pfcarquejo
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Hello my Friends. Do you use Raised Dog Bowls to feed your bullmastiffs?I use something similar to this:
There's no evidence that raised bowls prevent or cause bloat. There is also no evidence that eating from the floor prevents or causes bloat. It basically comes down to owner/canine preference. My EM will not eat from the floor nor will he eat lying down so he gets a bowl raised to his elbow height. My other dog will eat from a bowl on the floor but he has to bend his knees to do so so he also has a raised bowl.Ok I'm confused.. I thought raised feeders caused bloat? My knowledge only goes so far as a Google search but most of what I read says to avoid raised bowls and to feed giant breeds from the ground. My EM pup is 12 weeks old and lays down to eat.
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I read about that as well; don´t remember the %, howeverAgain, I'm no expert. And you know what works for you through experience, and that trumps all. But there was a six year study done (Glickman study) and the results showed that dogs that ate from elevated bowls were 110% more likely to suffer from bloat than dogs that are from the floor. Sent from my XT1093 using Tapatalk
The problem I see with a lot of the more recent bloat studies is that they have been done after people were told that you should raise the bowl and I've never seen any study or survey where they separate raised feeders and on the ground and then look at the number of dogs who have bloated. If more dogs are fed from raised dishes and more of these dogs bloat does that mean it dishes are bad or that there were just more dogs in that group.Again, I'm no expert. And you know what works for you through experience, and that trumps all. But there was a six year study done (Glickman study) and the results showed that dogs that ate from elevated bowls were 110% more likely to suffer from bloat than dogs that are from the floor.
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I notice of a lot of people feed their dogs inside the crates, I've never done this. Is it something that I should be doing? I have a 12 week old puppy and am afraid that he would make a mess in his crate. What are the advantages?Sent from my XT1093 using Tapatalk