Your furbaby is adorable, and I love the food and water solution. I’m a little worried about some of your commenters puppies though. I know they love their furbabies and wouldn’t do anything intentional to hurt them, so I thought I would point out that dogs are meant to eat in the “head down” position. Elevating their food dish, or having them eat in the “down” position, can promote bloat, which hits quickly and almost always kills the puppy after many excruiatingly painful hours. A friend of mine lost her pup this way, after feeding it from an elevated dish for 5 years, even though she got it to the vet right away and had him operated on. Although she “got away with it” for 5 years, she wishes so much she had known the danger.

So many companies are selling elevated dish stands now, and it’s so dangerous. Please try to warn your readers.

That’s good then!! :) I didn’t know myself until out one cat and one of our dogs started getting all these pimples on their chin…it was quite lovely, I promise! Anyway, the vet said it was from the ceramic bowls. So we switched to stainless and have never had a problem since!

It probably also depends on how oily the animals skin is to begin with, kind of like humans!!!

Cheers!
Meg

Hey Meg,

Thanks for the note! Your pet feeding stations sound very cute indeed and as for our bowls we’re happy to say that they’re vet approved (we toted them along to be sure they’d be safe for Burger before putting them into action). Hope it helps!

xo,
Sherry

We have three dogs…so our bowls, like yours, have to be visually pleasing. So we got a friend to make wooden boxes and each dog has their name engarved in the box. And then a stainless steel bowl is inserted in the centre. They are quite cute!

I just wanted to make a note – not sure if ramekins are made of ceramic or not, but ceramic is actually NOT a good tyope of bowl for pets. It holds bacteria and actually can cause canine/feline herpes and acne. Just an FYI!! :)