Treat Dispenser
My dog is scared to death of his new fresh water dispenser bowl & won’t drink water from it. Any suggestions?
He is a Boston Terrier named Charlie. I tried putting his favorite treats near it but when I got home all of the treats were still there. He will go days without drinking water until we pour some in his old traditional bowl. How do I go about alleviating his fears of something new that makes noises as the air bubbles go in and water comes out of it.(looks like a watercooler for dogs)
Ok, my wife corrected me. He does not go days w/ out water. She will sit near the bowl and try to coax him and if he doesn’t, she will just refill his old bowl. We didn’t buy it for the coolness factor – moreso, because it was advertised that it would provide fresher water for him. My wife used to wash his old bowl out every couple of days anyways.
Thanks.
You need to return to his old bowl/dispenser. Some dogs are sensitive to change of this kind. One of ours is. We tried switching bowls, and they stopped drinking. You want them NOT to get dehydrated or sick. That’s why I say switch it back. Maybe for a while you could have both old and new water dispenser in the same room. Maybe he’ll get the idea. If not, just remember, you don’t want the tail to wag the dog, so to speak, in this situation. The point is not to make the dog conform to a specific piece of commercial hardware you bought, but to make sure he drinks water, and has a way to do it with which he is comfortable. The point’s the dog’s well-being, not that you paid $18 for a water thingie.
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