no spill dog bowl - any ideas?
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Buggerlugs has decided his new trick is to nudge his water bowl when he is left unattended and spill it all over the floor, then have some sort of weird canine pool party to get himself all wet, before getting in has crate and getting his pillow and blanket soaked.
He can't be left without water obviously, but at the same time there is no point in leaving him with a bowl of water if the only thing he is going to use it for is playing in - he can't drink it off the laundry floor (well he probably does, but it isn't very hygienic).
Cunning plan for today was put his water bowl inside a bigger plastic bowl - he chewed the bigger one so that is a no go. I've replaced that with his bigger, heavier outside bowl, but it is big enough for him to sit in, so he probably will.
I've had a look on the web and the only "non-spill" bowl I can find looks suspiciously like a normal bowl with a separate rubber lid thing - looks decidedly non-terrier proof to me.
Has anyone got any suggestions?
At the moment we're simply taking it away if we see him mucking about with it, but I suspect leaving him alone is going to result in wet everything again.
He can't be left without water obviously, but at the same time there is no point in leaving him with a bowl of water if the only thing he is going to use it for is playing in - he can't drink it off the laundry floor (well he probably does, but it isn't very hygienic).
Cunning plan for today was put his water bowl inside a bigger plastic bowl - he chewed the bigger one so that is a no go. I've replaced that with his bigger, heavier outside bowl, but it is big enough for him to sit in, so he probably will.
I've had a look on the web and the only "non-spill" bowl I can find looks suspiciously like a normal bowl with a separate rubber lid thing - looks decidedly non-terrier proof to me.
Has anyone got any suggestions?
At the moment we're simply taking it away if we see him mucking about with it, but I suspect leaving him alone is going to result in wet everything again.
We have a couple of these:
Admittedly we do have spaniels but see the non-ear dunking design of spaniel bowl as a secondary benefit. With the old normal plastic dog bowls they were quite light and they used to spill everytime they were knocked. The ceramic bowl above is quite heavy so it doesn't move as much, if at all, when knocked and when it does the water sort of sloshes up the side but lands back in it. Not saying we never get spills but they have been vastly reduced with the introduction of these bowls.
Admittedly we do have spaniels but see the non-ear dunking design of spaniel bowl as a secondary benefit. With the old normal plastic dog bowls they were quite light and they used to spill everytime they were knocked. The ceramic bowl above is quite heavy so it doesn't move as much, if at all, when knocked and when it does the water sort of sloshes up the side but lands back in it. Not saying we never get spills but they have been vastly reduced with the introduction of these bowls.
I use a Road Refresher as the main water bowl for my two dogs, mostly because they used to make so much mess when drinking with water splurting everywhere. Works perfectly! No more mess 
One of them didn't like the inner plastic thing which floats to the top to stop water sloshing about (makes sense in the car, not so much in the kitchen) - so I took it out. It still works really well.
As long as you don't fill it too much, it should be able to get knocked about and turned upside down without any water escaping.
One of them didn't like the inner plastic thing which floats to the top to stop water sloshing about (makes sense in the car, not so much in the kitchen) - so I took it out. It still works really well.
As long as you don't fill it too much, it should be able to get knocked about and turned upside down without any water escaping.
Chainsaw Rebuild said:
This might be a silly question but, could a terrier use a big cat flap? Then you could leave the water outside.
He has a doggy door however outside is just dirt so the scope for truely horrendous mess is massive 
That twin bowl thing on the metal stand look ideal - limited scope for knocking over and chew resistant (probably). In fact if I removed one bowl the legs on one side could be wedged under the fridge. He'd have to be really devious to knock that over.
Edited by Jader1973 on Tuesday 7th June 03:29
Jader1973 said:
That twin bowl thing on the metal stand look ideal - limited scope for knocking over and chew resistant (probably). In fact if I removed one bowl the legs on one side could be wedged under the fridge. He'd have to be really devious to knock that over.
Some that you buy have a slider on top that prevents the bowls from being lifted. Fifteen years with Great Danes and never had a bowl tip over.Edited by Jader1973 on Tuesday 7th June 03:29
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