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Originally Posted by bonbon  Tate weighs exactly 4 1/2 pounds & is 11 months today (happy birthday, little man!).
I've never measured his moisture intake, I just notice he's at the water bowl more often. But now that I think about it, he usually just has a couple of laps of water where the others will stand there a drink quite a bit at one time.
The doctor did a urinalysis and said it was normal (this was several weeks ago & can't remember everything he said but he did say Tate seemed perfectly healthy to him).
He hasn't had raw in 3 to 4 weeks. No canned food in that time, either.
He was trained right from the start to use the doggie door or puppy pads, so I've never asked him to hold it - he's always been able to just go. |
The general rule is an ounce of water per pound of dog per day. So he should drink somewhere around 4.5 ounces a day when eating only kibble (give or take depending on the dog). So maybe about 1/2 cup. The only way to make sure that he isn't seriously over drinking is to separate the dogs for a day and measure it. If you think he is peeing more than he should, then maybe he is dirnking more than he should. It could be that he is just a thirsty dog, but if he is drinking way too much, some things would have to be considered like diabetes insipidus.