A pet bowl device designed to enhance the feeding experience of pet animals is disclosed. The device features a sturdy, microwaveable bowl base. A transparent lid is hingedly connected to the base and is adapted to transition between open and closed states. The device incorporates a motion sensor that detects the movement or presence of a pet near the device and automatically transitions the lid between the open and closed states. The device also includes a programmable timer, controllable via a mobile application, which facilitates scheduled feeding. A camera system recognizes specific pets to allow access to designated animals only. The device also integrates a weight sensor for monitoring food quantities and a speaker to emit sounds based on set alerts.

The present invention relates to a pet food or a pet dish stand which is capable of keeping crawling insects away from the pet food, without harming or killing the crawling insects. It comprises of a device with a base, a vertical post with electronic assembly, and a capital which holds the pet food. The electronic assembly within the vertical post is connected to at least two conductors with which a crawling insect makes contact and completes an electrical current. This electrical current is of sufficient voltage and amperage to allow for the crawling insect to be deterred but not killed. As such, this device requires little maintenance and is capable of functioning for extended periods of time.

A feeder for a domestic pet has a container for holding pet food, a housing, and a cover having a closed position to prevent access to pet food in the container and an open position. The housing has an open front, a base, respective left and right sidewalls and a rear wall coupled to the base and to the sidewalls. The container is located in the base. The rear wall extends upwardly from the base and forwardly to provide a roof for the housing and terminates in a forward edge at the open front. The open front is bounded by the forward edge of the roof, forward edges of the sidewalls, and a line joining bottoms of the forward edges of the sidewalls. This line is parallel to the forward edge of the roof but forwardly thereof. The sidewalls have intermediate portions thereof located at positions between the forward edge of the roof and the said line. These intermediate portions extend more forwardly than a plane containing the forward edge of the roof and the said line. An RFID aerial is provided to detect the presence of an authorised RFID chip in a pet approaching the open front. The RFID aerial extends across the side walls and the roof at positions adjacent the forward edges of the side walls and of the roof. The cover is coupled to an electric motor operable when the RFID aerial detects the presence of an authorised RFID chip for movement of the cover from its closed to its open position.

Animal feeders, an animal feeding monitor and a method of training an animal to use a feeder. An animal feeder may have a housing including an aperture for a food bowl and having a door for covering the aperture, the feeder including a door mechanism to control movement of the door over the aperture, wherein the feeder including a sensor to detect when an animal has moved away from the aperture, and the feeder is configured to be operable in a training mode wherein the door mechanism is operable to control the door to cover a portion of the aperture in response to detecting that an animal has moved away and subsequently responding to one or more later detections by controlling the door to cover a portion of the aperture larger than the preceding portion.

An animal feeding monitor and a method of training an animal to use a feeder. An animal feeder may have a housing including an aperture for a food bowl and having a door for covering the aperture, the feeder including a door mechanism to control movement of the door over the aperture, wherein the feeder includes a sensor to detect when an animal has moved away from the aperture, and the feeder is configured to be operable in a training mode wherein the door mechanism is operable to control the door to cover a portion of the aperture in response to detecting that an animal has moved away and subsequently responding to one or more later detections by controlling the door to cover a portion of the aperture larger than the preceding portion.