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Ken Powers, the creator of PetPal by PeTreaT, LLC is ready to bring his automatic Wi-Fi pet feeder to the market after three years of designing and redesigning this fantastic new product. Stop Riding the Pine was fortunate enough to catch up with Ken while he was in a hotel room during a recent trip. We spoke about the journey Ken has made from the inception of his concept to the development of the product. For anyone that is looking to invent, create, develop and market an idea or concept, this is a great show to listen to.

Mr. Powers is an electrical engineer by trade that came up with an incredible solution for pet lovers from all walks of life. Ken’s job required that he traveled a lot and because of this, he was forced to ask his neighbors to watch and feed his cats. For over a month, Ken couldn’t find a solution online that would alleviate him from constantly having to impose himself upon his neighbors and that’s when he came up with the idea. His thought about how nice it would be to create a device for his pets wherein he would be able to watch, listen to, talk to and feed his pets anytime, anywhere with any connected device. Since he couldn’t find any other device on the market that could do this, he decided to create it himself.

When you and your family are away, the PetPal automatic WiFi pet feeder provides a way of to stay in touch with your pet like never before. Have you ever left home and forgot to feed your pet? Have you ever thought about what your dog or cat is doing? While nothing really can replace the time you share with your pet, the PetPal automatic WiFi pet feeder will add some joy to you and your pets lives when you have to work, go out of town or get stuck in traffic.

“The PetPal automatic Wi-Fi pet feeder is an upscale device that will last a lifetime”

-Ken Powers, Owner and Creator, PetPal by PeTreaT, LLC

What is the PetPal?

The PetPal automatic Wi-Fi pet feeder enables pet owners to log into their connected device through an Android or Apple application to watch, feed, listen and talk to your pet from anywhere you have an internet connection. Unlike most other pet feeding devices, they use an auger that tends to get jammed because they try to push the food up. The patent pending technology in the PetPal lifts the food up and over the internal food reservoir that drops the food down into the feeding bowl.

 

During his three year design phase, he noticed that he had five new friends. These friends came to his home in the form of raccoons. They were very interested in the PetPal and they were very hungry. Ken says that raccoons are one of the smartest animals when it comes to creative ways of getting food. The raccoons found a way to get in through the top of the PetPal because they weren’t able to get into the food from the bottom because of the patent pending solution that pushes the food up from the inside. Once Ken found out that the raccoons were able to remove the top of the feeder, he came up with a solution to secure the top with a couple wingnuts and the raccoons weren’t able to steal the food anymore.

One of the other challenges Ken ran into was ants. In southern California, ants are ferocious and they love pet food. He had to come up with a solution that would not only prevent the red ants from getting into the food bowl, but he found that the brown ants loved to climb up the feeder and get into the food reservoir. After some careful thought and consideration,