Elevated Stainless Steel Pet Bowl

She eats with her head down and her whiskers pressed into the rim. A dish flat on the floor makes a cat crouch over it and push her dinner into the sides to reach it. There's an easier way to serve a meal.

This elevated stainless steel pet bowl sits on a slim wire stand and tips the dish toward her, so the food gathers at the near edge and comes up to meet her mouth.

What the tilt changes:

• Tilted dish: food gathers at the near edge instead of in a pit she has to dig into
• Raised on a stand: she eats standing up rather than crouching over the floor
• Stainless steel dish: no plastic to scratch and hold smells, and it won't stain
• Bowl lifts out: the dish goes in the dishwasher, the stand gets a wipe
• Thin wire frame: takes up almost no floor and disappears against a wall

The dish sits at a gentle slope, tipped toward her. She meets the food at the rim instead of digging for the last of it in the bottom of a deep bowl.

The bowl simply lifts away from the wire, so cleaning isn't a matter of scrubbing around a fixed rim. The steel is rust resistant, which matters most for the one that holds water.

Sized for cats and small dogs, and narrow enough to sit beside a water bowl without taking over the kitchen.

Each stand holds one dish, and that is the point of the narrow frame. Stand a pair side by side for food and water, then slide them apart when you mop, rather than lifting one wide block.

Getting the size right

One size. The dish is 5.5 in (14 cm) across, and the stand puts it 5.1 in (13 cm) off the floor at a 15 degree tilt.

That height suits a cat or a small dog eating standing up. A medium or large dog will still have to stoop, and wants a taller stand instead.

Specifications

• Bowl: 5.5 in (14 cm) across
• Height: 5.1 in (13 cm)
• Tilt: 15 degrees toward the pet
• Material: stainless steel, rust resistant
• Fitting: bowl lifts out of the stand
• Suitable for: cats and small dogs

Safety note: Seat the dish fully in the wire before filling it, and check that the stand sits level. A tilted bowl on an uneven floor will slide its contents out.

Set it where she already eats, fill it to the near edge, and watch her stop pushing food around the floor to reach it.