Keep it Simple
We have a LARGE Labrador Retriever. He's Young. Rambunctious. And an ACTIVE eater!<br /><br />After trying a number of different bowl "systems" to provide elevation, stability, and convenience, this is the most simple and most effective.<br /><br />I'd advise against mounting the bracket by using plastic anchors into drywall. They will most likely break-thru the wall board... it's less a matter of if, but when. Easy solution - either by using wood-screws to anchor directly into a wall-stud or if you cannot locate a stud where you need/want to place the bowl, just use a piece of scrap wood anchored with wood-screws into TWO studs (which are almost always spaced 16 inches apart) and attach the bowl mount to the scrap wood.<br /><br />This design provides:<br /><br /> • A means to permanently secure the bowl in-place. That eliminates tipping, minimizes spilling, and prevents "chasing" an empty bowl across the kitchen floor.<br /><br />• Since the bowl is now positioned higher-up (vs. the floor), it changes the angle and brings it up to a more optimal and relaxed position for FIDO. Compared to the bowl he has been using, this one has a smaller diameter but is slightly deeper. Those two features combine to reduce "food-ejection" and a more comfortable posture.<br /><br />• Probably our favorite advantage - since the bracket folds up when not in use, we don't have to pick up bowls/stands that take up a pretty large footprint on the floor. We've stumbled over other bowls more than once, if we didn't remember to move them out of the way. Problem solved.<br /><br />Bottom line, this design provides a lot of "pick-ups" over other "systems" we've tried. And yes, we'd but it again.
Rating: 5 stars