Connie Sutherland wrote 12/29/2007 04:38 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Jenni Williams ] #171612 - 12/29/2007 04:38 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Yeah, same idea.
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lee sternberg wrote 12/29/2007 05:16 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #171619 - 12/29/2007 05:16 PM
lee sternberg Webboard User Reg: 08-05-2007 Posts: 323 Loc: Lake City, Coeur d' Alene, ID Offline	I don't have the dog's food or water in the house at all. I never have. If you have a fenced yard the solution is easy. My dogs signal to go out for water the same way they signal when the need to relieve themselves. In the summer I have a auto-waterer. I can't do that in winter because of potential for frozen pipes. When it's below freezing I use a bucket and break up the ice once in a while. Lee Sternberg
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Jenni Williams wrote 12/29/2007 05:25 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: lee sternberg ] #171620 - 12/29/2007 05:25 PM
Jenni Williams Webboard User Reg: 10-06-2005 Posts: 2686 Loc: llinois Offline	Actually, my water is outside, too, for the big guys, and inside up on a window seat for my little one and the cats. The big ones are just too messy. They have water in their inside kennels, and a big bucket outside. I finally gave up.
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Kori Bigge wrote 12/29/2007 05:30 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Jenni Williams ] #171621 - 12/29/2007 05:30 PM
Kori Bigge Webboard User Reg: 10-08-2007 Posts: 611 Loc: Kansas Offline	I will try a combo of the corrections that David mentioned, and the pan under the bowl. I have no-tip dishes, and I guarantee you that if I had a bucket of water out, he'd figure out a way to dump it, heavy or not. He has to have his bowls indoors, as he's a housedog, and we don't have a fenced yard unfortunately. If this doesn't work, I'll just keep the water up and put it down occassionally for him. I'd like to train him out of it, though, if I can. Thanks all.
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David Eagle wrote 12/29/2007 07:26 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Kori Bigge ] #171636 - 12/29/2007 07:26 PM
David Eagle Webboard User Reg: 08-17-2007 Posts: 528 Loc: La Habra, California Offline	Snow? What's snow? As others have mentioned, a "raw dog" doesn't need much water. Maybe twice a day, morning and night, a few minutes of free access to water would be enough. Some dogs hate hats.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 12/29/2007 10:43 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Kori Bigge ] #171687 - 12/29/2007 10:43 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Kori Bigge I will try a combo of the corrections that David mentioned, and the pan under the bowl. I have no-tip dishes, and I guarantee you that if I had a bucket of water out, he'd figure out a way to dump it, heavy or not. He has to have his bowls indoors, as he's a housedog, and we don't have a fenced yard unfortunately. If this doesn't work, I'll just keep the water up and put it down occassionally for him. I'd like to train him out of it, though, if I can. Thanks all. Dogs vary in their need for water. Maybe it's not universal, but I feel pretty strongly that water should be available all day. (I do understand about picking it up in the late day when potty-training.) It's true that raw food has loads of water in it, so maybe I'm overthinking it. (Naturally, the web sources and most of the vet handbooks talk about water for a kibble dog.)
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Connie Sutherland wrote 12/29/2007 10:45 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Kori Bigge ] #171689 - 12/29/2007 10:45 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Kori Bigge The dishes are fairly large, so I stopped filling his water bowl all the way up, Maybe a smaller no-tip bowl? Less fun-in-the-surf?
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David Eagle wrote 12/29/2007 11:19 PM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #171693 - 12/29/2007 11:19 PM
David Eagle Webboard User Reg: 08-17-2007 Posts: 528 Loc: La Habra, California Offline	Is he actually tipping it over, or just digging in it? Macy moves her water bowl around when she's aggitated in her crate, I tell her to knock it off and she does....of course, about once every week I have to pull the pad out, go in with a towel, and dry her crate because she's flipped the bowl over. When she's done eating she tends to look under her bowls for food. Of course. Why wouldn't I magically hide food under her bowls? I mean, it's only reasonable. Some dogs hate hats.
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Melissa Thom wrote 12/30/2007 01:57 AM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: David Eagle ] #171703 - 12/30/2007 01:57 AM
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007 Posts: 2781 Loc: Upper Left hand corner, USA Offline	If this is the water digging annoyance I'm familiar with from my brother's sheltie we were able to solve the water hijinks with a couple things. First thing we did was raise the bowl off the floor to about chest height with one of those doggie feeding station thingies. Second thing we did was correct her from standing on the doggie feeding station which was the only way she could dig in the water. As far as crates I know it sounds stupid but I use a wide mouth lixit water bottle for crate waterers. The dogs learn to use them really fast and it solved the soaking wet dog syndrome I was having to deal with in the middle of the night.
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Diane Joslin wrote 12/30/2007 10:13 AM Re: What to do about annoying new habit... [Re: Melissa Thom ] #171752 - 12/30/2007 10:13 AM
Diane Joslin Webboard User Reg: 01-09-2007 Posts: 368 Loc: Las Vegas, NV Offline	We use an old cement bird bath top on top of a cement block which makes the water at just the right height. Obviously this is outdoors on our patio and close to the hose spigot so it can be refreshed every day and the shallow container scrubbed out once a week with a stiff brush. (You can see the setup on page 2 about half way down on my PhotoBucket link below). This is the only place where Nickie will drink water. We keep a small metal bowl on the kitchen floor for Roxie - sometimes she doesn't like to drink out of the outside bowl. I have never seen Nickie drink out of the inside bowl, however. He just gets a drink when he is outside to potty, play, etc.
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