Systems and methods for providing nutritional and other products to animalsare provided. Generally, the inventionprovides a dispensing system comprising an activity monitoring device, and adispensing device comprising a processor programmedto receive a communication generated by the activity monitoring device. Theprocessor controls the dispensing device todispense a nutritional or other product in response to the communication fromthe activity monitoring device. The activity monitoringdevice can be attached to an animal and communicate with the dispensing deviceinformation regarding the nutritional requirementsof the animal.