CatwalkDog Geo-Deco 2-in-1 Dog Bowl, Medium

CatwalkDog Geo-Deco 2-in-1 Dog Bowl – Medium

The Geo-Deco is a two-part bowl: a patterned outer that sits on the floor and looks like something you would not mind leaving in a kitchen, and a plain metal inner that lifts out to be washed. It is a sensible piece of design — the part that holds the food is the part that comes out, and the part that has to look right never goes near a scouring pad.

CatwalkDog describe the 2-in-1 bowls as a tough melamine outer with a stainless steel inner, made in three sizes; this is the medium. Their own website could not be reached when this page was written, so no dimensions or capacity are quoted here — the 15cm inner diameter that has appeared in earlier copy is not a figure we can put our name to.

Performance & Benefits

• Two-part construction: a lift-out inner bowl and a decorative outer shell.
• Stainless steel inner, which does not hold smells, scratch into a bacterial trap or stain the way plastic does.
• Melamine outer in the Geo-Deco geometric pattern, from CatwalkDog's first bowl collection.
• The inner lifts out for washing, so the outer keeps its finish.
• Takes food or water equally well.
• Made in three sizes; this is the medium.

Suitable For

• Medium-sized dogs on normal portions.
• Kitchens and living rooms where a plain steel bowl looks out of place.
• Dogs with contact allergies or chin acne, who do better off plastic.
• Either food or water, indoors on a hard floor.
• Sizes are not published, so check the capacity against your dog's meal before ordering for a large or giant breed — a stainless steel feeding bowl in a named litre capacity is the safer buy there.

How to Use

• Lift the stainless inner out of the melamine outer to fill and to empty it.
• Wash the inner after every meal, and the water bowl at least once a day, in warm water with a mild washing-up liquid.
• Wipe the melamine outer with a damp cloth; do not scour it, which dulls the pattern.
• Dry both parts before putting the inner back, so water does not sit between the two.
• Stand it on a level hard floor, or on a feeding mat if your dog pushes it about.

Specification

• Two-part dog bowl: stainless steel inner, melamine outer.
• Geo-Deco geometric pattern, from CatwalkDog's bowl collection.
• Medium size, one of three CatwalkDog make.
• CatwalkDog's website could not be reached when this page was written, so no diameter, depth, capacity or weight is stated. A 15cm inner diameter appears in earlier copy here and on some retail listings; it is not confirmed against CatwalkDog.

Care & Caution

• Melamine must never go in a microwave, and should not be used with very hot food. Heat is what makes melamine leach, and the outer shell is melamine.
• Stop using the outer if it chips, cracks or crazes — a damaged melamine surface is neither cleanable nor sound.
• This is a bowl, not a chew toy. Lift it between meals if your dog gnaws at the rim, and check the steel inner for dents or sharp edges.