I was so excited to see something like this bowl for our two elderly labs. We have 3 large dogs total, the largest is over 80lbs so a big bowl that I wouldnt' have to refill multiple times a day for the three of them was necessary. Our oldest two labs are 70 and 80lbs and one is over 3ft tall, her arthritis is so bad that her back legs shake and quiver and slide while she is bending down to the ground to eat. Currently we have their bowls raised off the ground on flipped-over tupperware boxes, so that the bottom of the bowl is about 6" off the ground. Our main reason for buying these bowls were to get rid of the tupperware boxes which are holding spilled water and moisture under and the mildew smell comes and goes. These bowls would have been excellent except that they are still pretty much touching the ground so we still would have needed the tupperware containers to raise them up. Therefore, due to these circumstances, we are returning the bowls. We have looked at the wire/iron/wooden raised bowl sets however none seem sturdy enough for three large dogs, and the bowls aren't big enough, especially for water. So until something else looks like it will work better and cleaner for us, we are sticking with our old-school flipped over tupperware totes!