I am Reading The Pet Owners Guide To Cocker Spaniels By Frank Kane and inside he mentions a feeding bowl specifically designed for spaniels to prevent them from dangling their ears in the food or water.

He describes these as being high sided narrow topped bowls and says they are very usefull, I just bought the heavy porcelin (sp) bowls with DOG on the front as they are heavy and I thought they wouldn't be flung around as easily :D , however :D I am now thinking of getting some of these bowls as they sound good...any thoughts on them and where to get them??

Obviously I have to find my pup first however I like to be prepared :D

I think most pet shops sell them ....if you ask for Spaniel bowls and describe them you shouldn't have a problem getting them ..our tiny local pet shop has them

:)

Melody

really?? well they didn't have anything like them in the pet shop up the road, or maybe I wasn't looking hard enough....will try again, and that is a huge pet shop...will keep trying, but are they any good??? sound very clever things if they work as they are supposed to...:D

You will have to wait for some spaniel folks to turn up to answer that ..I have Malamute who eats anything and everything no matter what you put it in :D

Melody

:D awwww

Spaniel bowls are usually made out of steel, and as you say are high sided with a small opening - it stops the spaniel's ears getting into the food and getting dirty. If food is left on the ears it can cause a lot of discomfort, especially when grooming, and this is why many spaniels will snap when being groomed - they've learnt it hurts! So I would get one of these bowls if you can.

Lynsey

They come in stainless steel., I have got 2 water bowls as feeding bowls and they are great, about 8inch sides, so when they are eating, their ears are clear of the food. I also have 2 plastic water bowls with high sides, which i used for shows etc.

The feeding bowls are quite hard to find (well in Jersey anyway), so i just use the high water bowls which do the trick.

I think shops like Countrymun do them, and if you do a google search for high sided dog bowls, im sure something will come up.

Anymore developments since yesterday !!!!!????? :D

Nat
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no gotta give the pups chance to be born! :D and see if I am blessed with a girl . I am searching as we speak for high necked bowls, have been given a site off of Jane to look at but I cant find pictures of what they look like..... still looking

Well i use a sock, i cut the bottom off it, put it over her head elastic bit first and tuck her ears into it, might sound mad but it works a treat.

Done a search and found a pic on this site http://www.shreejiindia.com/pe.html . They are called CS bowls :o

Taylor

thanks thats a great help, have to admit now I saw these at pet shop and thought they were wrong, didn't think they sounded right and they weren't called spaniel bowls *hits self on forhead* will go back and get some, I have the DOG bowls which the lady said were best cos they are heavy, but since read about these, oh well :D

I don't know whether they are the ones you were talking about. :p
Am just bored out of my wits here at work :).

Taylor

well they certainly say they are cocker spaniel bowls :D so I guess they must be right.. :)
and we cant have her little ears getting mucky and wet... :D

I have got a CS too since Xmas eve. Poor little thing was a family pet and had to make room for a new pup :(. I just tie his ears back with an old scarf.

Taylor

exciting???? I am almost beside myself, I just cant wait, I am ticking off days on calendar for pups to be born, I am pacing up and down, the only thing I am not gonna do is pass around cigars :D...

what if they want a drink when you are not lookin though??? now this would worry me, I am getting me CS bowls.. :D

Its part of the fun owning a cocker spaniel, having draped there ears in the water bowl, dragging them along the floor and then shaking them all over you, oh you have such joys to look forward to :D

sounds cute...:D but I was thinking more of them getting water in their ears and causing an infection...the fun part I could handle :D

Taylor thats just awfull, make me so mad that people re home dogs for them just to get another pup :(

oh this books real good, I would never have known to put cotton wool in her ears before bathing her....just gotta learn how to trim next... :D

LOL - Lynsey :D

Its so exciting though isnt it ??/ :D

Nat

I have only owned Buffy for the last year, she was rehomed to me as the previous people could not cope with her mad ways, but i learnt how to trim her eventually as there is so much to trim, and i did have the help of her breeders, i also show her and recently gained a 4th place ( first rossette from a champ show ) lka, she is a blue roan, and i do love her to bits but there are days when she drives me mad :D, enjoy your new doggie

Diane

thanks I will :D

Hi Lynsey,
we have eight cockers and never used cs bowls they are usually clever enough to keep their ears out of the water, but if they dont it shouldn`t get in their ears anyway.
Bankside

The food doesn't get "in the ears" it gets stuck to the hair on the earflaps, dries and gets stiff, and then you have the devil of a job to remove it - I know some cockers who have to have a general anaesthetic to have their earflaps cleaned! These bowls were designed because this is such a common problem with cockers! I'm glad yours are fine though.

Hello Clive

Nice to see you on Champdogs :-) You are lucky indeed that your Cockers don't get their ears in the water or their food - maybe you feed a dry food? Lots of pet Cocker owners like to feed wet/tinned food & believe me it aint no fun trying to groom a pet Cocker whose ears are encrusted with months old Pedigree Chum :D

Jane

I now have two very nice stainless steel Cocker bowls, I liked them anyway and well I just love to shop...what can I say?? :D and my cocker is a dafty I am sure she wouldn't know to keep her ears out..lol

I have four American Cockers but I've never used spaniel bowls. My lot wear snoods to keep their ears out of their food and water.
Dawn R.

Hi Lynsey

I have a CKCS pup and I use high sided bowls so food etc doesn't get caught in the end of his ears. I got mine from Harrods (I just happened to be there when I saw it) but I've seen them in my local Pets at Home too. Personally I think they're great as my previous CKCS used one aswell and had no problems with ears dangling in food/water.

Hope you find a pup soon!

aw thanks or replying...I now have my lovable cocker shes 5 months old and we have had her about two weeks...(time flys when you being kissed by a cocker)...I now have two stainless steel cocker bowls and she gets on fine with them except when she drinks water out of my yorkies bowl :D but we are gonna change them for cocker bowls aswell when the pet shop gets more in of the same sort just to make sure where ever Jessie goes, is cocker friendly..lololol