My dog is on a strict diet of a limited amount of food daily so he doesn't become obese .  This is so nice.  It evenly distributed the meal monitors and makes sure our dog doesn't get a sneak serving by eating earlier then my son and/or husband get up.  I can program it so also we don't forget.  I always wanted one of these and so glad i got this one.  I really love it and recommend it to anyone who ask (or even if they do not lol)