Smart helpers for everybody
Some products make everyday life with a foster dog easier. Others can entertain a bored dog — like puzzle toys that spark sniffer work and thinking, offering mental stimulation.
Feed on time, stress-free.
Automatic feeders take meal scheduling off your hands — handy when you're working or running late.
PETLIBRO Granary Camera Feeder
Smart feeder with built-in camera, Wi-Fi and app control — schedule meals and watch from anywhere.
PetSafe Healthy Pet Simple Feed
Portion-controlled feeding with up to 12 daily meals — quiet and well-reviewed.
PetSafe Eatwell 5-Meal Feeder
Simple 5-compartment timer — perfect for snacks and small dogs.
WOPET 6L Automatic Feeder
6-liter reservoir with battery backup and a recorded call — keeps working in power cuts.
PETKIT Smart Wi-Fi Feeder
App-controlled portions — feed from anywhere and keep an eye on food levels.
Eat slowly, well digested.
Slow-feeder bowls and lick mats slow down fast eaters — preventing bloat, nausea and gulping. Ideal for dogs that inhale their food.
Stainless Steel Slow Feeder Bowl
Sturdy stainless steel slow feeder — durable, hygienic and dishwasher safe. Ideal for hardened chewers.
Ceramic Slow Feeder Bowl
Heavyweight ceramic slow feeder — non-slip and premium, dishwasher safe and easy to clean.
Plastic Slow Feeder Bowl
Tough BPA-free plastic slow feeder — lightweight and available in many sizes and patterns.
Snuffle Mat for Slow Feeding
Felted snuffle mat — hide dry food or treats between the strips; encourages nose work and slows down eating.
Treat-Dispensing Slow Feeder
Wobble-style treat dispenser that releases dry food piece-by-piece as the dog nudges it — entertaining and slows down eating.
Fresh water always.
Gravity waterers and fountains keep water on hand and encourage drinking — important for dogs who drink too little.
Petmate Replendish Gravity Waterer
Gravity waterer that auto-refills from the reservoir — water is always available.
Ademon Automatic Drinking Bowl
Spill-proof ground bowl with gravity refill — great for outdoors.
PETLIBRO Pet Water Fountain
Filtered fountain — running water encourages dogs to drink.
Veken Pet Water Fountain
Affordable fountain with motion sensor and filter — quiet and easy to clean.
PetSafe Drinkwell Pagoda
Ceramic fountain for multiple pets — dishwasher-safe and durable.
Stretch the brain, goodbye boredom.
Brain toys engage the nose and the mind — they help with stress, destructive habits and a bored dog.
KONG Classic
The classic for stuffing with treats — eases boredom and satisfies play drive.
Outward Hound Hide N Slide
Sliding-tile puzzle — ideal for sniffer work and mental stimulation.
Outward Hound Dog Tornado
Spinning discs — challenging but easy to refill with treats.
Nina Ottosson Dog Brick
Adjustable difficulty — flip lids and sliders for hiding treats.
Ito Rocky Cookie Treat Dispenser
Cookie-shaped treat dispenser and slow feeder — nudged across the floor it releases food piece by piece. Keeps dogs busy and slows down gulpers.
Starmark Treat Dispensing Ball
Tough ball — releases treats one at a time for active play.
Clean indoors, tidy.
Pee stations help house-trained dogs when no one can walk them — clean, hygienic and ideal for city apartments.
BrilliantPad Self-Cleaning Smart Pad
Self-cleaning smart pad station for indoors — automatically sealed and odor-free.
Artificial-Grass Patch Training Tray
Artificial-grass patch training tray with catch basin — clean and spill-proof.
Fresh Patch Disposable Grass Patch
Real disposable grass patch — naturally attracts dogs.
BarkBox Quincy Real Grass Pad
Hydroponic real grass pad for indoors — clean, odor-resistant and regrowing.
Piddle Place Pet Relief System
Rugged drainage relief system with catch basin — easy to keep clean.
Self-cleaning, hands free.
Robot vacuums with a self-cleaning base station and mopping sweep and mop the floor automatically — even several times a day. Paw prints, dirt and crumbs become a thing of the past.
Roborock S8 Pro Ultra
Robot vacuum with mopping and a full self-cleaning dock — empties the dust bin, washes the mop pad and dries automatically.
Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni
All-in-one Omni station: sweeps, mops, washes mop pads and auto-refills water.
iRobot Roomba Combo j9+
Vacuum-and-mop robot with auto-empty base and obstacle avoidance (even dog toys and bones).
Narwal Freo Ultra
Dual-roller vacuum-and-mop with automatic mop-pad washing in the dock.
Dreame L20 Ultra
Complete station that washes pads, dries and refills water — keeps every floor clean for days with one touch.
Clean, always.
Compact countertop dishwashers — originally built for offices — take daily dog-bowl cleaning entirely off your hands: hot steam, deep clean, space-saving.
Comfee Countertop Dishwasher
Compact countertop dishwasher (6 place settings) — perfect for dog bowls with hot-steam sanitizing.
hOmeLabs Compact Countertop Dishwasher
Popular office-grade dishwasher with 6 place settings and an intensive cycle for stubborn bowl residue.
NOVETE Portable Countertop Dishwasher
Portable with built-in water tank — sanitizes hot dog bowls even without permanent plumbing.
Hermitlux Portable Countertop Dishwasher
Portable mini dishwasher with a steam cycle — clean paw-bowls daily right on the counter.
SPT Countertop Dishwasher (Stainless)
Stainless office-grade countertop dishwasher — rugged daily dog-bowl cleaning.
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1 tip"Unser Pflegehund trinkt seit dem PETLIBRO-Brunnen deutlich mehr — gerade in der Eingewöhnungsphase war das ein echter Segen."
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Those Kuranda beds are worth every penny. We ordered 10 for our shelter and they've held up for two years.
The adopt me vests are simple but brilliant. Our dogs get so much more attention at community events now.
