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08-26-2012, 08:04 AM | #1 |
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| Why does my pup dig her water bowl? I know that some Yorkies like to dig. But my new pup has been digging her water bowl. Any ideas why? I'm fine with her doing it outside. But we have a fountain for our puppies & every time she does it inside, she makes a mess & I have to unplug the fountain and clean EVERYTHING. How do I get her to stop?
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08-26-2012, 08:20 AM | #2 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| LOL Yeah, my Luna used to do that as a pup. I ended up switching to water bottles in a stand. I just couldn't keep up with the cleaning up and making sure they had water to DRINK She was cute as heck doing it, but after the millionth time I said enough
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08-26-2012, 09:13 AM | #3 |
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| i know a yorkie that does that when they want you to change the water |
08-26-2012, 09:43 AM | #4 |
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| Change the water? Wow. What a diva! That water was brand new from my Brita! LOL
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08-26-2012, 09:45 AM | #5 |
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| Maybe I'll try that. But I'll have to find one with a small enough "bowl" that she can't fit her 2 paws in it. Thanks!
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08-26-2012, 09:51 AM | #6 |
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| Buy her a kiddie swimming pool for outside!!! She wants to swim in the water!!! Mine do this too....and it does make a horrible mess in my kitchen...and I have laminate flooring.....which has already started to buckle up a little bit...I HATE these floors, such a mistake...but that is a different story! Water bottles in a stand sound like a wonderful idea...where do you get those?? Are you talking about those bottles like they lick to get a drink?? |
08-26-2012, 09:59 AM | #7 |
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| When I think of water bottles, I think of something like this: (but not as fancy) Amazon.com: PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Station,... I have a Drinkwell Pet Fountain right now (Amazon.com: Drinkwell Platinum Pet Fountain... ). But that doesn't stop her. I actually DO have a kiddie swimming pool. And I was going to pull it out of my garage this morning, but it was a little chilly. So now I'm definitely going to pull it out this afternoon. Hopefully she'll get her fill of digging water from the pool. We'll see...
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08-26-2012, 01:30 PM | #8 | |
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08-26-2012, 02:11 PM | #9 |
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| Dog Cat Water Bottle Stands by Mr Foo's Shih Tzu of Indiana, Missouri, Illinois I had my husband make me two of these out of regular PVC pipe from Home Depot. Cost about 20 bucks for both of them, and the water bottles were 6 bucks each at Walmart. Fresh clean water, no swimming They both took to it right away, but if your dogs resist I heard that if you put a small dab of peanut butter on the nozzle that they'll get the idea
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08-26-2012, 02:25 PM | #10 |
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| I use water bottles. Scoobers is a self defeating weirdo! If theres a water bowl in his kennel he'll use his food yo flip it dump it and then ehine theres spilled water. Princess is a mini schnauzer abd its reccomended to use a water bottle for that breed. Elvis actually prefeeed the water bottle to a bowl so they all have rhe bottle now.
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08-26-2012, 02:53 PM | #11 |
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| LOL It's not just Yorkies that do that. I had a white Shep/Lab pup do that in the water dish she shared with her brother in 1991. So I put them into a dishpan as a water dish, then a 303 washtub, then a children's wading pool, and still they would almost run out of water to drink by noon. I'd go home at lunch time every day to refill their water. She was very camera shy...I only got one photo ever of her lounging in her pool. I named her Splash...maybe you figured that out already!
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