Pet Rebellion Dinner Mate – Non-Slip Pet Feeding Mat, Grey Dottie

Pet Rebellion Dinner Mate – Dotty Grey, 40 x 60cm

The Dinner Mate is an absorbent mat rather than a wipe-clean one, and that is the whole difference. A plastic tray holds a spill in a puddle until something walks through it; this soaks the spill up and holds it, so the water a dog slings out of its bowl goes into the mat instead of under the units. It measures 40 x 60cm, which takes two bowls comfortably.

A non-slip backing keeps it where it is put on a hard floor, and the corners are rounded so it lies flat rather than curling up to be tripped over. When it needs doing, the whole mat goes in the machine. Dotty grey is a quiet pattern that hides what it is there to catch.

Performance & Benefits

• 40 x 60cm, big enough for a food bowl and a water bowl side by side.
• Highly absorbent — it soaks spills up rather than leaving them sitting on the surface.
• Stops spills becoming ingrained in the floor underneath.
• Non-slip backing, so the mat does not travel across tiles when a dog pushes at its bowl.
• Rounded corners, which keeps it lying flat instead of curling at the edges.
• Fully machine washable, and Pet Rebellion note it can be vacuumed between washes.

Suitable For

• Dogs and cats — Pet Rebellion list the Dinner Mate as suitable for cats as well.
• Hard floors: tile, laminate, wood and vinyl.
• Enthusiastic drinkers and messy eaters, where water goes further than the bowl.
• Two-bowl set-ups, and households that want the feeding station to look tidy.
• Not a barrier for a bowl that gets tipped over completely — a heavy non-tip bowl is what solves that, with the mat catching what still gets out.

How to Use

• Lay it flat on a hard floor with the non-slip backing down and stand the bowls on it.
• Vacuum it between washes to lift dry crumbs and hair.
• Machine wash the whole mat when it needs it.
• Dry it fully before the bowls go back on — a damp mat under a bowl will smell within a day.
• Shake it out and check the backing periodically; grit trapped underneath is what marks a floor.

Specification

• Absorbent pet feeding mat. 40 x 60cm.
• Non-slip backing with rounded corners.
• Fully machine washable. Pet Rebellion publish no wash temperature and no tumble-drying guidance, so neither is stated here.
• Pet Rebellion publish no fibre composition or backing material for the Dinner Mate.
• Dotty Grey is one of a number of Dinner Mate patterns; Pet Rebellion also make a smaller Mini Mate.