I feed my dog a dehydrate food. I have tried rehydrating it for her but she prefers it dry so I have to find ways to get her to drink more water. I always drink bottled water and never gave a thought about giving it to my dog until lately. I have one of those plastic water bottle caps you put on water bottles to drink out of that you push up to open and push down to close it. It keeps me from spilling water all over when I knock the bottle over. Anyway, I noticed Gracie licking the bottle top a couple of times so I decided to try to get her drink from the bottle. My cats always want to drink out of the bathroom sink or bath tub faucet. Animals always prefer fresh water. So I got a bowl and started pouring the water slowly out of the bottle into the bowl and she liked it! Now she drinks from the stream of water as it comes out as I pour it into the bowl and then she will drink what is in the bowl. She is getting so much more water now and her urine is less concentrated than it was. I can tell because the urine stains on the pee pad is almost clear instead of the darker yellow she had before. It is good to have clear urine. It means the kidneys and bladder and being flushed out as they should be. The little plastic water caps for drinking out of really help to control how much water is coming out of the bottle as she drinks. |