Those dog food bowls that have lumps in them to slow the dog down when eating?

Since putting my girl on a diet she now eats realy fast. Before when she was fed too much she would eat some then pick at the rest. Now she is a good weight she no longer does this, her food is gone in seconds. We can put it down leave the room to get something turn around and have her standing behind you as she has finished.

I've not read anything about vallhunds being prone to bloat but with our luck I do worrie about her eating so fast. So I'm considering getting one of those bowls but there not cheap for a dog bowl so don't want to buy one and find its crap.

I have one of the green bowls from company of animals to slow my BC down....i was quite sceptical but at crufts I was shown a video of a dog who took 20 mins to finish its dinner!!! I bought the bowl and while its not slowed him to that extent, it definitely makes him eat much slower! I've even used it with treats when I just want 10 minutes of peace lol ;)

Do you mean the green oval shape with the spikes?
I have one which I also use for a bit of peace from the pup with some treats in it. I sometimes put her food in it, but she's likely to get bored at the moment and not finish her meal, I think she going through a phase of going off eating as she is not growing so fast and I am in the process of dropping her lunchtime meal.
I suspect in the future when she's a typical adult GR that falls on her food like she has been starved for a week, it will be very useful

I have a brake fast bowl which has mounds in it as my pup just hovered up his food. It certainly did the trick for him, I am told that putting a tennis ball in a bowl has the same effect but I suspect some dogs would take the ball out for a game!!
My lad is now 4 and I now use the bowl for his mother who has suddenly spread around the middle and gobbles her food. I feed raw and my lot like the mounds and all the bowl clean, so for us it has worked.

Yeah Jodi, its the green oval one....looks a bit like plastic grass lol :) its good even with naturediet and other wet food

I've not read anything about vallhunds being prone to bloat

My best friend's parents had one at home in Sweden and he died from bloat.

Thank you, think I'll have a look around for one. I've seen a few diffrent types so far.

I guess any breed can get bloat just more common in some more than others. Sometimes after she rushes her food down her stomach makes gurgling noises. But knowing her and my luck she will probably try to chew off the bowls lumps to swallow them lol.

I consider it pretty normal that by the time I put the last bowl down the first dog ahs finished theirs.

On occasion when I have needed to slow a dog down I have thrown their food on the ground so they had to eat each piece, or put a bonhe or a stoen in their bowl so they ahd to eat around it, the clever ones soon take the item out first ;().

My oldest bitch was so greedy as a pup, she'd eat so fast it would come back up!

I solved the problem by putting her food in a treat ball.    Loads of fun as she rolled it about and ate each piece of kibble daintily :-)

In the days before everything was manufactured for us, I used to put a brick in the bowl, too heavy to get out, and free !.

I too have used a treat ball or scattered the kibble on the floor

I think she would pick the ball out of her bowl if I tryed that. Don't think I'll try a stone or brick as she would prob just chew on it. She can't have bones any more after biting threw one and whereing the points off her canines.

She does have a treat ball but her dry food takes ages to come out due it it's size so after rolling it for a but, then picking it up and dropping it she gets board as its not coming out quick enough. Plus it keeps getting stuck under the sofa every two minits. I might need a bigger one.

Think I'll buy her a bowl for Christmas and see how it works. She allready has too many toys and beds so don't have anything else to buy her.

yes, our treat ball is a large one with ust a big hole and deep bits in the surface.   We did have a wiggly giggly years ago which lasted about 20 minutes.   I took my of the ball (literally) and it was chewed through in seconds!  they were expensive then too :(

We tried different ones, the Large Buster Ball was great until we got rid of the carpets, it won't roll on laminate, just slides about.   But we found it would only dispense tiny puppy kibble as well.    The one we have now has a hole which lets out normal sized kibble and is too bif to get their jaws around ;)

If the kibble is too big hit it with a rolling pin/meat mallet after putting it in a bag

doubt it work with raw food ? my flatcoat can inhale a whole chicken lol

Do you know the name of the ball dill? Our on is just a cheap one from Tesco, the hole is slightly too small for her food, it goes in easterly for me but takes a few bounces to come out. What I've been doing when I want some peace is to put some of her normal food in with some iams (we ran out of food on Holliday and couldn't get the same make so got iams)
But she keeps rolling it under the sofa, I block it off with towels and she still manages to ram it and the roles under.

The kong treat dispenser might also be an option.  Too big to roll under the sofa and the holes are larger than a standard treat ball.

I am using one of these for the first time as my pup was eating too quickly. My breed are very prone to bloat so this was used as a precaution. I feed raw and I press all of the minces into the corners of the bumps in the bowl. He now eats in a far more civilised manner but I will keep using it. I got mine from Amazon and it was a good price, it was really an experiment and I didn't want to pay too much.

I'm also interested in slowing my dog down as she can clear a bowl in 30 seconds and then want to get into all the bowls of the slower dogs. I have to stand guard or separate the dogs. Just to slow her would be great. Have any of you got links to the ones you think are best. I have looked at the bumpy green one at £25 but it is a lot to spend until I am sure it is the best.

As she has a little tinned food ( to hide her meds )as well as kibble I prefer not to use a Kong type, and would prefer something for her bowl or in place of a bowl

This is the one that I am currently using http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trixie-Slow-Feed-Bowl-1-5/dp/B003TOQ0CG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383506789&sr=8-1&keywords=dog+bowls+slow+eating. It is quite a good price.

It was only a test to see if the principle worked and as he is getting better the older he gets, I may well go back to a normal bowl as I feed from a tall feeder stand, this bowl doesn't fit on it so I would really like to go back to feeding him from an upright position as he is now very tall and although my breed are prone to bloat, I feed from tall feeders to save to strain on their necks and backs as it is a long way down to the floor for them.

Sorry Jo, it didn't have a name, I bought it either in PAH or ASDA.    It has a giggle sound and just a hole for the food to go in, and is a good size.   Doesn't go under the furniture and they can't get their jaws around it.    It's hard not soft.

It lloks like this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Plastic-Puppy-Pooch-Animal/dp/B0096KOB5U    but is pink and is 13 or 14 cms, so much bigger than this 9cm one.   

And I now can't find ours!!!     We've had it about 4 years and it's disappeared :-(        the dogs had it a week or so ago, but I walays put it in their cupboard afterwards.       Looks like I'll be trying to find a new one :-(

Just received this http://www.medicanimal.com/setSessionLocale/product?product_id=107580&locale=en_GB and it really works. My Beagle went from 30 seconds to around 5 minutes to finish her dinner.  Wonderful