Slow feeder bowls for Pekingese and French Bulldog

A Pekingese and a French Bulldog sharing a feeding area, both wolfing their food — that's a combination worth addressing carefully. Dogs that eat too fast are at real risk of vomiting, digestive discomfort, and in larger breeds, bloat, which can be life-threatening. A well-matched slow feeder can genuinely halve eating speed. To point you to the right bowls, it would help to know: how old and roughly what weight is each dog, how fast are they getting through their food, and have either of them had any vomiting or stomach trouble after meals?

That's useful — and both symptoms point clearly to eating speed being the culprit. A Frenchie bringing food back up immediately after meals is a classic sign of eating too fast, and post-meal discomfort in an older Pekingese is worth taking seriously. One thing worth flagging: French Bulldogs are brachycephalic, meaning their flat faces can make them gulp even more air than average when eating from a deep or steep bowl. The Pekingese is the same — flat-faced, small, and at 9 years old her digestive system is a bit less forgiving. Are they currently eating dry kibble, wet food, or a mix?

Perfect — dry kibble works really well with slow feeder bowls. For both dogs I'd recommend the LickiMat Splash Bowl. It's a flat, wide bowl with a maze-style raised pattern that's specifically designed to slow eating without requiring dogs to push their faces into deep ridges — which matters a lot for flat-faced breeds. The shallow profile suits both your Pekingese and your Frenchie, and the pattern is effective without being so complex that an older dog finds it frustrating. It comes in two sizes, so you'd get the small for the Pekingese and the regular for the Frenchie. Both are dishwasher safe, which is handy when you're running two bowls. Keeping them in the same feeding area is fine — the size difference makes it easy to keep them separate and avoid any bowl-swapping.

Most dogs do learn to navigate slow feeders more efficiently over time, but the LickiMat Splash stays effective because the kibble sits in the grooves and gaps rather than on a flat surface — they have to work their tongue and muzzle around the pattern to extract each piece. A Frenchie might get quicker after a few weeks, but even then you're typically looking at two to three minutes to finish a meal rather than under one. If after a month or two the Frenchie is clearly breezing through it, you could move him up to a more complex maze bowl — but start here. For the Pekingese at 9, this level of challenge is about right without being tiring or stressful.

The slow feeder should make a noticeable difference quickly — most owners see improvement within the first few meals. A couple of other things worth doing alongside it: feed smaller portions more frequently if you can manage it, and keep the Frenchie calm for 20 to 30 minutes after eating rather than letting him run around. If the vomiting continues after a few weeks with the slow feeder in use, it's worth a vet check to rule out anything else going on. But in most cases like his, eating speed is the whole story.