Features:

  • PROMOTES FUN HEALTHY EATING - Fun Feeder Slo-Bowls help dogs eat up to 10X slower
  • IMPROVES DIGESTION - These dog bowls naturally improve digestion by allowing dogs to forage for their food through the fun patterns and mazes
  • VETERINARIAN RECOMMENDED -Vets recommend Fun Feeder Slo-Bowls to aid in digestion and help prevent bloat
  • NON SLIP BASE & FOOD SAFE MATERIALS - Fun Feeder Slo-Bowls won't slip or slide & are made with food-safe materials that are BPA, PVC & Phthalate free. Made with high-quality, food-safe ABS plastic
  • PROPER PORTIONS- The Large Fun Feeder Slo-Bowl holds up to 4 cups of dry kibble, the Small holds 2 cups & the X-Small holds 3/4 cup. All Fun Feeders work great for dry or wet food diets
Must Have !

Outward Hound Kyjen 51004 Fun Feeder Slow Feed Interactive Bloat Stop Dog Bowl, Small, Orange This is an amazing bowl for food hogs like mine, I was worried initially since she is brachycephalic and would'nt finish her food, reached out to Kyjen (excellent customer service). As directed, after two days of leaving food there and sure enough she was trying much harder, now it takes her about 20 minutes to eat 1 cup of kibble (as opposed to 20 seconds) I get some time away and she seems to enjoy it. Added benefits: lower risk of bloat, better stools and .. believe it or not, less flatulence! fully recommended

Started with the Large. Now using Small.

I bought the teal (concentric circles) and the pink (flower-ish) in the large size for my golden retriever when she was a puppy. She ate quickly and these slowed her down considerably. Time to finish went from 30 seconds to over 2 minutes. LARGE is an understatement. It’s 12 inches across and is annoying to store/pack/wash. The teal is deeper than the pink. Neither one fits in my dishwasher without taking up an exorbitant amount of space. The bowls are now 2 years old and need to be replaced so I decided to order the smaller size to see if it would still slow her down enough, while also being easier to store and wash. SMALL is perfect for my dog. She eats between 1 and 1.5 cups of food at each meal and it fits in the small size bowl just fine. I can also store the bowl inside the food bin if I want to. It’s smaller so there’s less to wash by hand but it’s no easier, however it takes up a lot less room in the dishwasher. I’ve attached a picture of both sizes with the same amount of food in them.

I hate, Hate, HATE this Bowl !!!!!

I hate, Hate, HATE this bowl !!!!!! I used to be able to wolf my dinner down in 20 seconds flat. BANG! and it was gone. So what I went to the vet once or twice for bloat - who cares! Ize like to eat, and Ize like to eat fast. Now with this 60's retro psychedelic shaped safety orange dish, I have to work to get every piece of kibble. It takes me 10 minutes now to eat a 20 second dinner. Its downright humiliating. The shame - oh, the shame! Hmmm. Come to think about it, I haven't been to the vet for a while. Phhhhhht. Just coincidence, I'm sure.

The Best!

Our puggle Ike, he's been gulping his food down since he was 8 weeks old. We also found, when we doggie sat another puppy, Ike, at 12 weeks old was also food agressive. I guess, in Ike's mind, he was competing for food with our temporary puppy guest, so he started gulping his food down even faster! Thankfully we were able to stop Ike's food aggression a long time ago, but in the 7 years we've had our puggle, we haven't been able to get him to slow down his eating, at least not until now! It used to take Ike maybe 30 seconds to gulp down 3/4 cup of food out of a regular bowl, & then he'd go back & repeatedly lick out that empty bowl two or three more times. I guess he needed to make sure he truly didn't miss any of his kibble, lol? Well, with these Slow Feeder Bowls, Ike now takes about 8 minutes to eat his food, & he doesn't go back for second & third empty bowl licks either! Initially our puggle didn't like the bowls, but he's accepted them now, & now he's not gulping too much air when he eats, which means he also doesn't burp or pass as much gas either! And most importantly, he hasn't thrown up at all since we've been feeding him out of the slow feeder bowls. The only down side to the bowls is if you have a smart dog, one that turns genius where/when food is concerned like our puggle Ike! A dog who says hey, I got this! Look mom, this challenge is too easy-peasy, bark-kahahaha! See, all I had to do is tip my bowl over & spill the dog food out on the floor, bark-kahahaha! Well, our smarty pants puggle's victory was short lived, because to stop my little bowl tipper, this is what I did: first I duct taped a 10 pound dumbbell weight to the bottom of the bowl, but when washing the bowls, the duct tape proved to be too difficult to remove, so I switched to ordinary Scotch tape instead. And I used a 10 pound weight, because it happened to be the same diameter as the bottom of the bowls. You just need secure to the bowl something too heavy for your dog to pick up &/or move. We've been using these bowls, problem free, for several months now, & they're great! They do exactly what they claim to do! FYI: I purchased the orange & teal bowls for variety, but after much searching, I learned the three colors of the bowls means they're different levels of difficulty too. 1.) The purple bowl is the easiest ___challenge. 2.) The teal bowl is the medium ___challenge 3.) And the orange bowl is the most ___challenging.

