Outward Hound Fun Feeder Interactive Dog Bowl, Purple

Was pleased initially. It definitely slowed down the doggers' eating but after she's through with the food, she sees it as a chew toy. The pictures are after only two feedings. As you can see, the feet are completely gone. I'll have to go back to her old bowl. Sad. I really wish this was available in a steel material minus the non skid ring. First waste of money on here.

I bought this sort of expecting it to be a waste of cash, because our dog can plow through kibble like crazy, but it works really well! The little maze is narrow and deep enough that it takes her some effort to get to her food and really slows her eating. I was also concerned that she would just give up and tip the thing over to get the food (it's happened with other toys/devices), but she only tried that a couple times and it didn't work, so I'm thrilled with this purchase. Will probably get another of the designs in future to give her some variety/more challenge.

This was very helpful with our 10 week old lab because she inhaled her food so fast she would choke. This slowed her down quite a bit and she was able to use it up until she was just about 6 months old before it became too difficult for her to get the food out with her block nose! She has now upgraded to a regular bowl and actually eats at the same pace that this bowl forced her too. It was a great training tool!

I was skeptical on ordering. But after receiving this bowl I am 100% happy with it! It truly has slowed my dog's gobbling from 20 seconds to about 6 minutes!!! No more vomiting up a meal and she is restful after meals. The bowl is easily washable and stays put on the floor with non- slip bottom. The depth of the bowl allows for adding water to a meal as well. No mess. The best purchase so far.

A few days after buying this I saw my dog barking at the bowl out of frustration. She is quite over weight and the point of the bowl was to slow her down so she stops overeating. Since then she seems to have gotten over it and now all three of the dogs prefer eating out of this bowl over the regular ones. I think it is more challenging/entertaining for them. I recommend it just as much for bored dogs as I would for over weight dogs. As far as my pudgy dog, she is eating less.

I have a 4 month old German Shepherd puppy. Her vet recently up’d her daily food intake from 1/2 cup to 1 full 3 times a day, and Roxie scarfs it down! She could eat it all in just one minute. I got this bowl in hopes to slow her down and prevent any chances of choking or digestive problems. Now it takes her about 10 minutes to eat! It holds a hold cup worth of dry food with plenty of room to spare, and doesn’t slide across the floor as easy as other bowls. Love it!

I found for my pup there are too many swirls and places for food to get stuck. Maybe for a small dog with a smaller mouth it would work, but my golden puppy (who LOVES to eat) would end up just giving up after a while and not finishing her meal. There are just a little too many crevices. I switched to a slow feeder that had a few less swirls and she is doing great.

My husky puppy was inhaling his food then he would go steal our other dogs food. Now he eats much more slowly and also seems to enjoy the challenge of getting the food out of the maze. This can hold a lot of food. I usually feed him a cup at a time. This could probably easily hold 3 cups +. This dish is a life saver!

We got this for our puppy who ate too fast and regurgitated her food often. At first she was confused, and it took her a LONG time to eat, but after a few days she got the hang of it. It still takes her about 10 minutes to eat, and it’s funny because she circles the bowl as she eats, but no more regurgitation and it challenges her a bit for her food in a good way.

We have a puppy that was rescued from a mill, so he thinks he needs to inhale his food. I purchased this bowl hoping it would slow down his eating. It does! I was worried it might frustrate him a little bit, but he's so eager to eat that he gets right in there, even though he can only grab one or two pieces of kibble at a time. It's nice and heavy with rubber on the bottom so it stays put as he pushes his little face into it. All the different openings force him to move around the dish as he eats to get the best angle for getting into the tight spots. His little tail wags as he eats, which I take as a sign that he's having fun. The only downside is that it's a little hard to clean by We have a puppy that was rescued from a mill, so he thinks he needs to inhale his food. I purchased this bowl hoping it would slow down his eating. It does! I was worried it might frustrate him a little bit, but he's so eager to eat that he gets right in there, even though he can only grab one or two pieces of kibble at a time. It's nice and heavy with rubber on the bottom so it stays put as he pushes his little face into it. All the different openings force him to move around the dish as he eats to get the best angle for getting into the tight spots. His little tail wags as he eats, which I take as a sign that he's having fun. The only downside is that it's a little hard to clean by hand because I don't have a scrub brush that will effectively get into all the crevices, but it can be washed in the top rack of the dishwasher, so I just rinse it after each meal and then run it through the dishwasher a couple of times a week. It comes out squeaky clean and unmarred. I would recommend this dish to anyone who has a small or pointy-snouted dog that inhales their food. The crevices might be a little too tight for any dog that has a more square snout or mashed face, like bully breeds, frenchies or pugs--there are other styles of Outward Hound slow feeder bowls that would probably work better for them. … more