Abstract: An animal feeding device (25) is disclosed comprising a hopper (34) for storing a volume of flowable animal food particulate and having a discharge aperture (38). A directing structure (47) is arranged substantially inside of the hopper (34) to create a void or urging area (62) around the discharge aperture (38) into which the food particulate is inhibited from freely flowing. An urging member (63, 64, 65, 66, or 67) is adapted to movably engage and urge food adjacent the urging area (62), into the urging area (62), and into the discharge aperture (38) wherein gravity urges the food to exit the hopper (34) and travel through a conveying structure (40) to a receptacle (46) from which an animal may feed. The inventive device for, and method of, dispensing the food to an animal provides superior resistance to bridging, pinched, jammed, or crushed of the food and, therefore, provides trustworthy economical operation.