recently my dog has been going through a phase. he will only eat his dog food if he knows for sure we aren't going to give him any of our food. is there a brand that tastes really meaty or the smell is really entising(sp) to them. we currently feed him diamond and he's always loved it but he seems to want bigger and better now.

There is a real simple solution to this one. Don't feed him your food.
If you're going to give him something that's good for him, add a little bit of cottage cheese, or buy some canned dog food, and let him have some of that mixed with his regular dog food.
Don't ever feed him from the table, or wherever you are eating.
Good luck.

We don't... well we did when he was younger but it's been a long time... he just keeps smelling the air around our food and finally eats his when he knows that he's not getting any... he's just been doing this for about a week we havn't feed him any table scraps for about 6 mths or so

I'm not really sure where there's a problem. As long as you don't feed him any of your food, he will realize that he will not get any. I'm sure your food smells a lot better than his food especially if you eat different foods every day but if you don't give in, then there's no problem. If you want, you can take his food dish, AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED EATING, put some leftover scraps from dinner and include that with his evening meal. But you have to make sure that he doesn't see you taking your food from your plate to his plate. Also, reduce the amount of dog food to compensate for the leftovers you are giving him. The problem with this is you may be depriving him of nutrition but give him some meat and veggies. I do this with my dog but I feed her after I eat and then I make it look like I take her food out of the fridge (I feed her semi-homemade food). That way, she doesn't beg.

good point... i'm just used to when i pour his food him running in there and gobbling it up