You don't have to buy one. My dad up Max's food dish ontop of an upside down pail. Max hated at first & starved himself for 2 days. But we did it because the vet said hes not to put too much strain on his neck unless he does it willingly. so up went his dist & out cam a taller water pail.


Notice how low the water is. He drinks that in 1 day!!! & the pail is filled right to the top!!! no wonder he peed for about 5 mins average (I'm not joking about the time either)


See his neck is higher up, but he still has to lower his neck just a tad to make eating comfy.



Had to add this one. He use to wait right there until we were finished filling his dish & then told him to eat. We did this because he use to be food agressive, & having a snapping doggy isn't good. He hasn't been food agressive for more then 6 yrs, but we kept this habbit cause it also made him calmer & he ate slower.