Wasn't sure whether to put this in nutrition, but I'd say its more of a training thing. So Yuki and Cloud are home alone for about 7 hours during the day. I usually have someone check on them about three hours in and each time they've checked in and I've come home, the water bowl has been completely empty. We were at a loss to as how (seeing as its an automatic waterer that I haven't had trouble with until today), and then I found the problem when I filled up a ceramic bowl and put down the water. Yuki literally digs and digs until she splashes all of the water out. This would be all fine and dandy, if it weren't for the fact that this leaves both of the dogs without water for 3 or 4 hours, 7 hours if no one checks on them. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get her to stop splashing all her water out? She does it with both an automatic waterer with a tank and a ceramic bowl

Callie did this. -_- For a few days I didn't know where all the water was going because the thing was supposed to hold a gallon and I was constantly filling it up. I corrected her whenever I caught her doing it and until it stopped, I put a towel under her bowl just to save the floors. Now she doesn't do it anymore. I don't know if it was the correction or if she just grew out of it.
She still does it outside sometimes, but I never corrected it out there because I don't care. That's why I think she knows now that digging in the bowl inside is a no no but outside, she can dig whatever she wants.

I've also switched to a plain old bowl because I melted the globe thing? in the dishwasher. She doesn't have free access to water now. She gets a little bit here and there as opposed to having access to water all the time. I did mainly switch for housebreaking purposes and not the digging though. I don't know if this bowl isn't as fun to dig in or what but she hasn't tried it.

For Mika, I raised the bowl up to where she didn't bend down to drink anymore and she stopped doing it

Honestly, nothing i did vcould get Cato to stop, so I put it on a towel. Eventually, he grew out of it and only does it at the dog park.

My little guy does it when he is just finished playing and is hot. I have corrected him but he just will not stop. I have a bunch of towels on the floor and just hope he'll grow out of it!! You're not alone!

Well I put a towel down, thats a start. Luckily my shift is short today so I won't be gone too long and I'll be able to refill the water bowl (probably many times) So glad to know I'm not the only one with a water-bowl loving puppy XD

kevo wrote:

For Mika, I raised the bowl up to where she didn't bend down to drink anymore and she stopped doing it

please be careful. I'm not sure to what extent you have the bowl raised. but dogs are supposed to bend at the neck and shoulder to drink. If the platformtis too tall, it can create a risk for bloat

mheath0429 wrote:

Honestly, nothing i did vcould get Cato to stop, so I put it on a towel. Eventually, he grew out of it and only does it at the dog park.

I thought I was the only one! Gah. Our dog park is very friendly, so a lot of people bring their own water dishes with some ice in it. Juneau likes to go to each one and dig all the ice out. >:l lol No other dogs do it besides her! Gotta love em.

ziva will do this too...and then she overturns it and runs around the living room with it...I hate getting after her for doing it because it's so entertaining...trying to keep a straight face while telling her bad dog...

mheath0429 wrote:

Honestly, nothing i did vcould get Cato to stop, so I put it on a towel. Eventually, he grew out of it and only does it at the dog park.

Same here!

VintageJeans wrote:

mheath0429 wrote:

Honestly, nothing i did vcould get Cato to stop, so I put it on a towel. Eventually, he grew out of it and only does it at the dog park.

I thought I was the only one! Gah. Our dog park is very friendly, so a lot of people bring their own water dishes with some ice in it. Juneau likes to go to each one and dig all the ice out. >:l lol No other dogs do it besides her! Gotta love em.

I truly think Cato gets toasty and its his way of cooling down. He has A LOT of coat.

I have to admit this tread is just too funny.

I never thought this would be a trait that more than my husky had. I just attributed it to her being weird. Lol. But she has done this since the day I brought her home, and still does it sometimes to this day. I always just thought she was trying to swim, because she loves being in the water. Any time we go anywhere that has water, she is in it.

We use to have a huge water bowl that her and my GSD shared but it got to the point that she literally would hope in it and swim when she was little. I found her countless times laying in it, or like your dog splashing it everywhere. Shes too big to lay in her bowl now but if she comes in from outside and is really hot, or if she gets really excited she sometimes does it but not nearly as bad as she use too. So I would agree with everyone else in saying yours will probably just grow out of it too. Maybe not completely since mine still hasnt. Lol

Im just glad that my pup isnt the only one that does it.

Both of mine did it for a few weeks. I too couldn't fix the problem, so I just laid a towel under the bowl and changed it out as needed. I did say "NO!" every time they started it and took the bowl away. I started out with the Drinkwell water fountain, but quickly realized it is not Husky friendly (way too tempting for them). So, I replaced it with a stainless steel bowl that's got the rubber around it, so it can't spill. Eventually, it did stop and they still do dig in water, just outside thankfully!


Not my pup, but pretty freakin cute!

My female, Nola, does the same. We figured she was wasting out the stagnant water in lieu of the fresher water in the tank. She also enjoys splashing her brother, Dakota.

~Melody

OMG! Mia used to do exactly what that puppy did in the video! I actually miss it, but I couldn't stand when she did it. I got her one of those stainless steel bowls with the rubber on the bottom and she would bite at the water too because she saw her reflection. She eventually grew out of it.

Dakota does it too which is he no longer has access to water in the house. Granted the door to the backyard remains open all day as the weather is wonderfull right now so he just goes outside. i don't care if he makes a flood on the back patio, the kitchen is another matter. By the way and water digging session is usually followed by a zoomies session. lol

Nikiya used to do this but only if she caught me filling it up and went into a hyper state wanting to play.. She has eventually grown out of it though after a few weeks, are you still having the same problem?

Yuki still wants to dig in it, I definitely took the advice on putting the towel under the water bowl. Every time I catch her digging in it I tell her no and take the water bowl away, and then set it back down, making sure she doesn't dig in it again. While I'm at home she won't dig now, but every time I leave for work I come home to an empty tank and a soaked towel. I'm hoping she'll just grow out of it XD

We had the same problem until we bought this anti tip/splash/digging water bowl that we picked up from our local pet store. Here is the link to it, hope this helps!

http://www.roadrefresher.com/

japhotos wrote:

We had the same problem until we bought this anti tip/splash/digging water bowl that we picked up from our local pet store. Here is the link to it, hope this helps!

http://www.roadrefresher.com/

I watched the videos on this and I want one. Char doesn't dig in his bow, but he does drip water all over from his wet face. My kids wanted to know why he doesn't drink like the cats and only put his tongue in the water.

Petra digs only when there are ice cubes in the bowl

Arya done this too, when she is in her crate we give her water in her go slow bowl which we use for her kibble,she doesn't dig at it anymore.

Jasper did this for a while! He has always had a raised food and water but we were wondering if we'd have to get something bigger. But since i'm working from home until my company finishes the new offices I kept his water bowl only half full. It was a little bit of a pain because I had to listen and make sure he didn't run out. He drinks like a fish! But now we are able to leave the bowl full and he hasn't done it in a while.

He now will sometimes lay down so his head barely reaches the water and drinks.

The digging finally ceased, it just took a lot of correcting her. Now she tries to dig occasionally but she's stopped doing it every single time she went near the bowl xD