Really hoping someone can help! We have a 16 week old lab puppy. She is very much causing mayhem in every sense of the word. The one issue which is worrying us terribly, is that she keeps on emptying her water bowl as soon as it's put on the floor. She splashes the water everywhere, then proceeds to pick it up and bounce it around. She has already broken one set of ceramic bowls - luckily I was at home at home at the time, so stopped her from eating the ceramic - yes she would have tried !! We have just gone to the pet store and bought the heaviest bowl there was, got home let her test it out and within 5 minutes she had emptied the bowl and managed to pick it up and run around the living room with it. Our main concern is that we work and she is left at home for periods of time on her own. We have a pet sitter who comes in and looks after her for one hour each day, but when the pet sitter isn't around she has no access to water. On top of that we live in Dubai - currently 50 degrees!! Obviously she is in an air conditioned house but still really worried that she is being left without water. I need advice on the best water bowls - the heaviest & safest for a crazy puppy who refuses to understand that this is not cool!!
Holly used to put her paw into the bowl and splash it around. We got one that had a narrow opening and a wide base. That solved the problem. If you really want something heavy then set a steel bowl in cement!
I think it's difficult. My puppy used to throw her water bowl around and, if she couldn't do that, she would just dig all the water out. So she didn't have free access to water. The difference is that I work from home, so could be there to offer her water very regularly throughout the day. Is there a neighbour who could pop in once a hour to offer her water? She will grow out of it, don't despair.
This is exactly what I was going to suggest. Forget dog bowls and go to the kitchen section for a Le Creuset. Or find a second hand one if you can.
It might be worth trying a Mason Cash spaniel bowl. They're supposed to be tip proof! Good luck! ://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mason+cash+spaniel+bowl&oq=mason+cash+sp&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l3.10247j0j4&client=ms-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
I now use a bucket....Ziggy no longer empties or destroys it, he is now 11 months and we have used a bucket since he was 5 months old
Homer has a Heavy ceramic one now but we lived with the clattering of his stainless steal one and floods of water for years. I got so fed up I decided that if he splashed all his water out he could either go thirsty or lap up what's left on the floor. We added water to his breakfast so he wouldn't be dehydrated and was only left for 2 hours in the morning. There are stands for food and water bowls designed to raise the bowl to make eating easier for older dogs but maybe making some sort of frame for the bowl to fit into might stop the bowl being tipped over and broken, but won't stop her splashing.
Cast iron, great idea. That would be heavier than the old ceramic mix master bowl OH found at a yard sale. Our ceramic bowl did work though, and we only filled it about a third full for several months. The cats use the same water bowl, hard on their throats but they learned to stand up on the edge.
