Raised food dishes
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| An elevated food dish can help contribute to bloat so new studies don't recommend them. Despite that, I do use slightly elevated bowls for my dogs. I free feed and they only eat a few mouthfuls at a time so they aren't scarfing down food really fast and gulping lots of air. My old dog has a much easier time elevated but the young ones could go either way anyway. If If I had specified feeding times where my dog ate all of his or her food at one sitting, I wouldn't use them. |
| i use a raised water bowl since they love to drip all over seems to help puddle on the floor. |
| Our new puppy lies down to eat with the dish between her front legs. Our last oes seemed to struggle with dish on the floor. so I bought a small bucket with a lid, kept her dry food in there, and with the lid upside down on the top of the bucket..her metal dish just fitted! Very cheap but did the trick. The dog before her was a big girl as well and we cut a circle out of a cardboard box and replaced it when it got tatty. I like make do and mend! |
| I don't use them, mine are floor level feeders, elevated are good if the dog is elderly and having trouble leaning down to feed or drink.
Bloat link for you to read. 
http://www.globalspan.net/bloat.htm |
| There definately is a mixed bunch of theories on raised water bowls and bloat...some reports say they contribute to bloat while othes say they help keep bloat from happening...So, who knows?
We do use a raised dish. Not for water because the water tneded to keep the under beard soaked with water. I use the raised feeder for feeding and then take it away and leave the water dish. if you are worried about bloat there are many other things you can do to hopefully keep it from happening...no strenous exercise at least an hour before and after a meal, feeding two or three smaller meals a day instead of one large one, asnd avoiding food that are gassy... Good luck with your pup! |
| You might be interested in this article.
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/update2.htm This is a 5-yr study with large dogs done by Purdue University. Sadie has always taken her food in a bowl on the floor between her front legs. I make sure she waits 30 minutes before drinking. When I don't, she always gulps water and then throws-up! Unless there was a medical reason for raising the bowl, like an elderly or arthritic dog, I would not raise the bowl. Just my thoughts. I know there is a lot of controversy on this subject, but love Sadie too much to take a chance on bloat. |
Very interesting article and study they have done, 110% on raised feeders  , thanks for posting that link.  |
Wow - that is a huge difference - 110% more likely to have bloat using elevated bowls than non-elevated bowls. I have used elevated bowls, because, like Ashely mentioned, I had read other studies that concluded they were helpful in preventing bloat.  Go figure.  Good article!
Lisa - I found it interesting in the link that you posted that they are also recommending against feeding your dog ice cubes or ice water. Mine are not particularly fond of ice, although they have had it on occassion. But, I know lots of OES who love it. Very interesting information. Thanks for posting the link. |
| Our Sami always lays down when she eats her small kibble and her large kibble she takes one by one to our couch and eats it. I was told that the raise dishs makes it easier for them to eat because of swallowing, hard to do when their head is down and eating? So I can see the bloating factor to this on eating and the air. |
| I thought the ice cubes was interesting too, I knew about iced water but never related it to cubes as well. |
| The ice cubes is interesting...My vet often recommends me giving ice chips to my dog when he is having a bout of diarrhea
Also, the 110% increase in dogs using elevated bowls, that wouldn't be so alarming when you figure the dogs using elevated bowls are large or giant breed dogs and those are the dogs at the highest risk of bloat. the more I read, the more confused I get. between this controversial subject and the home cooked v commercial v raw diet, one can become completely insane |
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