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I have never had this problem, but I use a Petmate Le Bistro water dispenser and some locally-made pottery bowls for their food.

I always used the stainless steel bowls with the no-slip bottoms, but they are too small now and besides, the pottery bowls are much prettier. Cash has a white one with white paws and June has a pink one with pink paws. Hehe, they can tell the bowls apart.

Like I said, they have never been messy, but they would pick up the bowl if they could. So, since the pottery bowls are quite heavy and hard, they can't pick it up. No mess for us.

Good luck with your decision. I think the trick is to find bowls that they can't move, pick up or tip over. My bowls do all of these and I am very happy with them.