Outward Hound Non-Skid Plastic Slow Feeder Interactive Dog Bowl

Our Aussie is VERY food motivated and tends to scarf her food down way too fast. Recently she was eating so fast that she choked and we had to provide the heimlich maneuver. This was absolutely terrifying and luckily she is doing well after. Not wanting to have this ever happen again I immediately went on Chewy.com and ordered three "slow feeder" bowls. She was a little baffled at first but has figured it out and seems to enjoy the challenge. Most importantly is slows her eating down to a more reasonable pace. I got three of these so that I can rotate them between cleanings so she always has a clean bowl. Cleaning them has not been too tricky and mostly I can wash them but they can go Our Aussie is VERY food motivated and tends to scarf her food down way too fast. Recently she was eating so fast that she choked and we had to provide the heimlich maneuver. This was absolutely terrifying and luckily she is doing well after. Not wanting to have this ever happen again I immediately went on Chewy.com and ordered three "slow feeder" bowls. She was a little baffled at first but has figured it out and seems to enjoy the challenge. Most importantly is slows her eating down to a more reasonable pace. I got three of these so that I can rotate them between cleanings so she always has a clean bowl. Cleaning them has not been too tricky and mostly I can wash them but they can go in the dishwasher. They do get a lot of saliva on them so I strongly recommend washing them between meals. Each bowl I purchased has a different pattern which is great for keeping things interesting! These have been great and I definitely recommend them. They will forever be a meal-time staple for our fur kid. … more

At first feeding I thought this might not be a good idea as my Catahoula puppy had food flying all over the place. He's 6 months old now and the feeder has definitely forced him to slow down eating. It also mentally challenges him while eating. This is good because he's very intelligent busy and energetic. Initially the bowl slid around but now it stays in place as he is focused on getting his food. I like the design of the top of the bowl, which allows me to put a spoon of pumpkin in or some other type of delicious treat.

The only reason I purchased these was because one of our other slow feeder bowls got ran over & broke. My youngest dog (GD mix) still gobbles his food & I thought this would be a great solution. Unfortunately it wasn't.. he got so tired of messing with it & just gave up eating. I ended up dumping the rest on the ground, which is a shame because there went all his supplements. :(

I bought a different color bowl for my rescue Doberman last year as they are prone to bloat from eating to fast. I got this bowl because I felt my Vizsla was eating to fast now that I found a food he liked. I think this may be the most complex of these slow feeders as the outer ring is very narrow. Some mornings my Vizsla gives up on those. Thinking of swapping the blue bowl with the Doberman’s purple one and see if my hypothesis is correct.

I almost returned this at first because Tulip struggled the first time trying and I thought she wasn't able to reach all of the food. I'm glad I didn't because it was just so different from her regular bowl, she just needed to figure it out. It's great because she now gets every last crumb and, unlike previously, she doesn't gobble up her food in 60 seconds!

My dog is a monster at mealtime and this does slow him down. This is the second such bowl we have bought for him, but with a different pattern. It will just be a matter of time before he figures it out, but in the meantime, our other dog can relax a little more when he's eating.

This was a great purchase for our 80 pound dog who would scarf down his food in seconds. It truly does slow him down and probably helps with his digestion. If you are considering, buy it! The 4 cup size is pretty big and sturdy.

Normally it takes my dog about one minute to eat her food. The first time I put her food in there, it took her over 8 minutes to eat. She isn't burping as much and it seems to tire her out and calm her down a bit working that hard to eat.

It's a hit with with my pup again! This works super well to help her slow down when she eats but I've noticed that when I scoop her food into the bowl it spills out frequent and I end up having to put the bits back in by hand. A little annoying, especially when I'm cruched for time, but still great! 7/10.

It definitely serves it’s purpose of helping my Rottweiler eat slower it’s a lot easier to clean then the other one I just wish they would’ve enclosed the bottom part so you don’t have to clean both sides