At dinner time, my dog, a 45-lb Bernadoodle, would eat everything he could from his bowl and then run back to me and put his head in my lap indicating he had finished everything in the bowl and wanted more. This does slow him down considerably. Instead of the 30 seconds he used to take, it's now 10 minutes. The licking of other soft food and kibble with treats in other trays is a winner. He looks forward to the feeder. I can't wait to use it with frozen food.

I have four young kids and lots of puppies and young dogs. We volunteer with a service dog organization, so I am constantly bringing new dogs into my house. I typically do frozen slow feeders to buy myself some extra time keeping the dog busy at meal time. This thing buys me a solid 45 minutes. The ridges are high enough to keep all of the food in and the dog can only lick it out, but low enough they get a tiny bit with each lick so it keeps them going at it. I use regular kibble and just pour water on it, or my favorite is soaking kibble in water, blending it, and pouring that into the lickin layers, then freezing it. The three layers also separate for easy cleaning.

I don't fill every spot to put food. I only put 1 kibble, part of her daily food, into some of the squares on each layer. She has two other puzzles she likes. I forgot to show her how to do it but she knew what to do. She always uses her nose to move all puzzles. This is a female Doberman, just turned 5. Have never had any problem with her figuring out most anything. She is quite self sufficient, most Dobies can figure most anything, they are fun,