I also discovered a lunch today that if I put her food directly on the floor, she will eat better. The bowls is the same size as her wate bowl, which she has no problem with. Not sure what the problem is there. Maybe I'll try a plate.
No, no, no! :lol: Be very careful of this type of thing -- very typical behaviour of some puppies and adult dogs, to not eat til you do something different... that is the whole point of them baulking at eating, to get this attention from you! Next, it will be not eating from the floor, but only from your hand, or on a spoon, etc etc etc ad nauseum. They are very manipulative -- the attention that comes from all this fussing over food and mealtime is MORE interesting and valued to many dogs that actually eating. This can really cause problems with your dog.
Try a plate if you want but then stick with that permanently, or revert back to her bowl, but don;t start shifing around what she is fed on and def. don;t put food on the floor -- it is unhygienic and will cause major problems when anyone else has to mind her.
Here's what you need to do: Put the food down. IGNORE her totally for the next 15 minutes -- no eye contact, no talking to her, no encouragement, NOTHING. You want to absolutely remove any reward for her to not eat or eat fussily. If you can't stand it then leave the room and let her alone with the food or move out of eyesight so you won;t be tempted to interact. *Even eye contact is a reward for her so it is very important to not look, talk, touch her* for the full mealtime. After 15 minutes lift the plate or bowl without comment, no fussing whatsoever, no praise, no scolding, *nothing*; put it away, and go back to whatever you were doing. It is a good idea to continue to ignore a dog for 5 minutes after the meal if this kind of behaviour is happening, just so there is absolutely no link between unwanted behaviour and your then giving her attention.
No food if possible til next mealtime, and repeat. Don;t use training treats unless you really need to -- if you want to try and sort a feeding issue it is better to hold off trainign with treats and instead give cheerful praise -- dogs shouldn;t get a treat every single time anyway once they have started to learn a command, it should only be occasional reinforcement, not an expected event for the dog.
Stick to that approach religiously and you will very likely see a big shift in how and when she eats.