Our crazy dog

He has this phobia about eating his food. He seems to think we do not want him to eat. Like that thing you can do with your dog when you put a treat on their nose, and tell them to leave it, and eventually you let them eat it, but with our dog, we can't get him to eat unless we baby him. hand feed it to him, or use a spoon, then once he gets started, he eats it all and wants more. We tried being nice, being mad, letting him starve.. ugh, nothing works except to sit down and feed it to him. Maybe he needs a plate at the dinner table.