Outward Hound Non-Skid Plastic Slow Feeder Interactive Dog Bowl

Recently we adopted a puppy that someone abandoned in a park near our home. No shots, no chip and not been spayed. You could see her ribs. I purchased this to slow down her eating from gulping the food. A month later she is a healthy, happy, well adjusted, 35#, spayed female German Shepherd with ALL her shots! It takes her about 15 min to eat the 2 cups it holds. Without this bowl, Rascal can eat 2 cups in 3 minutes!!

It seems like our 5 month old Sheepadoodle is swallowing more air trying to navigate with the same speed he would normal eat. That said, he's not having tummy troubles, but is a little 'belch-y'. I also bought an insert for his regular dish that seems to do the trick a little bit better. They both slow him down quite a bit... it's his enthusiasm to get every morsel from the slow feeder that may make it too hindering and not exactly helpful!

I really love the dog bowl, my new pup would inhale her food so quickly (I would actually put her food down, release her to eat, and walk maybe 10 steps and she would completely devour all her food). Now it certainly takes her much more time to finish her food, which is great because it leaves me time to do things like brush my teeth or change. My only issue with the bowl is that it was advertised as having a 2-cup maximum capacity, and each of my pup's feedings are 1 cup but it would fill the bowl up to the brim. Thankfully, the folks at Chewy were kind and let me get the next size up (which holds "4 cups) and it is a much better fit. I think the volume calculated might not take into account I really love the dog bowl, my new pup would inhale her food so quickly (I would actually put her food down, release her to eat, and walk maybe 10 steps and she would completely devour all her food). Now it certainly takes her much more time to finish her food, which is great because it leaves me time to do things like brush my teeth or change. My only issue with the bowl is that it was advertised as having a 2-cup maximum capacity, and each of my pup's feedings are 1 cup but it would fill the bowl up to the brim. Thankfully, the folks at Chewy were kind and let me get the next size up (which holds "4 cups) and it is a much better fit. I think the volume calculated might not take into account the space lost to the ridges? Either that or the kibble size is perhaps larger than what was used to calculate the volume of the bowls. … more

My dogs tend to eat their food too fast and occasionally end up with indigestion. They would finish a bowl of food in less than a minute. Tried other solutions but only helped a little. This bowl really slowed down their eating. It now takes them over five minutes to eat and I have noticed they have less stomach problems. I bought two bowls, one for each dog. So far extremely happy with them. Would highly recommend if your dog is a gobbler.

So my puppy gobbles his food in seconds, so I tried this. It does slow him down a wee bit, but not much. Now he does Nascar circles around the bowl. Thought I'd try one with squares, but he just grabs a square and lifts the bowl and food flies. So, I'm sticking to this one for awhile.

My 8 month old puppy inhales his food within 30 seconds, just got the bowl and tried it out he now takes about 10 minutes and has to even take a break because it makes him tired and he actually chews his food now, no more puke piles!!! Thank you chewy!!!!! The blue one was perfect for him hes about 20-30 pounds and the 2 cup one is awesome.

This has done the trick getting my dog to eat more slowly. The crevasses are big enough that his kibbles don't get caught in them. I wash it in the dishwasher on the bottom shelf. One caveat: if you feed your dog anything small and soft (think diced carrots, blueberries) some can get stuck in the crevasses.

I have another bowl from the same brand for my other dog - it’s the purple one in the photo. I much prefer that pattern to this bowl because it’s easier to pour food into and still slows down the dogs. This pattern seems to “compartmentalize“ the kibble and it spills out more easily when filling the bowl. Works to slow down my puppy though!

only reason I gave 4 stars not 5 is that its primary use is dry only. Wet or a mix of wet and dry is awful. I fill in the am for munching all day and then do a dinner mix at dinner time in his regular bowl.

Smaller pulling out of the package than I thought but looks are deceiving! It's the same size as our other bowl! Stores a good amount of food just pour carefully