Outward Hound Fun Feeder Slo Bowl, Slow Feeder Dog Bowl, Large/Regular, Purple

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Rubber feet at the bottom keep the bowl from sliding on the floor as your dog slowly finds the food in the maze of nodules, assuring a greedy dog will not inhale their food. The slow-feeder bowls that extended our dogs’ eating by the largest amount of time were the winners. The pattern on the purple bowl featured lower ridges and shallow valleys and was the only style that every dog we tested with could comfortably and confidently eat from. The bowl is made from BPA, PVC, and phthalate-free plastic and can be washed in the top rack of the dishwasher.

You don’t want your dog to start eating in the kitchen, only to end up finishing the bowl in the living room. After reading many many reviews it seems as though the tear staining is most consistently due to their diet. Ideal for medium and large sized dog breeds, this interactive bowl can help slow down your pup’s eating and can be a feeder puzzle for them to help reduce anxiety, boredom and destructive behaviors. You could look into lick mats for wet food, which don’t give a dog the same opportunity to bump their teeth.

Outward Hound Fun Feeder Slo Bowl, Slow Feeder Dog Bowl

The time started with the dog’s first bite and stopped once the last piece of kibble entered the dog’s mouth.An FDA certified food-grade silicone feeder, the Pecute 3-in-1 Slow Eating Dog Bowls offer three separate items, into one bundle; a non-slip mat, with both a stainless steel bowl and a slow feed bowl. However, make sure that the design of the elevated bowl is well-executed, or you could end up with a mess on your hands. Of course, while you want to choose a bowl that will better control your pet’s eating habits, you don’t want something that stops your pet from eating altogether. She loves belly rubs, chasing the four wheeler and tries to devour Fiona (our next tester) whenever she gets a chance.

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We spoke to Denise Lott, veterinarian assistant at Hello Ralphie, a pet telehealth company and Laura Robinson, veterinarian and advisor to the online pet clinic Pawp. Try to make it so that the design is not too difficult; otherwise, your dog will simply just give up eating and rather chew on the next thing that grabs its attention. A slow feeder bowl made with obstructions on the inside is designed to act as a food obstacle course for a dog, encouraging slow eating.If you’ve got a dog that is prone to bloat or indigestion, you may have been recommended a slow feeder by your vet.

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This is usually the case with adopted and former stray dogs, as they probably had irregular meal timing in the past ( 1). We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Not only can eating too fast lead to indigestion, but it can also cause gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV) or bloating. Measuring 19 centimetres in diameter and 7 centimetres in depth, the Super Design Gobble-Stop Slow Feeder bowl has three raised grooves to slow down eating. Take some dry food and a 9 x 13-inch baking pan; then, your cat will have to go to the different parts of the pan to get the food she wants.

Other stainless steel bowls either made the gap too wide, allowing dogs easy access to the food, or too tight, preventing them from eating altogether. They are made to hold in both fun and food as your dog forages through the fun patterns with its non-slip base. While my lab has not shown any chipped teeth, after almost five years of using a slow feeder bowl he seems to be having issues with his teeth, I don’t know it but it apears like it to me.