2/26/2024 0 Comments Elevated dog feeder station![]() When I got my first Newfie, it was a no-brainer to use a raised dog food bowl because that’s what the original Purdue Bloat Study concluded.Īll of that changed in 2004 when Purdue University published the Glickman Study findings. I’ve always had an elevated feeding station with my Newfies, except for Lou so that’s why this topic is of specific interest to me. There was also an equal amount of people who said that one of their dogs experienced bloat and was fed from an elevated dog bowl and those that had bloat that were fed at ground level. It’s a confusing topic that has many conflicting statements behind it and some that I’ve debated with my dogs in mind.įrom all the comments that I’ve gone through, it seems like many of those that have been feeding their dogs from raised bowls for several years have stayed the course. Some people said that they also use a raised water bowl and many dog owners stated that they use raised dog feeders due to the benefits they see, especially when it comes to senior dogs or big dog breeds. With just under 400 large breed dog owners chiming in on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, the number of people that fed their dogs from some type of elevated dog dish definitely outweighed those that fed their dogs their meals at ground level. I recently took a poll on 3 of our social media channels to ask what our peers in the giant breed dog world do and the results were pretty surprising! I personally have always fed my big dogs from slightly raised dog bowls but I wanted to see what other big dog owner’s so I asked around. ![]() However, in recent years some people have come to the conclusion that using an elevated dog feeder might actually lead to dog bloat/GDV. It used to be thought that feeding a dog from a raised bowl was an important step in preventing dog bloat. Besides shaving or not shaving your dog in the summer, another controversial dog topic in the big dog community is whether to feed your dog from elevated dog bowls or not.
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