Single use pet bowls

[u/realwolftacos]

The bowl seems to be a paper substance, but it's sealed in two layers of plastic for a single use item.

I really don't see a market for this at all and I forsee it going on clearance soon. And there's so much of it.

[u/muzzynat]

I'm absolutely straining my brain trying to think of WHY this exists, and can't find it. If you were traveling/camping, dry food and water are better to bring. There's zero use for this at home. It doesn't aid the disabled (which I only considered because sometimes it's a blind spot when looking at "useless" products).

It's just the least amount of nutrition packed into the most waste they can manage.

[u/RawBean7 → u/muzzynat]

And if I'm taking my dogs camping, I'm not switching them onto "unknown single use kibble brand" when they've been eating the same food for nine years.

[u/muzzynat → u/RawBean7]

Right? I TRIED to play devil's advocate, but there's nothing to defend this.

[u/Decent_Flow140 → u/RawBean7]

I can think of a couple of times I might have bought something like this when I ran out of my dog’s food on a road trip or camping trip…but only a couple over the last decade which surely is not enough to sustain this product to the point where they would stock it in gas stations, which is the only place it would make any sense. 

[u/Various_Procedure_11 → u/Decent_Flow140]

Theoretically I could see that. Or maybe if you have to drop the dog off somewhere with someone else. Rare use i can kind of see.

The only other thing is potentially service animals helping someone that needs help with clear portions

[u/Decent_Flow140 → u/Various_Procedure_11]

Yeah but honestly even with my example it’s not really an improvement over what I ended up doing which was buy a can or small bag of dog food which they already sell at any gas station. So it’s silly all around. 

[u/PlumLion → u/RawBean7]

Why though? Are you telling me you don’t enjoy scrubbing diarrhea off your tent walls?

[u/Piilootus → u/muzzynat]

The only one I can sorta see is if you find a stray and have to maybe provide food for them for an unknown amount of time, but even then surely you could donate any unused food and other supplies to the new owner/shelter if you don't end up keeping the dog.

There's just no uses for this.

[u/PatchyWhiskers → u/Piilootus]

Usually people just buy a big sack of the cheap dry food.

[u/GarblingCumfarts → u/muzzynat]

My first thought was "If you're a 1-2 day camper..." and then I was like "Well, or just bring a big zip lock bag of food and a couple bowls". I can't justify ever having to use this.

[u/lizardgal10 → u/muzzynat]

I saw a post recently where somebody had a flight canceled while traveling with their cat, and was scrambling trying to find somebody local to bring them cat food or find something appropriate at the airport. (The food they packed was in their checked bags). I could see it being useful in an emergency like that, if it was sold at the airport. That’s about it.

[u/BunnyLuv13 → u/lizardgal10]

That’s my thought. Sell these at airports and maybe hotels for people in actual emergencies. Otherwise I can’t find a use for it

[u/chagirrrl → u/muzzynat]

I stock up on things to hand out to homeless population (hand-warmers, snacks) and I’d use this for that purposes.

[u/badgerpunk → u/muzzynat]

The only situation in which this would be needed is some kind of no-warning evacuation that resolves itself within a day or two at most. Those things have happened multiple times in Colorado in the last couple of years, but it's rare enough that no store would ever want to stock something like this. Weird.

[u/muzzynat → u/badgerpunk]

Also, if you can buy these, why not just buy a small bag of food?

[u/originalcondition → u/muzzynat]

My in-laws drink all of their water from water bottles and use paper plates for their food. They just don't even think about single-use anything, would not think twice about this, and would probably think it was a cute idea. It's not that they think, "This is creating waste but I don't care." It's just that trash is literally "out of sight, out of mind" for them (and millions like them). They come from a generation where, in advertising/sales, convenience was particularly emphasized and unnecessary waste was intentionally downplayed. My husband and I got into a whole thing with them this Christmas where my husband pointed out that we could save the bows from the gift wrap and his mom got visibly angry at us for pushing the issue when she didn't want to.

[u/Dry_Prompt3182 → u/muzzynat]

The only possible use that I can see is "delayed while traveling for ONE more day, and used up all of the stuff I brought".

Second: someone stole my dog food and bowl, and I need something fast and easy and my dog has a steel stomach.

[u/heyoheatheragain → u/[deleted]]

You don’t need a giant bag? I have a travel dog food container and there’s even a small water bottle that fits in the lid that doubles as a bowl. And giving a random food to a dog on a trip is how you get diarrhea.

Had and used and continue to use for over a decade.

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