Can a Dog turn this unit over, and get to all of the Food...
1645667
This is a very small, very lightweight plastic feeding system and my dog was quickly and easily able to turn it over, slide it around the floor, and attempted to play with it like a dog toy. What's worse, the single AA battery is exposed once installed in the back of the unit (no cover... it could just pop out), so if a dog is mishandling this feeder it could end up eating a AA battery. Best to use this with a CAT or very small dog or puppy only.
1645668
We have 3 of the "PetSafe Electronic Pet Feeder 5 meal" and they are great for our 2 cats and one puppy. All three pets are found sitting right in front of the feeders 30 minutes before the 6 PM and 7 AM feed times to arrive. It eliminated the pets from bugging us in the morning wanting their food, and if we are away from home we don't need to worry about them not getting their food. To answer your question, the pets can't get to the food by turning the feeder over, and for some reason they haven't tried.
1645669
The feeder is fairly heavy for its size. Our dog doesn't even try but a determined dog could turn it over if it were on a carpet because it wouldn't slide, otherwise it's more likely to be pushed around. Ours stays shut and even if it were turned over, I don't believe the lid would come open.
1645670
Mine didn't even have to. The lids had so much play in them that he was able to grab the food tray and yank it right out. At the time he was like a 10-12 week old lab puppy. It took him half an hour to figure it out.
2051363
I would say it depends on how it is mounted and how well adjusted the unit is. Our dispenser, for a food-content medium sized dog, is mounted without the stand on a table leg. When I used uneven food and needed the adjustment plate to be fully open, I could stick my finger in and bump food out (or bumping the unit). Switching to uniformly shaped food and adjusting the plate to a tighter tolerance, only a few kibbles came out by digging or bumping.
1917301
Hi JoshYes this is a good question. I have a much smaller dog "schnauzer" . She does a great job eating out of bowl, slowly but when she's starving there is very little movement chasing bowl. I give the bowl 5 stars!!
696680
No problem with dog food crumbs but you need to lift the head up for whole kibbles.
1510788
Knowingly nothing about your stability level, that is a difficult question to answer. It is hard to turn the walker over but it can be done. There should be no problem with walking a well behaved dog, but if that dog should take off...?
2076222
The pet can get to all levels. There are platforms for the animal to sit on at level two and three. If you need to limit there movement you can put the top on the bottom level and use it independently. My dog loves it.
1529843
Yes, you can adjust the openings where the kibble comes out, so it should work well for you. A great toy!
1879674
No my cat never turned the machine over but the top seemed pretty secure. They can move it though. My biggest thing is the food dispenser didn't work. It would either not dispense or dispense very little
762012
The dog eats as much as they need. There is no limit to the amount they can have. Most dogs self-regulate, but we do have one who cannot be on a feeder.
1913060
Yes.. I have an 11 lb maltipoo... She was able to turn around in it. The metal frame ended up poking thru the material after one use though..�
287510
Hi KatDog, Not necessarily. It depends on your dog. My dog wasn't able to access the cat food before (I feed the cats on an elevated platform), but now if she's hungry (or even more if she's bored) she will now occasionally use her nose to push the egg around until some food falls out. She doesn't do it often, maybe because I have it dialed down to the smallest settings, so the cats have to really work to get food. BTW, its working, the chubby cat is gradually dropping weight. :)
2152928
Yes, it rolls and you can adjust the size of the holes where the food comes out. My goldendoodle loves this toy. He bats at it with his paw and rolls it around as well as picking it up with his mouth and letting it fall on the floor to get more food out.
937628
Mine is just sitting on the porch. My dogs have never turned it over. The only thing I have done for mine is my oldest dog was having problems bending down to eat. I went to a metal fabrication shop and had them build me a stand to put the feeder in to raise the height up. I would worry about putting holes in it that rain might get the food damp. If you cover it though it should be fine.
1165372
I liked mine, and so did my dog! :) He had surgery and the elevated dishes helped so much. But he is a chihuahua, but yeah it would proabably take a bigger dish.
52494
Not really. The food is availble at all times and flows freely as your pet eats. My cats use their paws to rake the food out if the flow isn't consistent. I hope this helps.
80742
It depends on the dog. I don't store food in the bottom of it so I put a brick in there to keep my dogs from moving it around. I use them when I travel as well. The top will not fall down if you turn the top around so it sits on the riser posts correctly.
144689
You might be able to fit a tiny amount of food, but the zipper is pretty tight when you zip it up empty. I would say you would want to wait so your pup can get a full serving.