Elevated Dog Food Bowls Can Help Improve Your Pet's Posture

Elevated dog food bowls are raised feeders which are designed to improve your pet's posture and aid digestion.

This type of feeder is also said to relieve stress on your pet's joints by lifting their head above ground level when eating, helping to relieve any strain on the dog's neck and joints.

There are many different styles of elevated dog food bowls available; some are simply practical (like the one in the picture on the right) and others are more stylish in their design. (See below)

The more stylish food bowls are fashioned out of beautiful woods, slate, or stone, and are designed to look more like a piece of furniture - they wouldn't look out of place in a trendy kitchen or hallway!

Advantages Of Using Elevated Dog Feeders

Aside from looking rather stylish, there are many advantages of using raised dog food bowls. They can:

• help to maintain a healthy posture;
• make it more comfortable at feeding time and reduce the amount of stress placed on the neck and back muscles - particularly useful if your dog is arthritic;
• aid digestion by eating from a raised food bowl;
• help to reduce ingested air whilst eating, which can help to reduce wind - now that's got to be good!

Some elevated feeders come with very sturdy stands, making them less likely to be tipped over than ordinary floor-level food and water bowls.

There is one small (potential) disadvantage to using elevated dog bowls which we feel we should mention.

Raised dog feeding stations have been said to pose a small risk factor for dog bloat. Not all dogs are susceptible to dog bloat, but some are prone to this condition.

We don't recommend using an elevated feeder for a breed prone to suffer from this condition as these type of feeders may increase the risk.

Luckily for us, however, Cocker Spaniels tend not to suffer from dog bloat - although it's not unheard of.

Learn more about dog bloat.

If you decide to invest in elevated dog food bowls for your pet, you'll need to make sure you order the correct size.

You can do this by measuring your dog's wither height - this is the distance from the ground to the top of his shoulder - then subtract 15cm (6 inches) to give you the correct height of elevated dog feeder for him.

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