Scaredy Dog
We got a new water bowl for the dogs this weekend. I mentioned that in a previous post. It is the kind that has the jug above it and dispenses water into the bowl. It seemed like a great idea…fill the just and we don’t have to keep refilling the bowl. The jug holds 2.3 gallons of water, so it should last more than a week.
Well, now it has proven to be a problem. Last night, our dogs were drinking from their new bowl and the thing burped. We have 2 dogs. One is a Cocker Spaniel/Miniature Husky mix (Sadie). The other is a German Shepard/Austrailian Shepard mix (Dakota). So Sadie is about half the size of Dakota. Apparently Dakota was drinking the water when it burped. It freaked her out so badly, she won’t go near the water.
If she wants food, she takes a huge arc path around the water bowl to the food bowl. My husband has to hold her close, for her to even get near it enough to take a drink. I just hope she gets over her fear of the water jug. I don’t want to put the regular bowl back out. But I worry that she will stay away and not get enough water to drink.
