My son has a Chocolate Lab that was sick with a fever a couple of years ago. They took him to the vet and they put him on an antibiotic. He had a bad reaction to the antibiotic and started having seizures. It went on for a while because the vet thought the seizures were caused by the fever and not the medication. Anyway, when he was finally getting better he started staring at the water in his bowl and barking at it. They assumed he was seeing his reflection in the water but were not sure about it. When he was sick they had tried to get him to drink more water but this activity started after he was getting better. Don't know what caused it but he did stop after a week or two. That is the only time I have seen a dog act like that.
I try to get Gracie to drink more water by giving her a drink out of a water bottle that I pour slowly into a clean bowl. I have one of those pop up drinking caps on the bottle. She loves it. I know it's a bit strange but it gets her kidneys flushed out. |