Advantages to Your Pet By Using a Elevated Pet Bowl ~Adjusted to their Eating Height

Most Veterinarians recommend elevated feeders for dogs and cats because they offer a number of Advantages: hygiene and cleanliness, comfort for dogs and cats with arthritis or neck or back problems, and benefits for cats and dogs with conditions that make swallowing difficult.

1: Elevated feeders and dishes keep feeding areas cleaner.

2: Elevated dishes help keep the food and water in the bowls and not on the floor. Moisture that may get under the dish creates a great place for molds and bacteria to grow.

3:An elevated feeder will allow gravity to help get food down to the stomach.

4: Elevated feeders are more comfortable for older pets and less stressful.

5: Dogs or cats with arthritis benefit from elevated feeders. Bending over to eat is not comfortable for pets with stiff muscles or sore joints, particularly for pets with neck or back problems.

6: Raising food and water to a comfortable feeding level encourages eating and drinking.

7: Elevated feeders are easier to maintain since you don't have to bend over as far to pick up or fill up water and food dishes.

8: Elevated feeding can help in the care of dogs and cats with a condition called magaesophagus.
This condition causes the esophagus (the tube that leads from the mouth to the stomach) to become large and flaccid. Instead of moving food on its natural course through muscular contractions, the weakened esophagus dilates and allows food to collect there instead of the stomach. This can lead to regurgitation and vomiting. An elevated feeder will help gravity to move food into the stomach.

 Rodents love pet food; by keeping your pet dish elevated it not only keeps out rodents but also reduces bacteria.

9: Eating bent over can force dogs to gulp air as they eat by snatching food up into their mouths to prevent it dropping. Air in the gut = gas!
Phew! Elevated feeders can help reduce whiffy intestinal gas. The higher the food bowl is to the dog's mouth, the easier it is to eat in a more relaxed position and reduce gulping. In rare instances, swallowing an increased amount of air may result in a condition called bloat (gastric dilation and volvulus, or GDV). This occurs most commonly in larger breeds and is life-threatening. Some veterinarians recommend elevated feeding for dogs susceptible to bloat.

10:60 % of all homes in the US have a pet.

According to American pet product manufactures assn, 44.8 million households now have a dog.  It makes sense that owners want to carve out a fido friendly space for them.