Poodle wont eat anything crunchy

Question
I have a miniature poodle that is about three years old and she won't eat dry dog food, biscuits or anything crunchy.  She won't chew on chew sticks, etc.  I've had her teeth cleaned and they looked fine.  She will eat moist food, but is extremely picky.  What she eats today she wont touch tomorrow.  She sometimes goes a couple of days without eating.  Do you have any suggestions on getting her to eat dry food?

Answer
Hello Laurie,
Since your dog is picky (alot of toy Poodles are) and thats fairly common, try this recipe (along with dry food if she will eat it) as it will provide Vitamins and Minerals that are good for your dogs skin, coat and body.  

1 lb Hamburger, Lamb, Chicken or Turkey Burger
1 can Sardines in Olive Oil
1 cup Spinach, blended with the Oil of the Sardines
1 egg scrambled
1 1/2 cup Special K or Total Cereal
1 Apple Blended (or you can use 1/2 cup of Applesauce)
1/8 tsp Garlic powder
1 grated carrot
1/2 cup brown rice, cooked using broth (either a meat or Veggie variety) for better flavor
1/2 cup Cottage Cheese (optional)

This recipe is for a large dog, so you can either 1/2 it or mix it up and freeze a portion of it for later.  I would use this and add a handful of dry kibble (at first, soak the kibble for about 15 min so it isn't hard) and see if she will eat it.  You can pick and choose as to what ingredients you think your dog would eat.  If she still won't eat it with the dog food in it, try it straight for awhile.  I would give her 2-3 teaspoons in her food, then if she doesn't eat that, give her about 1/2 of the amount of the mixture that you would give of the dry food.  (if you feed her a cup of dry food, use 1/2 cup of the recipe above).

Be sure to use a high quality food such as Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba, Bil-Jac, or Nutro Natural Choice.

If you don't want to try this recipe yet, you can try soaking her food with chicken broth and gradually adding less broth until she is eating it dry.

Try this and see if it helps her.  If not, please feel free to contact me again.

Thanks for using AllExperts.com,
Kim