We used the raised bowls with our great pyrenees and are using them for our Leonberger.I heard it was safer to use them for bloat but then I heard the opposite too recently but never from a really reliable source so I am very interested in what your vets say.That link makes me afraid to feed them. I will have to read it over more carefully.It sounds like everything causes bloat.I will try and ask my vet next week when I take my shiba for her spay.It definately looks more comfortable raised..