Dog Feeder Is No Chew Toy

Dog Feeder Is No Chew Toy LIVESTOCK DOGS 30-5-31 Tired of having the dogs at the local hunt club treat dog feeders like chew toys, Tom Harmon built one to last. "This is the last dog feeder you'll ever need," says Harmon. Knowing that hunting dogs can and will eat right through most plastic feeders, Harmon builds his with heavy-duty plastic sewer pipe. He starts with a length of 6 1/2-in. dia. pipe and cuts a hole in the side a few inches from one end. A 3/4-in. plywood disc, cut to fit is screwed to that bottom end. "The size of the pipe you use and the hole size depends on how much feed you want it to hold and how big the dog's head is," says Harmon. "I use 18 to 24-in. pipe for ours and cut about a 6-in. hole. We feed our dogs twice a week, and a big coffee can full of food will hold them for three to four days." The trickiest part of making the feeder, he says, is cutting a piece of wood to fit inside the pipe. It acts as a baffle to keep the dog food from spilling out of the feeder all at once."Cutting the baffle is trial and error," says Harmon. A much easier task was making tops for his feeders. He has access to a roller and welder and makes his tops out of stainless steel scraps. The cap needs to come off easily for feeding so you can't use a pvc cap."You can make them out of anything that will fit over the pipe," says Harmon. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Harmon, 2604 Wheeler Lane, Church Road, Va. 23833 (ph 804 265-8658).

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