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Water bowl woes Max is suddenly afraid of his water bowl. We have no idea what happened. He approaches it cautiously, as if something is going to jump out at him. Takes a sip, moves back. After some testing, I figured out that it isn't the temperature of the water. He happily drinks off of a big spoon if I dip it in the water bowl and serve it to him. I have put out several options for him to drink out of, but he is reluctant with all of them. My only options are the spoon, the sink faucet, and a water bottle. None of them are practical. Why Max, why? |
these little stinkers..........:D. |
Is he wearing a collar with tags. If so, maybe his tags are hitting the bowl and scaring him. |
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I tried putting another water bowl in another location. Not working. Save |
Maybe try a water fountain? I know they are a pain but it might work. Have you tried putting a treat in the bowl when there is no water in it to try and get him comfortable with it again? |
Obviously you were getting rather complacent regarding Max drinking water out of his bow--several times a day. Max determined your matter-of-fact attitude, insofar as his water, could lead to other lackadaisical behavior on your part. Smart little sucker decided to nip possible problems in the bud, thus spoon-drinking! I think someone better stay on her pretty little toes...! Big ol' smooch, Maximo!!! |
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:lol tears You obviously know well how a Yorkie mind works. :D Max thanks you for the kiss. He loves kisses. |
I never had a problem with any of my girls drinking water, but, I had one girl that LOVED to drink her water out of a coffee mug. It's worth a try. I like Taylor's idea of treat in empty bowl. |
My Mickey did the same thing when we got a stainless steel bowl. I switched to a fountain and that was way worse. He was terrified of the noise. If you want him to drink just ignore his behavior. No reaction and voila, he started to drink. |
Hi our puppy is 8 months old we bought a large ball ice maker from amazon £2.99 we freeze 4 ice balls put one in our whskie and one in her water bowl we roll it round in the water (so her tongue does freeze to it) and she loves it she chases the ice ball round her dish trying to catch it and drinks loads of water the ice ball takes ages to melt as it is approx 2 and half inches big hope that helps. Audreys Mum |
How about a hamster water bottle hanging from a frame. I remember a discussion about that a while back. |
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Gosh, I can't think of a single thing you could try! Unless, maybe a tall glass sitting there...? |
Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I fed Max a few kibble treats holding them over his water bowl. That helped a little and he took more than a few sips of water at one time. Jean, we've tried the hamster style water bottle in the past and had some issues with static electricity and shocks. :eek: Had to give up on that. I've tried mugs and tall glasses, but Max associates those with my human drinks that are bad for him, so he stays away. I put out dishes made of different materials. He isn't interested. Also trying just staying calm, not making an issue of it, and hoping that he will just get over it and start drinking again as Dudley's Mom recommended. |
So still after all of that nothing?? Lil' stinker! You may want to try what you are giving him. Try adding a wee bit of evaporated milk with a tad bit of can dog food to his water bowel. That should get him to ANY bowel. You can mix with 80% water and keep the mixture in the fridge. Than slowly ween him off of the mixture and back to 100% water. If you do try this, I'd suggest only giving small portions a couple times a day. The evaporated milk can cause some change in his stool. |
Well that little turd. Cute turd, for sure, but little turd :p. Hmmmm...well...he's sure got us wondering, hasn't he...??!!?? What about putting a bit of chicken broth in there? |
Thank you for the suggestions of adding an enticement to the water. Good news: after a long walk and car ride full of barking, Max came home and took a good drink from his water bowl. I suppose he was thirsty enough to forget about being spooked. I'm going with dad's theory that Teddy probably bumped Max from behind and caused him to dunk his nose in the water bowl. Teddy is rude and often pushes Max out of the way to get a drink, no matter how many bowls we put out. You know how that goes, they always want the same thing. :D Crossing fingers that we are on our way back to normalcy. |
1 Attachment(s) After pestering my dad throughout the day to get her cat down from the tree, he told my mom that he'd never seen a cat skeleton in a tree--meaning, of course, the cat will do what it must and eventually figures out how to get down. Having made his point, my dad went out late that night in the pouring rain and retrieved my mom's feline from the tree. When Max gets thirsty enough, he'll drink....however, I'll always climb the dang tree in the pouring rain for my Piper-girl, y'know?! Pragmatism and logic be damned, cuz let's face it, when it comes to our little ones none of us is much good with that eventually they'll figure it out thaang!!!! Our pups pack a whollop with the looks they give...yes?! |
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I love you soooooo much!!!!!! :heart toLove:heart to, Max |
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I don't have anything to add. I hope he can communicate why as soon as possible. Poor little dude. |
Kristin, so has Max continued to drink from his water bowel? |
They can sure have their weird quirks huh? Sounds like something Jax would do. I was thinking maybe a bug or a fly or something was in it. Flies freak Jackson out for some reason so if there was something in his water bowl (I've found dead bugs before, not often, in the water bowl and I have to dump & clean -- just a thought). |
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Hope Max is feeling more comfortable with drinking out of the dish again. That would be such a thinker for me. Haha.. and Teddy is such a little devil for dunking poor Teddy's nose into the water! :rolleyes: |
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We use glass custard bowls for the boys' water and we put a clean bowl down every morning and change the water a few times a day. Happy to report that Max is almost back to his normal drinking levels. The way he leans toward the bowl, ready to jump back, I can tell he is still nervous though. :rolleyes: |
What an entertaining thread to read- how very strange Kristin! Glad to hear little Max is almost acting normal. Lilah likes ice water and admittedly I was just feeding her a tasty cottage cheese treat from a spoon right before I read this, lol- oh these goofy dogs! |
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