beth101509 (04-15-2015)
Some research shows that dogs eating from raised bowls have a bigger chance for torsion, other says the exact opposite.
I don't know whether raised or not raised bowls have anything to do with torsion, but Cookie's bowls have always been on the floor. I am more careful with no exercise before and after a meal and the type of food he is getting. There's also the main culprit - genes.
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beth101509 (04-15-2015)
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sipsi (04-18-2015)
First off, I love that new photo of Oliver! He has Ellie's concerned brow!
It's only anecdotal, but in our experience with a big time gulper, the raised bowls seemed to cut down on regurgitation. Stella used to wolf down her food as if she were starving (she wasn't!) and would regularly just open her mouth and yack it back up again (Yum! Warm dinner!). Once she started eating from the raised bowls at about two or three (I can't quite remember), she would just have a big burp after eating and go on her merry way. Everyone once in a while she would puke it back up again, but not nearly as often.
Our current little princess eats from a raised bowl, but she doesn't like to drink from the raised water bowl. Go figure. She's a crazy peanut, so we keep a water bowl on the floor for her, too.
My understanding is that torsion and bloat have more to do to with the physical structure of your dog's chest/abdomen and genetics. Our last field lab had an unusually steep sloped chest, so we kept her physical activity around meals to a minimum.
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beth101509 (04-15-2015)
I'm like Berna - have always had Gabby's bowls on the ground, but the DH and I have never let her get rambunctious around feeding time.
We've used a raised feeder for Emma her whole life. I worry changing her to the floor now would cause problems since she's used to eating raised.
"The dog was created specially for children, he is the God of frolic"
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We started feeding Mocha with his bowls on the floor. He is such a sloppy drinker the floor was always wet. We put down a soaker rug to help dry up the floor. This just caused a soppy wet rug on the floor. We now use bed serving tray with a soaker rug. This has worked out well. I have noticed he does eat slower and burps less.
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Labs- "Hearts of gold, heads of stone, cast iron stomachs"
Latte's bowls are on the floor. While eating, she sits and sometimes lays down I'm not sure if she would be more comfortable with raised bowls. What do you think?
Perdue:
"A second (risk) is that raised feeding stations or raised food bowls increase the risk of bloat . Of 625 dogs who ate with bowls flat on the floor, only 18 bloated. Of the 249 who ate with a raised bowl or feeding station, 85 bloated."
34% bloating with raised bowls is a very high rate. The dogs that ate with bowls on the floor had only a 3% rate.
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