Makers of the Neater Feeder recently sent us a model to try out. This practical feeding system is designed to contain food and water splashes while separating spilled water from food in one compact unit. Given that my dog is prone to serious splashes and all-out warfare on his kibble, I eagerly gave it a try.

I even placed it on my beautiful new hardwood floors, which just about gave me a panic attack, but hey – all in the name of testing.

The two-part system works by channeling spilled water through a sloped filter and into a lower reservoir, so any spilled water stays clean and doesn’t wind up all over your floor, causing a potential hazard or water damage to floors & walls over time. It’s also meant to be more sanitary, since your pet isn’t lapping up discarded water from the floor, which could carry harmful debris and bacteria.

If your pet knocks out some kibble from the bowl, the unit’s protective walls and filter are designed to contain it, which means spilled food stays dry and can be reused or picked up and thrown away more easily.

After a week of testing, I’m happy to report the Neater Feeder does work. I gave it a few good kicks (the kind that would occur if you accidentally bumped it) and the spilled water stayed within the unit. I was pretty surprised, since I didn’t exactly go easy on the thing.

There was one instance where a piece of my dog’s kibble wound up in the adjacent water bowl, but I can’t really blame the Feeder for that, since my dog charges at his food at 90 mph. The only way to remedy that problem would be to place the bowls several feet apart, and that would make for awful design! But otherwise, most of his food remained in the feeding dish, and any food that did happen to pop out of the bowl was indeed caught by the unit’s filter.

I especially liked the quality of the materials and non-skid base, which really helped to keep the Neater Feeder in place.

The Neater Feeder was even sent to the U.S. Presidential Office for Bo to test out. No word yet on what the Obama’s think, but we give it two paws up.

Neater Feeder

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