Heavy-Duty Dog Slow Feeder - Lickimat Tuff

Genevieve: I bought one of these along with the less complex square one. This one in particular was bought for my fast eater and instantly wonder why I haven't done this before. I've tried the standard complex bowl type to slow her down but she still managed to scoff her daily serve down in half the time of her bigger sibling. Serving her diet of raw meal on this has halved her pace and she really seems to enjoy the complexity. I am impressed. Buy these, even if they're just for treats. I can honestly recommend them.

Australia on Nov 20, 2023

LSheppard: Would have given it a 5 except my dog finished what was in the mat and proceeded to chew the whole thing. Wasn’t very tough. But other than that it’s a great product.

Australia on Oct 21, 2023

R: Good quality material. My dogs loves the product. Only issue is it’s difficult to clean fully.

United Kingdom on Oct 17, 2023

Pat McCulloch: J'ai une chienne de 20 semaines et elle arrive à tout détruire mais elle se comporte bien avec son Lickmat - utile pour des chiens qui mangent trop vite ou pour un petit cadeau pour le toutou

France on Sep 02, 2023

Anja Jones: After reading so many reviews, I decided to take the plunge and purchase the lick mat. My dog loves it. She’s a fast kicker, so I feel I’ll have to add more peanut butter next time in order to extend the amount of time she’s using it. I also threw it in the freezer with no issues. And so many reviews about lick mats said they’re hard to clean. All I did was soak this one in soap in water for a few hours and then run hot water over the crevices. It wasn’t hard to clean it all. I’m satisfied with the purchase, and I think my dog is too.

United States on Aug 28, 2023

Amazon Customer: After I had my dog use the first one I bought for a while, I bought two more because I am impressed with these things. I cover the lickimat with organic canned pumpkin and applesauce, then freeze it. I give them to him when I need to distract my dog from me putting allergy medication on his paws. Works great! I do suggest watching your dog, at least during the first few uses. When I first gave it to him, my AmStaff picked it up and moved it to his bed; he likes to be comfortable when he eats (haha) but I don’t like smashed pumpkin in his bed, so I moved it back. He didn’t leave any marks despite grabbing it in his mouth and whacking it around when he brought it to his bed before I grabbed it. My dog is sort of a weirdo and likes to scrape his bottom teeth along frozen food. One of the things impressing me about these is that he hasn’t ripped off any of the little nubs when grinding away with his teeth. The pumpkin and applesauce rinse off easily, even if it sits for a bit, and it’s nice that I can toss them in the dishwasher. I am a fan!

United States on Jul 08, 2023

Kate: We have one cat that eats faster than the other and would push his sister away from her bowl (they're both foodies but only territorial with certain treats) so we wanted a lick mat to slow him down so we don't have to supervise as much. The problem is that he is a chewer and had ruined many silicone kitchen tools so a 100% silicone mat wouldn't work.

This works wonderfully and he hasn't attempted to destroy it in the week we've had it. The "problem" is that our other cat wants to use the mat too and this is the first time in 3 years I've seen her interrupt him eating. He tolerated it a couple of times since he was down to the last few bits but has started warning her off and she's going back after he leaves to polish off the last traces so we're getting another mat for her.

It cleans really well. Even dried wet food basically slides off under just water spray. The only thing I wish is that it layed flatter as liquid does flow from the middle to the corners which is hard not to spill when moving it from the counter to the floor with 2 cats underfoot.

United States on Apr 13, 2023

FreddyRibs: Our Podenco already succeeded in swallowing a few gummies. She only gets it under supervision but in her attempts to get the food out, we saw afterwards a few gummies were gone. Not so tough…

Germany on Mar 16, 2023

Stacy GartvichStacy Gartvich: I have a giant schnauzer with some behavioral issues. I have tried every puzzle out there and by far this is the FIRST puzzle that ACTUALLY works. I’ve tried many different sniffle mates but they just always ended up getting messy and was finding kibbles all over my floor after. Plus he got pretty bored and for him to be engaged I had to sit with him as he was using the sniffle mats which defeated the purpose of him entertaining himself while I could do my own thing (such as eating dinner without being disturbed lol). I’ll be honest, I was a little skeptical but was willing to try anything. I thought it would be something like the Kong (which also didn’t work too well for my dog and was even more messier than the sniffle mats). I was completely WRONG!

First off, it is SUPER easy to use! I mean I can spread the wet food in less than 5 mins and it’s ready. Another cool thing, when I used the KONG, I had to make sure I freeze it overnight, with this I can spread the wet food on at 6:00 PM and by 8 PM it’s completely frozen! My recommendation is to spread it in the middle bc I noticed when I spread it all the way to the corners he usually ignores that area.

SO...

United States on Dec 11, 2021

Sam Clemens: I feed my four cats wet food, but if I put it out in bowls the fast eaters gobble it all up before the slow eaters are done. And it's too much hassle to feed them all in separate rooms! (And sometimes the fast eaters just barf it up after.)

After much trial and error, I finally settled on these mats. Puzzle feeders are basically for dry kibble. The ceramic slow feeders also don't work very well for wet food and are annoying to fill and clean. The soft silicone lick mats are OK, but three of my four cats tend to gnaw them and flop them around, even the ones with suction cups.

Anyway, these tougher "tuff" feeders hold up pretty well, stay put, and turn my cats into contentedly grazing cows, not poaching eat-and-run gobblers. I use the "playmate" models, which have fairly large cells that aren't too frustrating, load them with one swipe of a large flat spatula, and rinse them out -- the mats, not the cats -- with the sink sprayer. The downside is that I've reconciled myself to replacing them -- again, the mats, not the cats, although I reserve my options -- after my gnaw-babies wear them out and before they start ingesting bits of (non-toxic) rubber.

Update: I'm...

United States on Jul 17, 2021