The best dog proof water bowls? - Page 1

My 9 month old puppy cannot resist playing in her water bowl. I worry that if I go out and leave her she will be out of water in less than an hour.

Even left her with a kiddie wading pool >>> She emptied that and dragged it around the yard.

Any good suggestions please?

I use to have the same problem.
I got a flat back bucket from tractor supply along with the bracket for it.
With the bracket they can not lift up the bucket or take it off.  Worked out great!

I have a huge orange bucket I got from home depot and fill it with water for my 2 dogs.  They sell the empty buckets for like $1.50 or whatever.  It stays outside for them to drink.  My dogs live inside but having the water outside makes it easy and you don't have to fill it up everyday.  Too heavy to knock over also.

missyfly,

I think I will have to take a look at our local farm store as nothing will stop her from emptying buckets and then setting about desroying them even the 4 gallon ones.
Whatever I use will require some kind of fixture to attach to the fence.

 
 I have tried the big ORANGE buckets and my germans eat the edges and destroy them in about 2 months..so they do not work


Bear Jerome destroyed every dog bowl known to man so I  had my son hone out a hole in the concrete floor and we placed a stainless steel pot in the hole cementing it back in place..

It served the purpose..of course you have to use the force of the water nozzle to clean it out but I also have a vacuum I use to empty it and at least I do not own stock in stainless steel or plastic bowls that they use for toys and chew and destroy them

THE other kennels and outdoor pens I use the big STEW pots at BIG LOTS with the handles on each size...use cow clips to attach to the fence or a post with a nylon rope.

Some of the dogs will occasionally try to get them loose and Bear found out immediately that he could work those stew pots for about two months and the handles came off...so that is why his bowl went into the cement in a hole .

THe big ORANGE buckets are sold at Gander Mountain in any color you want but my gsd tear them up just as fast... Most of mine put their two front feet in the bucket  and that is a nightmare every day to find  mud at the bottom.....


MY choice is the stew pots at BIG LOTS....the larger ones...as they come in three sizes..and they are stainless steel..and I try to attach them high enough that they do not put their feet in the pot..

YR

That sounds good YR, I have paddlers too but this puppy just empties and plays with the bucket ( sorry chews the bucket up ).

Last few days I have used a stainless steel bucket attached with clips to the mesh.

So far so good.

Orange homedepot buckets last about 5 days around here- depending on the dog, maybe a month.  Most of my dogs have 20 gallon wash tubs with water filled to the top each day. I have tried just about everything.... I have one female in particular that is a DEMON about anything she can bang around her run.  For the more difficult ones,   the spigot style Lix-it attachments work well as they can have access to water without anything to drink out of but unless you install a waterline with a spigot that is firmly attached to something solid, this is not reasonable for most people.  For my one female-  I purchased a 75 gallon horse/livestock water trough.  She has climbed in (standing immersed to her shoulder blades) and happily dunks her jolly balls (which also last about 1 week each) but has not managed to drain it and then drag it around her run - YET- 

It is literally as large as a full size clawfoot bathtub.  It was about $70 at our feed and farm supply.  After the uncounted damaged buckets and the damage she has done to her teeth, I was happy to spend the money.

For my puppies, I get the large flat feed tubs for goats, horses etc- they are made of heavy rubber and are much wider than they are tall. I drill a small hole in the upper edge of the rim and ziptie them up against the side of the pen and hang the hose over the top of the rail. I leave it on a slow drip, so even if they paddle it all the way out, they will have more in 20 minutes or so. (only really works in an outdoor run with good drainage).

The feed store makes auto fill dishes but my puppies inevitably chew through the soft rubber line- I have never gone to the trouble of adding a reinforced waterline.

Best of luck-  some are just born waterbabies.

Ha mine does this too from time to time. I have a bucket I used to use for my horse for feed. It's thick rubber and durable, and can attach it to the fence with the handle, and then put a rope or chain around the body of the bucket, to make sure it stays. After a little while trying to detach it, she's realized that it's there for water, not for play. She has a kiddie pool for that.

When this customer sent me this and ask me   WHAT do we do???

I laughed for hours...

Her husband is a contactor so I said...dig a hole concrete the bowl into it and use power nozzle to wash it out and she will not be emptying it ..and making a mess on your deck..

She is barely 4 months old..and she said  OH boy...all mine love the water and love to stand in any bucket or bowl especially after running or training ..

Yr

YR, That is so typical, that female in the photos is that puppies mom and all of her babies are the same.