DOGNESS Mini Programmable Automatic Dog & Cat Feeder

I have a cat that must be fed multiple times a day, due to an inability to control his food intake (as well as the rate at which he gobbles down food). When I leave town, it is problematic to find an affordable pet sitter. So, I bought this programmable feeder, and it seems to be working. I needed a feeder that would only ration out a small portion of food at a time. While my cat didn’t like it at all at first, I think he is beginning to appreciate getting little snacks of kibbles even when I am not home. I suspect after about a month of using it (it has only been about 10 days), he will be less confused and more content.

Just got this for our small dog. It works fairly well and will hopefully make life easier, especially when running out the door in the morning. I would be curious to see how it works over time. The voice recording sounds off, but that's minor. Our dog kibble is pretty small and 1 portion is roughly equal to 1 tablespoon (just slightly under). We have set it up to do small feedings four times a day, as our dog doesn't always eat the food amount when being fed twice daily.

I bought this for my dog because I work 13 hour shifts and due to her anxiety, I am having a hard time finding someone to feed her when I am gone. This has my voice recorded and she runs to eat when she hears it. I now use it for breakfast and dinner everyday because she likes it so much.

I really like this, love that you can control portions and have smaller portions than my current feeder. Very attractive. Only drawback is that it says 2L/approx 8.8 cup capacity. When I go to a cups to pounds conversion (you have to choose food type and I chose peanuts for conversion comparison) it says 2.3 pounds. The feeder didn’t quite fit 1/2 a 5 pound bag of kibble. Also when choosing food amount, you have to select how many “portions” for it to dispense, but instructions don’t say what a portion is, so have to test a few times. Lastly, instructions say battery life only lasts a few hours so you must plug in. Every other feeder I’ve had lasts months on batteries! Lastly, this is very I really like this, love that you can control portions and have smaller portions than my current feeder. Very attractive. Only drawback is that it says 2L/approx 8.8 cup capacity. When I go to a cups to pounds conversion (you have to choose food type and I chose peanuts for conversion comparison) it says 2.3 pounds. The feeder didn’t quite fit 1/2 a 5 pound bag of kibble. Also when choosing food amount, you have to select how many “portions” for it to dispense, but instructions don’t say what a portion is, so have to test a few times. Lastly, instructions say battery life only lasts a few hours so you must plug in. Every other feeder I’ve had lasts months on batteries! Lastly, this is very pricey. All that said, I really like it for its stylish look and portion control options for my chunky kitty, but be forewarned it doesn’t hold much! … more

We've only had this feeder for about 2 weeks,but so far we love it. I was hesitant at first b/c of the reviews stating it was so hard to set up. I totally found the opposite. The only issue I had with set up was you do have to push the buttons pretty hard to register and the self feed button has to be held for 2-3 seconds before it will dispense food, but super easy to set up times and feeding amount. I actually dispense one "serving at a time until I reached the amount we typically fed each day in order to know the # of "servings" I needed to set it at. I LOVE that my very food driven cat no longer I depending on us and decreasing his begging. Plus we camp so this is amazing to know he is still We've only had this feeder for about 2 weeks,but so far we love it. I was hesitant at first b/c of the reviews stating it was so hard to set up. I totally found the opposite. The only issue I had with set up was you do have to push the buttons pretty hard to register and the self feed button has to be held for 2-3 seconds before it will dispense food, but super easy to set up times and feeding amount. I actually dispense one "serving at a time until I reached the amount we typically fed each day in order to know the # of "servings" I needed to set it at. I LOVE that my very food driven cat no longer I depending on us and decreasing his begging. Plus we camp so this is amazing to know he is still fed with no issues when we are not at home with equal portion control. My only complaint is I wish the "holding tank" was larger, but it at least gives us a good week to week and a half so I just refill 1x a week to male sure. I would definitely recommend. Just hope it continues to work this well. … more

This feeder is really amazing. I bought it to try and get my cat to stop begging for food. What’s that all about? Aren’t cats too sophisticated to beg for food? Anyway, setting the feeder was easy and I was able to confirm the amount of food I was feeding her. I just have to make sure she is on the floor when the food drops. It’s like she has been shot out of a cannon. She does not need to be jumping off the furniture when it is feeding time.

Life-saver for me and my husband. We took away free feed for our chubbier kitty which helped him lose all the weight he needed. But the barking for food was insane! Purchased this beauty which allows 4 different times you can set for automatic feed. Some folks complained that writing is small, but I can read it all just fine. My kitty loves to come running when food is served! Definitely recommend this :)

It was pretty easy to set up and was able to use a bowl I already had for my cat which was nice. I did have to move it into a corner because my silly kitty tried pushing it over to get extra food out. The feeder locks tight and suffered no damage from his enthusiasm. While the cord is long and sturdy, it plugs in weirdly to the feeder. Not a dealbreaker at all but it took a bit of maneuvering to get the cord out of the way of the food shoot. He took to it right away and when the food is dispensed he hightails it over to munch. The voice recorder feature is mostly scary not enticing. So I just turned it off. Both Kitty and I pretty happy with this feeder.

We’re absolutely loving this feeder so far! Our cat got used to eating several small meals throughout the day during the pandemic, and when we went back to work in the office part-time we wanted to ensure we could keep this up. This feeder has worked perfectly so far! It took kitty a little while to get used to; she didn’t understand that no human was needed to dispense the food. She’s got the hang of it now. The feeder is incredibly easy to program. Just know that it does operate on military time. Also, each “meal” is equivalent to about 5 grams which helps us manage the amount of food kitty is eating (she’s a little chonky and on a diet).

I tested it for a few days before leaving my cats. Works well, they can’t get into it and I had no problems programming it. Really no complaints, gets the job done.