how to get pup to drink more

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  1. labl0ver

    labl0ver Registered Users

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    Cooper our first dog is 5.5 months now and coming along nicely.
    One thing I have noticed is that his pee quite green/yellow.
    Im sure he could do with drinking more.
    He has a bowl always topped up by his crate but spends a lot of time in my office where he has no water due to fact he makes quite a mess with it.
    I could get a non spill bowl, but anyone use any other type of dispenser I was thinking about some kind of bottle attached to his crate ?

    thanks
    Fraser
     
  2. labl0ver

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    he is fed 3 times a day and I add water to his kibble, he will drink from the bowl but doesn't seem very often.
    I do feed him a couple of inches of cucumber too and Im sure he'd prefer to snozzle a good few lengths down than actually drink.
     
  3. Michael A Brooks

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    Hmm. Has he learnt that water drinking is something you don't approve of? What classical conditioning has taken place?

    I would let him drink in your office. Take a sponge and clean up the drops.

    I have a water bowl in our dining room. I place it on a newspaper. She makes a mess but most of the water goes on the newspaper.

    My dog also likes watermelon, which is mostly water.
     
  4. Jo Laurens

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    A dog should always have water available if they are somewhere for any length of time. You could try a bowl with an absorbent mat around it - like an inside door mat - to mop up any spills.
     
  5. labl0ver

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    yes the issue initially was upturning the water bowl but he seems to have stopped that recently. I do put my fingers in the bowl and he seems keen to lick the water from them, I will try a bowl again in the office.
     
  6. CamK

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    Mine prefer the heavy stone ware bowls. We set them on a rug or towel. Yes dogs are messy drinkers. I spose you could put a large waterproof tray like the bottom from your kennel? and then the towel.

    We were given a stoneware bowl and I noticed they used it exclusively. Then it dawned on me I had a very nice stoneware bread pan sitting unused in my cupboard. Lol. And I found a couple at the second hand shop.
     
  7. AlphaDog

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    "green/yellow" pee? Sounds like an issue you should take up with your vet. Just leave the water out. He'll drink when he wants. You know the adage -- you can lead it to water but can't make it drink it.
     
  8. Ski-Patroller

    Ski-Patroller Cooper, Terminally Cute

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    At home we don't worry about the spillage, and normally have two large water bowls down. At our cabin where the floor is a snap together LVT I put a metal tray down under the water dish to minimize the wet floor.
     

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