Hum, interested I never thought of it as a genetic issue. Learning something new, so if her food is high she doesn't have a problem eating, but if you put it down to the ground, she won't eat at all? If that's the case, I would make a little stand that the food can sit in, so she doesn't have to lean down to the ground..
We had to make a stand about 3 1/2 feet up off the ground for our Mastiff, the reason because he had to keep his head up above his legs when eating. We were told that for Mastiffs. when they bend there heads down to the ground they suck up a lot of air causing internal problems like twisted intestines and what not and because of his 200 pound siize, causes death..
So it might be a good way to get her to eat on her own is a simple thing of creating a stand for her high enough so that she doesn't have to go to the ground...
We had to make a stand about 3 1/2 feet up off the ground for our Mastiff, the reason because he had to keep his head up above his legs when eating. We were told that for Mastiffs. when they bend there heads down to the ground they suck up a lot of air causing internal problems like twisted intestines and what not and because of his 200 pound siize, causes death..
So it might be a good way to get her to eat on her own is a simple thing of creating a stand for her high enough so that she doesn't have to go to the ground...