Elevated bowls - good or bad?

[deiota]

hello!
I've read so much about this but I cant decide wether I should buy it or not for Gandalf.
What do you think?
In europe, where can I buy it cheap?

Deiota

[greyghost]

There is a lot of controversy about whether to feed at a height or on the ground. 11 years ago when I got my pup it was at a height. These days the Purdue report says on the ground. I feed on the ground. It felt weird at first and I was so worried about a torsion etc but seeing as my first Weim had a torsion at the age of one anyway I decided to feed on the ground. I know some breeders who will only feed at a height.


I'm not sure if there is a more up to date version on the net, this is all I can find at the moment.

www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/update2.htm

[europeword]

I used elevated bowls before. I used it for my puppie as I was told it would be a good thing. Nothing bad happened. I don't have too many reasons to mention why it would be good or bad.
Anyway, there are a lot of opinions regarding this topic. Some say it is a good thing to use elevated bowls, some say it is not.

[tasha]

I really wouldn't bother... personal preference but none of mine have come to harm using bowls on the floor, I do have slightly raised bowls for my dane.

[fyreside]

I feed my dogs and recommend to all my puppy buyers to place the bowl on the ground and to not use elevated bowls. The vet that I work for recommends to feed from the ground as he believes that elevated bowl increases the risk of a dog taking in air / gas when they are feeding making them more predisposed to bloat. This is especially the case with dogs the eat really fast (you know them - vacuum cleaner dogs)