help! matie's afraid of her food dish

here's what happened. i stopped using the crate during the day so i have a baby gate and she is in the kitchen/dining room when i'm gone. she's doing great and seems to love it. i put an old tool box in front of where the phone cord comes up the wall because she tried to chew it before. long story longer, one day i came home and i put the gate on top of the tool box so i could say hi to her. she was so excited, her little (big) butt hit the gate and i fell on her. she wasn't hurt, just startled. :( so, for a few days, she barked at the tool box and would not walk past it unless i was with her. now, she's over it. then, a few days later, she was eating and she kicked her food bowl and now she barks at it and will sneak up to it grab a bite of food very quickly and dart away and eat it. this is how she's been eating for the past few days. i tried holding the food in my hand over the bowl but she does the same thing. i don't want her to be afraid of things, especially her food. what do i do?
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Hi BCF

Couldn't see any other replies to your post, but I notice you posted in November. Have you solved the problem yet?

If not, perhaps you could try feeding her in a different place with a different bowl. If it is usually on the floor perhaps you could elevate it.

I usually solve problems with my dogs by giving them rewards. The rewards are whatever my dogs like the very best. Some call them to die for's. :D This reward isn't always food. One of mine has favourite toys that are her rewards. They only get their reward when they do what I wanted them to do tho'.

Hope this helps in some way.

Karen
thanks for the reply. i just posted that 2 days ago...she's getting better. i am shopping around for elevated food dishes because she will soon need it, she's growing like a weed! :)
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