Abstract: A pet food bowl anchoring apparatus including a bowl having a horizontal bottom surface and a vertical wall attached to a peripheral edge of the bottom surface. The wall extending above the bottom surface forms a dish and the wall extending below the bottom surface forms a support wall portion holding the bottom surface above a floor surface onto which the bowl is resting. The support wall portion has is formed or machined to include a slot into which a user's fingers may be placed for picking the bowl up from the floor surface. A keeper connected loosely at a first end to a bottom surface of the bowl protrudes generally horizontally out of the slot exterior to the support wall portion. The keeper has formed therein two apertures, a first aperture in a central area of the keeper wherein a fastener loosely connects the keeper to the bowl, and a second aperture formed in a central area of the portion of the keeper protruding out from the support wall portion.