Do you use elevated feeders? - Page 2

All my dog bowls are elevated.....I would not change that simply because they eat slower, they dont put as much pressure on their front joints it just looks uncomfortable unless they spread their front feet 2 feet apart....and its less mess and bowls are not pushed around the floor...iMO

I've used elevated bowls for the past ten years.  I had read it was better for the dogs, but based on what I'm reading here that may not be the case. I use slightly elevated bowls-8 inches for my GSD and 12 inches for my Shiloh.

I've only had a dog experience bloat one time and that was in a Great Dane, 20 years ago. Her bowl was always on the ground and at the time I was feeling kibble. She showed signs of drooling and distress in the late morning hours and although I took her to the vet as soon as possible, she died.

i've heard horrible reviews about eleveated bowls, especially that it can increase the chance of causing bloat in deep chested breeds. plus, my friend has experienced this with her dog. water is also to be restricted for 1-2 hours after a dog feeds and activity because that can cause bloat as well.

I feed at floor level, raw mostly.
You know stuff can happen at any time no matter how careful you are to do the right things.
Christmas Eve we had our 21 year old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding that we have owned since he was a 2 yr old, experienced an esophageal obstruction. i fed him about 4 pm his normal amount in his big flat rubber feeder on the ground and went on around to finish feeding. I was back to put out hay about 15 minutes later and he was standing there in distress with foodstuff junk running out of his nose.  I watched him for about 15 mnutes and it was not passing, so i called my husband who is fortunately also his veterinarian. We passed a naso-gastric tube flushed the obstruction with water and it passed. 
In all is years here with us he has never been ill, so go figure.
So you never know what might happen, but i believe that animals are not intended to eat from something elevated. All animals  in the natural state eat off of the ground.

read it somewhere it was good to feed them form elevated feeders
stared using elevated feeder years ago never looked back

There is no silver bullet answer for what will or will not cause bloat.

Your time is better spent studying the immediate symptoms of bloat, what you can give your dog (Gas-X) as you're heading out the door to the vet and having your Emergency Vet number on speed dial.

? no water during feeding?

Most dry dog food kibble packaging recommends you give a dog access to as much fresh water as the dog wants. not worded exactly

Never have never will in 21 yrs my dogs have always had bowls on the floor and so has my family with sheps we have never had any dog with bloat.

Thing to always remember:  NO ONE really knows the cause of bloat!...Period!  In all my years of witnessing dogs and bloat, there has never been that 1 thing that each dog did or didn't do.  They all were different. 
For example, a good friend of mine owns and used to breed Siberians.  Her 14 year old Sibe bloated just before X-Mas.  He does not eat elevated.  So how can anyone blame or think elevating during feeding could be a cause?  Also, it is extremely rare for a Siberian to bloat!
I've known dogs who had no exercise before and/or after feeding, no water prior,during, or after feeding and still bloat. 
Therefor, don't stop feeding elevated just because you've read this topic or something that a Vet. has published as these Vets. don't even know what causes it.
All we can do is help prevent. 
I will admit that the only precautions I make are exercising and water intake before,during, or after feeding. 

No elevated bowls here. I just have my dogs platz during feeding time.