I have a puppy as everyone knows well he started eating and really wont take his bottle but at night. I'm trying to find out how to get him to drink water he still won't drink out of a bowl. Please give me some answers I don't want anything to happen to him

Stephanie,

you can add water to his food that you give him...also, to add something to the other thread you started about what kind of food, etc... another great benefit to feeding a raw diet is your dogs will not need to drink as much water. many times a dog will need to drink a lot of water because the dry dog food dehydrates them and their intestines will take water from their systems to move their food down their digestive tract. Raw food is already hydrated and when they do drink water it's much less and is really only associated with their need for water(based on thirst), not a need to lubricate their food on the way out

you said you only spend about 40.00 a month on dry dog food...I can buy 10 lbs of chicken quarters for less than 5 bucks and that'll last nearly a week when I figure in the other food that I give her. That's half of what you are spending now for a better diet...and it looks like your little guys are smaller dogs, so they wouldn't need as much as a larger dog...just a thought

ok, back to your question...what I've done with puppies that I raised years ago was to put the water on my finger and then put it on their lips and tongue...eventually they figured out how to lap the water up, but in the meantime, adding the water to their dog food will probably go a long way into helping them figure out how to lap up their water from a bowl.

You can also buy water bottles for dogs that have a metal teat that they can drink from...but that will probably need to wait until the puppy's a little older.

good luck

Ya i have been looking in to that more over the past couple of days. The puppy i have will be about 80 pounds he is a pit and god i hope he is a small one. But he is the biggest of the litter now with the formula. Another person told me the trick your talking about. I was waiting for someone who knew what they were doing to tell me

 Quote: Stephanie Lemoine

I was waiting for someone who knew what they were doing to tell me

Stephanie - that remark was uncalled for, Mike gave you some very good advice.

Thats what i was talking about he gave me good advice. The person that told me before seemed like they did not know what they were talking about, and they did not because they told me to use the water thing now but mike said wait. I was not talking about about mike i was talking about my friend next door.

I'm sorry, I misread your post -

not offended, Stephanie...all is well.

I might edit myself a little from the other poster's advice:

don't completely water down your dog's dry food, just enough for there to be something for him to have to lap with his tongue...that can be something only at the bottom of his bowl, for example, like a little milk left after eating a bowl of cereal

I was told by a friend here on Leerburg that when I feed dehydrated food not to put too much water in it because it will cause the food to expand too much in her stomach. Anyway, not trying to complicate matters here, just trying to be accurate for your pup's sake.

 Quote: Mike Morrison

I was told by a friend here on Leerburg that when I feed dehydrated food not to put too much water in it because it will cause the food to expand too much in her stomach. Anyway, not trying to complicate matters here, just trying to be accurate for your pup's sake.

Hmmmm, I always make sure there's enough water in it and that it is all the way rehydrated BEFORE the dog/cat gets it so it doesn't expand too much once eaten...

Wouldn't you WANT plenty of water so you know it's done rehydrating before it gets into their systems? I would think that not enough water may cause it to expand once it gets inside...

Jenni, you wouldn't believe all the "advice" I got with my first bag of dehydrated food...it was all over the place.