At some point along the line, someone – I can’t even remember who at this point – instructed us to feed Emmett from a raised bowl because he’s barrel-chested so prone to bloat. When Lucas came along, we got the same advice because he’s a Dane or shepherd mix. So for years we’ve fed the boys out of raised dishes. We’ve even gone as far as holding their dishes up when on vacation or visiting someone without raised bowls.
So imagine my surprise when I came across an article on Dolittler (a FABULOUS blog, btw) about research findings that have shown raised bowls to be a contributing factor in causing bloat.
In the large study, between 20 and 52% of the cases of bloat occurred due to a raised food bowl.
Woah. I guess we’ll be rethinking our feeding system, thanks to this info!
