bloat prevention food bowl for dogs, Doberman demo

Just picked up this bowl that is supposed to slow down dogs who eat too quickly and prevent them from bloating (a fatal situation for most dogs.) It basically just has some small pegs that force him to eat around them, you'll see. Yes I also fed my clownfish in the background at the same time.

Here you can find it on amazon: http://tinyurl.com/cchn95

He is fed 3 times daily to try to prevent the bloat condition , about 3/4 cup of dry Innova EVO, and a couple spoons full of whatever high quality wet food I come across. This happens to be a wet food from a company called Dogswell; it is lamb and rice, (happy hips) which has glucosamine and omega 3s. Took him over 3 minutes to eat whereas before it would take him under a minute if i let that happen. The tennis ball trick worked for a few days, but he soon figured out he could just take the tennis ball out of the bowl, and chow down to his hearts content.

p.s. the fish are eating an awesome food called Rods Food, which is by far the most complete all around frozen reef aquarium food I have ever encountered besides homemade recipes. Check them out!

http://www.rodsfood.com/

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[tonydoberman21]

It is about 50$ for a 28lb bag. Which is steep, but he eats half the amount of what he would eat on sceince diet, and almost 1/3 if he were to eat Dog Chow. It is more densely packed with nutrients and less corn/flour based fillers. He weighs 90lbs, and he eats a mere 2 cups per day, plus about 1/3 can of wet food. So, it costs more, but 28lbs goes a long way considering he would have to eat 6 cups of the econ. The wetfood varies by what I see at the moment. See the description. Good luck!

[bankg92]

Wow my Dobermans eat like crazy especially the new pup well she is 1 year with 5 or 6 moths but she is still a pup cuz dobermans aren't adults until they are 2 years old. I will try this food bowl how much was it?

and how much is the food that you are feeding your dogs where can I buy it?

is it good quality food?

[tonydoberman21]

It is 15.99 i believe, link in sidebar to amazon. The dry food i feed is INNOVA EVO Large Breed, (orange bag.) I'm sure if you research it you will find it is one of the highest quality food products on the market. Only human grade ingredients are used, and it is 100% grain free, based on the evolutionary diet of dogs. It is about 50$ for a 28lb bag. Which is steep, but he eats half the amount of what he would eat on sceince diet, and almost 1/3 if he were to eat Dog Chow.

[buddybleau]

For what it's worth, I have a great dane. I had 2 before and lost one to bloat. I don't know about other breeds but the stomach of a great dane is not attached to the ribs. It hangs free. The problem happens when they want to play and have just finished eating. The stomach swings freely and gets tangled in the intestines. Only way I know of preventing bloat is not to exercise your dog until he has digested his food, Make him take a nice long nap. Do not exercise him on a full stomach!

[rctriplefresh5]

@unityspirit51 my dog uses a raised bowl

[cheechanchux]

I know what bloat is but how does this prevent it?

[slones8]

I dont get it? What is bloat and how does this bowl prevent it?

[kayakerguy01]

It's true. Feeding from an elevated bowl can increase the risk of bloat. All you have to do is ask a vet, or you can google it. I fed my huskies from an elevated bowl, and my male got bloat. I was lucky in that I recognized the symptoms, and got him the the vet asap, and was able to save his life.

[saintbernardlove]

Feeding with an elevated food bowl has been shown to INCREASE chances of bloat. I would not recommend using an elevated food dish.