when i place down a food bowl close to my dog it does not use the bowl to eat. I'm just wondering if there is someway to bind it to the dog

i am playing on a server

I'd like to also say that the food bowl is not working for me. Single Player

Same here. :( My dog is starving, but it wouldn't eat from the food bowl I placed down a while ago and filled with raw pork chops. I tried breaking the food bowl and moving it a few blocks away, then taking my dog from wandering mode to docile, and it still won't eat.

One thing to note is that dog won't auto eat raw food.
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