Quote Originally Posted by ramanth View Post
Been considering getting one for Chipper. I'm surprised he doesn't throw up with how fast he eats.
My friend's bulldog did throw up he ate so fast. She would have to take up his bowl half way between to let him settle. Then she got one of the bowls posted in the link. She loves it and can't say enough good things about it.


Quote Originally Posted by Spiritwind View Post
Yeah.. I was always paranoid too... used to feed the dogs soaked food, and feed it late at night so they weren't running around playing right after they ate.

Then about 5yrs ago I had a 7 month old male collie bloat/torsion on an empty stomach... I caught it early, went to the ER vet = surgery to take his stomach... he survived, did great was hospitalized about 36hrs total...

A year later a dog I co-owned was at his co-owners and bloated, again on an empty stomach... he was not so lucky, sadly he didn't survive. He was the sire of the puppy that bloated....hmm and breeders try to deny it can SOMETIMES be genetic....
I thought with bloat that you weren't supposed to let the dogs tummy get too empty either?? At least that's what my dobe breeder says. She always makes sure the dogs get 2 meals a day and never go more than 12 hours without food.