MidWest Homes for Pets Snap'y Fit Stainless Steel Food Bowl/Pet Bowl, 1 qt. for Dogs & Cats

I've over the years had many of these for various different animals. I've used them in my dog/cat crates and or kennels.I have some really rowdy dogs so when I'm gone they get into mischief, I'll put them in their kennels with food and water using these dishes so they are still happy with me when I get home and I'm of course still happy my house is in tact.Just so everyone who hasn't used them is fully aware:They can be hard to pull out of their slot, never try to do it with water in them it will slosh all over you or the floor. Wait till the water is empty then pull it out because it is really a hard tug.This makes them very secure however not allowing your dog/cat to jump on them slap with the paws and knock them out of the holder.They can get to where they lean down a tad, not much just enough to say hmm they are not level anymore. That's generally from the dog resting their chin while eating, drinking etc and if you lower it a bit that tends to not happen so much.They are very sturdy keeping in mind what I said above about them tending to lean if your dog puts a lot of weight on them.I've never had any issues they work great, I can get two on the door area for easy filling and removing.They are easy to clean once you get them out.Over all if you are looking for a dish system for your dog or cats crate or kennel this will do the trick!

Using it for my almost 1 year kitten. Very sturdy and went perfect in his enclosure. I’d say it was an easy installation and it is a bit tight when trying to pull the bowl out but I don’t mind since that means the bowl will be staying in place the whole time :)

So I have a Ferret and in his cage he needs to have food available 24/7 unlike many other pets. But ferrets are crazy and mess things up so a regular bowl at the bottom means ferret food knocked out all over including outside of the cage so I needed something sturdy, ferrets are surprisingly strong and if they want to knock something over they will make time to do it! Aside from sturdy I didn't want something I hadTo unscrew every time I need to fill up with food or clean his bowl so I gave this item a shot and it’s awesome! It locks in so tight that there’s no way he’s knocking this out of the holder, however it does make it a little hard to get out for cleaning and I imagine someone who’s not really strong or has arthritis is going to have a hard time with this so it’s a double edge sword and also why I gave it 4 starts instead of 5! Depending on who watches my ferret when I’m out of town it may be hard for them to get his bowl out.The stainless steel for cleaning is great as I just throw it in with the rest of my dishes in the dishwasher.It’s simple, it’s relatively inexpensive and works.

Perfect for my small dog crate furniture.

I've got a Portuguese Water Dog mix puppy and she's a terror around water bowls. She's just got to try to swim in every single one. If she doesn't fit? Well then it's time to dig in the water dish until it flips and sends a wave of water across the floor for her to roll in. This is tremendous fun for her, but not so much for the humans in the house. She's trained now to leave the household bowl alone, but when she's home alone in a kennel with water, all bets are off. That bowl just became the best playground ever and once spilled would leave a cold, wet dog dying of thirst by the time I got home. Not ok.I've gone through several brands of water dishes that can attach to a crate wall in an effort to keep water in bowls and off the floor at my house. This is the only bowl I've found that my now 60-pound ball of fur can't knock or break off the wall. We've been using it now for over 6 months and it's only come down once. Given that she'd been in her crate for a bit longer than normal and we had a huge storm, I don't think I can fault the bowl for that one! She still tries to dig in the bowl from time-to-time, but even a huge dog paw smashing about the bowl isn't enough to knock it loose.Things to be aware of though:* The bowl cannot be installed or removed when there is water in it. The bowl snaps in with such a force that doing so spills all over. This is inconvenient if you want to clean out the bowl but your pet hasn't emptied it yet.* If your pet dislodged the bowl, the mounting prongs, though rounded, could present a hazard.* While the BOWL is stainless steel, the mounting bracket isn't. It's some sort of metal coated in black. And the metal under the coating can rust. Pressing the bowl in and out of the bracket to remove and clean it wears on this black coating. When I take my bowl out to clean it, I often find a small bit of rust on the outside of the bowl where it touches the mounting brackets. The rust washes right off the bowl with just a kitchen sponge. However, I expect that within a couple years I'll have to replace the bowl mounting bracket. But a few years lifespan for the only bowl I've found that'll stay full of water instead of all over the dog's kennel is just fine with me!For what it's worth, I have the 1 quart size bowl which is rather small for my dog. I have to refill a couple times a day usually, but the smaller bowl gives her less area to try to stand in it. I have mounted it as high as possible in her kennel where she can drink comfortably but where she struggles to get a foot up and into the bowl. I've also mounted it an inch or two from the corner so she's less likely to hit it when she charges into her kennel at lightening speed.Trouble puppies call for great solutions, and this bowl is definitely one of the best I've ever found. And it's certainly the best crate bowl I've ever seen.

Pro's: the design is great and one of the only bowls I've found to fit my dogs kennel (it has thicker/wider bars than the typical wire type kennels). It's also super sturdy, which is important because my pup paces in there some time and will always knock food/water over.Cons: the stickers on the bottom of the bowls are absolutely garbage. They don't pull off, and the top layer is plastic so soaking it doesn't even do it a lot of good. Just to be able to use them (I ordered two different sizes) after an initial soak in hot water didn't do anything; I had soaked them, ran them through the dishwasher, soaked again overnight when the dishwasher didn't work, and then still had to scrape it off with a plastic scraper.For a product that's sole purpose is for an animal to eat/drink out of that seems like a pretty big oversight.

The buildup of the water bowl is nicely designed. It’s the great size for my growing pup in a XL kennel. It snaps pretty easy and no issues at all. Plus he doesn’t mess with it a lot and all the hardware is out of the way.