A dog that clears a bowl in under a minute is swallowing a good deal of air alongside the food, and the discomfort that follows is the part owners usually notice first.
The maze surface in this bowl breaks a meal into channels, so food has to be nosed out a little at a time. That stretches a meal from under a minute to something nearer five or ten, which means less air taken down with it and a more comfortable half hour afterwards.
What makes it worth having over an ordinary slow feeder is that the maze insert lifts out. Underneath is a plain bowl. That matters in a household with more than one dog, because a permanently mazed bowl invariably ends up in front of the wrong one while the fast eater takes the easy dish. Here the same bowl does both jobs on different days, and you can move a dog back to normal feeding without buying anything.
It is around 21cm across, which suits everything from a cat to a medium dog, and it is dishwasher safe on the top rack — worth knowing, because the channels are the part hand-washing misses.
If your dog is new to slow feeding, start with the insert in for one meal a day rather than all of them.
Not every dog in a household needs slowing down, and in a multi-dog home a permanently mazed bowl usually ends up in front of the wrong dog — while the fast eater takes the easy one.
How this helps
The insert lifts out, so one bowl serves a fast eater and an ordinary one on different days. Used as a maze it stretches a meal out, which means less air swallowed alongside the food and supports more comfortable digestion.
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