings. I would put the bowl in front of her paws, and she acts like it's the scariest thing ever. In the begining, I thought perhaps she doesn't like the steel bowl, so I bought a plastic one. She still exhibits the same behavior. I used my cats' old food bowl, and she will eat out of it okay, but I have to put a small handful outside of the bowl to "lead" her to the bowl. There isn't one bowl that she prefers over the other.
For the life of me, why can't she just eat normal? Why can't she just gobble up the food like my cats do? I've been using the "Tough Love" method (removal of food after 30 minutes, after she pees/poops). I hope she grows out of this...