The part of the meal that ends up on the floor, caught.
Water gets pushed over the rim. Kibble gets carried out and dropped. On a wood floor that turns into a mark, and on stone it turns into a puddle you find with a sock.
The mat sits under the bowls and takes all of it. One wipe with a damp cloth and it is done, which is the only reason a mat gets used rather than left in a drawer.
It is cut as a bone, with a rounded lobe at each corner and a narrow waist in the middle, so two bowls sit in the wide ends and the shape still reads as deliberate rather than as a rectangle of plastic. The surface is smooth matte vegan leather in a warm tan, with a fine stitch line following the whole edge in matching thread and the Furr & Co. wordmark pressed into one corner.
It is a firm flat panel, not a soft rug. It lies where you put it and keeps its shape.
On the surfaceIt is wipe-clean, not absorbent. Spills sit on top and get wiped away rather than soaking in, so the mat stays dry underneath — but a large spill will need wiping rather than waiting.
Specifications
- Material
- Smooth matte vegan leather, wipe-clean
- Shape
- Bone, rounded lobes with a narrow waist
- Color
- Tan
- Detail
- Matching-thread edge stitch, debossed Furr & Co. wordmark
- Construction
- Firm flat panel
- Use
- Under food and water bowls
- Suits
- Cats and dogs
Care
Everyday
A damp cloth. Wipe it and dry it, and it is ready for the next meal.
What to avoid
No machine wash, no abrasive cleaners. Both damage the surface finish.
Storing
Flat. It is a rigid panel, so don't fold it — a hard crease in the surface tends to stay.
From the founder
Not an exciting object. It is the difference between a clean floor and a wet one, twice a day, every day.
— Mariam