Dogs, hot weather and drinking water - top tip!
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Like most people when the weather is hot we have the back door open all day.
The dogs come and go as they like but they were coming inside for their water bowl and I was worried that I'd miss when it was empty.
So I had an idea, I got a washing up bowl (£2 at Tesco - probably a lot cheaper elsewhere!) and filled it with water and put it outside.
Our two dogs love it, they haven't drunk from the indoor water bowl for days.
But I have notice that the outside bowl gets a green film on the bottom very quickly, so every time I fill it, 2/3 times a day I clean it out.
Hope I'm not telling you stuff you already knew.
Just thought I'd mention it.
The dogs come and go as they like but they were coming inside for their water bowl and I was worried that I'd miss when it was empty.
So I had an idea, I got a washing up bowl (£2 at Tesco - probably a lot cheaper elsewhere!) and filled it with water and put it outside.
Our two dogs love it, they haven't drunk from the indoor water bowl for days.
But I have notice that the outside bowl gets a green film on the bottom very quickly, so every time I fill it, 2/3 times a day I clean it out.
Hope I'm not telling you stuff you already knew.
Just thought I'd mention it.
Yep same as, back door open all day but we have a double water bowel in the kitchen and a big pond in the garden so sorted, the thing is when Murphy is drinking from the pond the fish all come up around his mouth and are not afraid but when the little one drinks they all stay away probably because she will try and grab them, Murphy is black and white the little one is golden so maybe fish can distinguish color ?
skeggysteve said:
Like most people when the weather is hot we have the back door open all day.
The dogs come and go as they like but they were coming inside for their water bowl and I was worried that I'd miss when it was empty.
So I had an idea, I got a washing up bowl (£2 at Tesco - probably a lot cheaper elsewhere!) and filled it with water and put it outside.
Our two dogs love it, they haven't drunk from the indoor water bowl for days.
But I have notice that the outside bowl gets a green film on the bottom very quickly, so every time I fill it, 2/3 times a day I clean it out.
Hope I'm not telling you stuff you already knew.
Just thought I'd mention it.
What are you cleaning the bucket out with? The dogs come and go as they like but they were coming inside for their water bowl and I was worried that I'd miss when it was empty.
So I had an idea, I got a washing up bowl (£2 at Tesco - probably a lot cheaper elsewhere!) and filled it with water and put it outside.
Our two dogs love it, they haven't drunk from the indoor water bowl for days.
But I have notice that the outside bowl gets a green film on the bottom very quickly, so every time I fill it, 2/3 times a day I clean it out.
Hope I'm not telling you stuff you already knew.
Just thought I'd mention it.
Do you live in a hard water area?
We never clean our bucket out and there is no green film.
Johnnytheboy said:
My dog would - if possible - only drink water coming out of the end of the garden hose in a fine jet.
Here its direct from the tap is best.Also have a paddling pool that we fill on hot days. Some of the dogs in the past would lie in it, current ones just drink it.
Otherwise there are two buckets full in the garage and a large washing up bowl in the house. If they get too hot they come in and sleep on the tiled floors.
Our puppy deals with the heat by putting both front feet into his water bowl and jumping up and down until all the water is on the floor. Then lying in it.
I've ordered him a toddler sized paddling pool. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any small, cheap rigid ones in stock, so he has an inflatable. Can't see that surviving his teeth and claws long, but then it was only a tenner.
I've ordered him a toddler sized paddling pool. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any small, cheap rigid ones in stock, so he has an inflatable. Can't see that surviving his teeth and claws long, but then it was only a tenner.
otolith said:
Our puppy deals with the heat by putting both front feet into his water bowl and jumping up and down until all the water is on the floor. Then lying in it.
I've ordered him a toddler sized paddling pool. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any small, cheap rigid ones in stock, so he has an inflatable. Can't see that surviving his teeth and claws long, but then it was only a tenner.
This any good?I've ordered him a toddler sized paddling pool. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any small, cheap rigid ones in stock, so he has an inflatable. Can't see that surviving his teeth and claws long, but then it was only a tenner.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3...
sherman said:
What are you cleaning the bucket out with?
Do you live in a hard water area?
We never clean our bucket out and there is no green film.
Just scrubbing it with a washing up brush and giving a good rinse out. Not really a hard water area.Do you live in a hard water area?
We never clean our bucket out and there is no green film.
I thought that it might be the sun that does it, moved the bowl to a spot that is in the shade all day and it's still doing it. It's not a big problem because even on cooler days I still change the water twice a day.
otolith said:
Our puppy deals with the heat by putting both front feet into his water bowl and jumping up and down until all the water is on the floor. Then lying in it.
SlidingSideways said:
This any good?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3...
We have had that one now for over 2 years. Not damaged yet and the dogs love it.http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3...
In summer we have one of them filled up for them to paddle in, drink from, we also have a Drinkwell Big Dig water fountain in the kitchen which will last quite a while before we need to refill and we have various other water bowls around the place. We also left a bowl outside most of the year under the table and it collects rainwater. The dogs seem to prefer this to clean water, so we just left it there.
Our cat is a wee bit of a pain when it comes to water.
Despite having a drinking bowl in the kitchen, she barely touches it: and instead every time she notices anyone going upstairs, she follows, runs to the bathroom door, and stands there shouting...
So we have to go in, turn the bathtap on, and wait whilst she jumps into the bath and drinks from the stream of water until she decides she's had enough - at which point we can turn the tap off, and go and resume our lives again.
But we don't mind, bless her
Despite having a drinking bowl in the kitchen, she barely touches it: and instead every time she notices anyone going upstairs, she follows, runs to the bathroom door, and stands there shouting...
So we have to go in, turn the bathtap on, and wait whilst she jumps into the bath and drinks from the stream of water until she decides she's had enough - at which point we can turn the tap off, and go and resume our lives again.
But we don't mind, bless her
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Our cat is a wee bit of a pain when it comes to water.
Despite having a drinking bowl in the kitchen, she barely touches it: and instead every time she notices anyone going upstairs, she follows, runs to the bathroom door, and stands there shouting...
So we have to go in, turn the bathtap on, and wait whilst she jumps into the bath and drinks from the stream of water until she decides she's had enough - at which point we can turn the tap off, and go and resume our lives again.
But we don't mind, bless her
Get a fountain. I have this:Despite having a drinking bowl in the kitchen, she barely touches it: and instead every time she notices anyone going upstairs, she follows, runs to the bathroom door, and stands there shouting...
So we have to go in, turn the bathtap on, and wait whilst she jumps into the bath and drinks from the stream of water until she decides she's had enough - at which point we can turn the tap off, and go and resume our lives again.
But we don't mind, bless her
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/cat_bowls_feede...
Mobile Chicane said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Our cat is a wee bit of a pain when it comes to water.
Despite having a drinking bowl in the kitchen, she barely touches it: and instead every time she notices anyone going upstairs, she follows, runs to the bathroom door, and stands there shouting...
So we have to go in, turn the bathtap on, and wait whilst she jumps into the bath and drinks from the stream of water until she decides she's had enough - at which point we can turn the tap off, and go and resume our lives again.
But we don't mind, bless her
Get a fountain. I have this:Despite having a drinking bowl in the kitchen, she barely touches it: and instead every time she notices anyone going upstairs, she follows, runs to the bathroom door, and stands there shouting...
So we have to go in, turn the bathtap on, and wait whilst she jumps into the bath and drinks from the stream of water until she decides she's had enough - at which point we can turn the tap off, and go and resume our lives again.
But we don't mind, bless her
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/cat_bowls_feede...
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