We have a small dog, and as a family we share in her care. She is just the sweetest dog, though you'd never know it if you came to our house. She's a five-pound ball of fur and teeth to company. At any rate, two weeks ago, I went to do some laundry, and she was standing by her pee pad, staring at it. She would look at me, then at the poops on her pee pad. Then she'd do it again. I checked, and the poor baby had no food at all in her dish! She was like, momma, do I have to eat my own poop for food?? She doesn't complain when she's out of food and/or water. She simply hopes we'll notice.
This was the moment when I decided to invest in an automatic feeder. I have it scheduled so that her food drops every day at 7 am. I'm still pretty new to it, so I haven't figured out how frequently I should be scheduling her feedings. Thankfully, the included camera enables me to check remotely on how much food she has, and I can add food à la carte when needed.
I am happier knowing that my baby will get food whenever she needs it, and I won't have to worry about anyone calling CPS on me. (Chihuahua Protective Services.)
About the camera: I really wasn't wanting a feeder with a camera. Now that I have it, it's kind of nice. I like being able to see the bowl and make sure it's doing its job. I do have my security worries with a pet bowl that comes from China hooked into my WiFi. But I'm not sweating it for now.
Speaking of the WiFi, it's mostly really easy to set up. As soon as you plug it in or install backup batteries, it will be as insistent as a toddler at a candy store for you to get it linked to your WiFi. Mine was able to pair with my WiFi via Bluetooth on my iPhone. The only inconvenience with this was that it didn't allow me to select my WiFi network; I had to key in the name of my network. This was a pain because mine has a long name and I can never remember if there's a dash in there or which letters are capitalized.
UPDATE: After only using for a few days, it errored out during a feeding, saying that it had gotten stuck. I had to empty all of the food out of the bin, which was a big pain and kind of messy. If you're relying on this to help you for travel, you need to make sure you have someone who can come and fix it if it gets stuck.
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