Outward Hound Fun Feeder Interactive Dog Bowl, Purple

I love this bowl, Rowan loves this bowl, it should be a win-win. However, she's only 8 months old, and has trouble reaching all the way down to grab food in the middle of the bowl, since the design gets higher towards the middle. I'm sure she'll be fine when she gets older, but as a large breed baby, she struggles. I understand the point, to make it harder for them to scarf food down, and I definitely appreciate that, however I'd suggest choosing something a little bit flatter if you have a puppy. I have to pour all 2.5 cups around the outside so she can still eat it, which defeats some of the purpose. Other than that minor issue, it's great for getting her to slow down!

My teenage cat is a big food lover and also very smart and needing constant mental stimulation when he's not sleeping. At first we used a treat ball that rolls around and deposits kibble, but it was a little too messy and the kibble would get everywhere as cats don't have great near vision. This puzzle bowl took Pan ~5 minutes to figure out (lots of head butting and rubbing up against our legs as if asking, "What???") and since then he uses both his paws to scoop out the food. He's gone from eating his meal in 30s to ~15 min! So enthused. The only downside is he now knows how to scoop things out of containers... like earplugs from an open plastic container...

I was so excited to get this bowl because of all the reviews and the need for me to stimulate my puppy. My pup is a 13 week old Aussie, and I only put the food on the edges because his tongue is still too small to get into the cracks at the center. However, my puppy, within two minutes of use, flipped the bowl over and ate all the food while my family and I laughed in utter disbelief. We will try again with him when he is bigger and can reasonably get to all of the parts of the bowl. We will still use the bowl in the future, but I thought I would share that puppies can and will tip it over if they get frustrated.

Prior to buying this bowl I think my cattle dog would finish her 1.25 cups of food in about 5-10 seconds. This thing makes it so it takes her about 2 minutes. She wasn't really having digestive issues prior to buying it, but I felt like there is no way it could be good she wolfed down her whole bowl in 2 bites. Also I love the pattern, it's a lot more random than some other bowls which contributes to slowing them down even more.

I am so happy with this slow-feeder bowl! My dog is a very fast eater and even though I had a different slow feeding bowl, he was still able to eat two-thirds of a cup of dry food in less than a minute. With this new bowl, it takes him anywhere from four to six minutes now and I couldn't be happier. The bowl is very flat with low sides, so I don't think you could really fit four cups of dry food in it. I think one cup of dry food would be the max I would put in it, otherwise, it wouldn't slow him down. But for my needs this is perfect and I would definitely recommend this bowl if your dog gulps down his food.

My 5 month Golden Retriever basically inhaled his food- 2 cups gone in a flash. I bought this to slow him down and used it so far for 2 weeks. The bowl caused him to slow down for sure. Funny thing is that at the beginning of week 3 I incorporated his regular bowl and this interactive bowl one cup each. He prefers the interactive bowl AND when I give him just a regular bowl to eat out of, he shows down and chews his food. Pretty amazing. I also hardly ever leave reviews but felt the need to do so here. Thanks.

Already used for my 1 1/2 year old Golden but my 13 year old lab eats slower and now has medication in his food. My 3 year old Shepard was finishing before him and trying to bully my lab before he finished so I started putting my 3 year olds food in the puzzle feeder too. Worked out great. Now by the time my the two finish eating their food out of the puzzle feeder, my lab has eaten in peace!

My puppy would finish her food in about 3 minutes so I bought this to help slow down her eating. Unfortunately she has very low motivation for anything that requires "effort" on her end. So when presented with a challenge like this bowl, she basically just gives up and complains to management (aka me) by howling at the injustice/bad service. I'll try using it again when she is older and maybe more motivated to figure it out. But have used similar bowls in the past for other pups and they work great.

My larger dog needed to loose some weight and this really helps! Rather than to just cut down the amount of food, (which he was eating really fast and then looking for more), eating from this takes time, which totally satisfies him. He loves working on his meal for a while, and never gives me the sad eyes when he is finished. I got one for my small dog as well, but she just looked at me like I was nuts.

I have a lab and he dives in and doesn't chew his food. Well I found this bowl with awesome reviews and decided to purchase it. It worked! He doesn't love it but I do. It took him from eating 2 cups of food in 30 seconds flat or less to about 5-8 minutes. For him, that is a huge change. Much better. I am happy with my purchase.