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  • Dan I do have to say your correct about the happy that he is and it shows, I know how well he is loved by you I am sure he is healthy.

    Rita Jean

  • @tanza:

    Not always an indication of being well hydrated….

    How else can you check yourself?

  • I have been trying to find info myself, since we chatted about it, but I have no news..how weird. Do you think you can distract him when he is doing it?
    Ona adifferent note, is he still on raw food? Dogs on raw do not drink very mouch additional water at all, they simply do not need it as their food is not dried/processed. That might be why you don't see him drink water at home. My dogs don't and they are on raw so I did some research on that and that is the answers I found..
    Otis also detest drinking out of a metal bowl, he will eat out of one but not drink, so I changed bowl to ceramic and he now drinks better, yet very rarely.

  • @nobarkus:

    How else can you check yourself?

    Check for the color of the gums. Also if you place your finger on the gums and press, take away the finger, how fast does the color come back? It should come back immediately

  • @tanza:

    Check for the color of the gums. Also if you place your finger on the gums and press, take away the finger, how fast does the color come back? It should come back immediately

    Thanks Pat, didn't know about that one. Vets only mentioned lifting the skin. I do know that when a dog is dehydrated they will have less energy like people.

  • @Basenjimamma:

    I have been trying to find info myself, since we chatted about it, but I have no news..how weird. Do you think you can distract him when he is doing it?
    Ona adifferent note, is he still on raw food? Dogs on raw do not drink very mouch additional water at all, they simply do not need it as their food is not dried/processed. That might be why you don't see him drink water at home. My dogs don't and they are on raw so I did some research on that and that is the answers I found..
    Otis also detest drinking out of a metal bowl, he will eat out of one but not drink, so I changed bowl to ceramic and he now drinks better, yet very rarely.

    Yes, he's eating the frozen raw from Primal Foods. I also give him cooked chicken breast as treats. Soo the food is very moist. I don't use much dry. That's interesting about the metal bowl.

  • That is interesting about the bowl, I only use stainless steel bowls.. and mine don't have a problem… however that said, I make sure it is stainless, because some metal bowls can give a funny taste to the water.

  • I use stainless steel for Jaycee on food and water they have a rubber ring on the bottom to stop them from sliding on the floor. I do try to wash them out everyday and I use really hot water make sure all soap is gone. The rubber ring may as well not be on there Jaycee just uses that to pull them and goes all over place any way.
    We have always used stainless steel on our animals even our bird. Rubber, plastic, glass just never seem to work for us.

    Rita Jean

  • That is interesting about the bowl, I only use stainless steel bowls.. and mine don't have a problem… however that said, I make sure it is stainless, because some metal bowls can give a funny taste to the water.

    Actually it is this stainless steel mixingbowl, high dollar German made mixingbowl at that. I have no clue of why he is like that, so ceramic FiestaWare it is..spoiled maybe?

  • My B does the same thing. He will start peeing and not finish and then quickly lick himself. He has done this for years but otherwise seems healthy and very normal. My friend who has a 9 month old b puppy stated hers does this as well so it could be a B thing??

  • @ljsabo:

    My B does the same thing. He will start peeing and not finish and then quickly lick himself. He has done this for years but otherwise seems healthy and very normal. My friend who has a 9 month old b puppy stated hers does this as well so it could be a B thing??

    No, he licks the pee as it's coming out and if I turn his head away he stops and walks away.

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