Fast eater

pitbullmommy315

Any tips on how to get my dog to slow down when eating? Do those bowls with the dividers really work? Today he ate so quick he immediately threw up, so I really need to get this under control. Any tips/suggestions? TIA

KnockKnock

I don't know how true this is. I've read some reviews on the bowls with bumpers or dividers to slow down their eating. Some owners had complaints that their dogs gums became  irritated. I was going to use it for one of our guys that eats so much faster than our 3 other dogs. He'll bug the other dogs while they're trying to eat. He got fanged a couple times by them.  After I read that it made me hesitant to use it. 

LinZem

I think you can put an object in the bowl or you can scatter food on a cookie tray or muffin pan. I feed out of a kong wobbler.

ali2005jason

I have a "slow down dog" dish (with the dividers) and it definitely got him to slow down with eating. Instead of woofing it all down, when he gets to the bottom of the bowl, he has to lick it out. Good luck!

callitcompulsive

I've heard of people putting a tennis ball or a kong in the food dish to impede the dog's eating. Would it be possible to feed smaller amounts of food at a time? 

MMP

I have a Brake-fast bowl.  It absolutely slows my dog down. In a pinch,  I've spread food out on a cookie sheet.

katiereimer

DH put a cup in the middle of dodge's food dish because he was the same way and would eat way too fast, and with the cup in the middle he would have to eat around it and wouldnt eat as fast. Could try that.

sklopfer

My dogs eat very quickly, so what I do is put the kong inside of the bowl on top of the food. They would never eat so quickly that they threw up, but they definitely had some nasty burps afterwards. They have heavy metal balls that you can put in the food bowl as well. I've also heard bad things about the partitioned food bowls (especially because they're made of plastic... which my dogs eat), but the kong trick works wonders. 

boylema

Ditto everyone.

I also just read on a dry-erase board @ the Vet this morning that you can feed out of a Bundt-cake pan also. Worth a shot if you have one at home already that you can try to see if it actually works before purchasing a new bowl! GL!

SPK926

One of ours gets fed from a mini-muffin tin and the other from a cookie sheet. It works! Family and friends (jokingly) laugh at us when they see that but it totally works for us.