Great food bowl. It added over 3 minutes to my dogs feeding time.

I have the Caribbean Blue model in size large. It is an awesome food bowl. My Stella is a 60lb. lab mix and she is a feeder. She used to inhale her food from her old bowl. By using the Slo Bowl, it has added over 3 minutes to Stella's feeding time. It now takes her around 5 minutes to eat her food where before it could take 2 minutes or less. - The Caribbean Blue Large is 10.5 inches across. - The grooves closest to the edge are around half an inch thick and get deeper as move inward to the bowl. - The center groove is almost 2 inches deep. - The bottom of the bowl has 4 pads with small rubber feet on them too help keep the bowl in place. - Really slows dogs eating down and helps prevent bloating due to eating to fast. - BPA and PVC free - Dishwasher safe, just make sure to put it in the top rack Overall it's a great bowl. Well worth the money. If your dog is a feeder and loves to inhale it's food, buy a Slo Bowl. Check out my video review and demonstration I posted of the Kyjen Slo Bowl on my YT channel. Search YT for my username and search for the Kyjen Slo Bowl in the Dog Tech section and you will see my review and demo along with other dog tech reviews. Caw!

Excellent bowls to make dogs eat more slowly and provide some mental stimulation when eating

These dog bowls are amazing! This version has larger spaces so it's easier for my dog to get the food than in the spiral and the flower shape one but for a dog with a large snout or bit tongue this is still effective. My smaller dog (45lb) doesn't get much of a challenge with this shape, but the larger one does. My dogs had gotten in to a competitive eating thing all of a sudden and the younger (4year old) and much bigger one (80lb ridgeback) started eating so fast she vomited every meal. I bought these to force her to slow down. I got three different shapes so I could switch them out to keep eating a challenge which is good mental stimulation for dogs. This completely solved the easing too fast problem. Both dogs adapted easily to using them. These were well worth the money. These bowls do make them drool more when eating but I just throw them in the dishwasher regularly and that takes care of the cleaning.

Best way to slow down a fast eater

Update 9/1/2016: I have been using this feeder for a few months now and still love it! My puppy has yet to tip it over or spill it and it still continues to slow his eating down. It can get gross sometimes with his slobber after he is done eating but I can give it a quick rinse. Cleaning with the sponge wand I use is a little tough to get in all the divots, but I throw it in the dishwasher every now and then to give it a full cleaning. Original Review: I have a 6 month old puppy and he absolutely loves food. He literally will sit there licking his lips when I am pouring his food for him and is the most excited I've ever seen him. He also scarfs down the food as fast as possible which can lead to Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus. I did have a few solutions before trying out this bowl, but the bowl has been the best so far. Previous Solutions: My first attempt to slow down my puppy's eating was to add rubber Kong toys to his food bowl so that he would have to eat around them. This worked a little bit and did slow him down; but not very much. My next idea was to turn the food bowl upside down and pour the food in the bottom of the bowl (the bottom of the bowl had a canyon-like shape around the edges). This worked much better than the Kongs and actually slowed him down quite a bit. I had been using the upside-down bowl method for several months but finally decided to try out a bowl designed for slowing down eating. This bowl worked much better than the upside-down bowl and significantly slowed down my dogs eating. He constantly comes up for air and has to strategically plan where to eat next. Quality: The bowl is made with your typical, heavy-duty BPA free plastic and has a very solid feel to it. It is dishwasher safe, which is great, because cleaning this bowl with a sponge is much more difficult due to the walls. Overall this is a great bowl if you want to slow down your dog's eating! The picture I attached that shows the bowl with food has 1 cup of food in it. There is room for a little more food, but the listing advertises it can hold 2 cups which may be a little much. 2 cups would likely have the food to the brim. This isn't an issue for me since my dog gets 1 cup per meal so it works out great. So far I have not had the issue that other reviewer's stated where their dog learned to turn the bowl upside-down to get all the food out. I did notice that once my dog finished the food, he was sniffing for more and attempted to pick it up with his teeth. I took the bowl away immediately and now keep it off the floor when not being fed so he doesn't learn to flip it over. Writing in-depth reviews to help other shoppers has become a hobby of mine. I hope you found this review to be helpful! Also, feel free to ask any questions and I will answer them for you!

Henry wasn't too sure about this at first... but he figured it out.

Fantastic! Does exactly what I needed it to do. In case you are wondering - this size (large) will hold 4 cups of dry dog food. I couldn't find that answer anywhere so I bought the big one. I would have bough the smaller one if I knew that.

Works better than I thought

I actually really like this bowl. Even when the dog dumps it over, and it takes him a minute to do that, eating the food off the floor still slows him down. Instead of gagging after inhaling his food, he actually stays busy for five minutes. I'm considering buying a second one for the other dog, who isn't much of an eater but finds mealtime more interesting when dinner is in this bowl (He normally abandons food if something better is going on) It is pretty sturdy, holds at least 4 cups of food. So far it hasn't gotten any teeth marks from getting tossed around by the dog. It does take up a lot of room in the dishwasher, though.

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